A woman writes a letter to her mother. The woman writes about the various courses offered at the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). Young women at a YWCA swimming pool. Young women swimming in the pool. An African American woman seated at the edge of the pool, instructing the girls. Women learn backstroke swimming. The swimming instructor talks to the girls, demonstrating a swimming stroke.
A film about youth in the United States producing food for war during World War 2, to aid the war effort. High school students seated in an auditorium. They are briefed by a man. A student talks to a teacher about a summer garden job . Students are taught to operate a tractor. A college girl operates a corn picking machine. A college girl drives a tractor. Tractor trolley loaded with corn. Women take out the corn from the tractor trolley. High school students pick orchard crops from trees in California. The students put the crops in crates.
Cadet Jack Kramer, Alice Marble, Lieutenant Don Budge and Mary Hardwicke standing together. Spectators seated in stadium of Madison Square Garden to watch a tennis match. Cadet Jack Kramer pairs with Alice Marble to play the match with Lt. Don Budge and Mary Hardwicke. Cadet Jack Kramer pairs with Alice Marble to down the other team by a 6 to 4 score.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen driving his personal Ford Phaeton hand-controlled car along the tree-lined drive at the estate. Also in the car are his daughter, Anna Roosevelt Dall, and her daughter, Anna Eleanor Dall ("Sistie") and son, Curtis Roosevelt Dall ("Buzzie"). The children are both standing in the back of the car. Next, Roosevelt sits in his car, parked in a cornfield, near the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia, while his grandchlldren, Anna and Curtis Dall, visit with farm hands who are piling old plants into a truck. President Roosevelt seen in a close-up. Scene changes to the lawn at "Springwood, where his grandchildren, surround him as he writes letters of thanks, acknowledging congratulatory messages received on his reelection. Next, FDR and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, are seen sitting in wicker chairs on the lawn, when they are approached by grandchildren, Anna and Curtis, astride horses, and granddaughter, Sara, on a pony. Mrs. Roosevelt had been doing needlework. Their dog, “Meggie” sits nearby. Close-up of Sara on her pony. FDR pets the pony while talking to Sara. Scene shifts to President Roosevelt at a desk, looking over his stamp collection. Next, FDR sits by a fireplace with his Mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt. They converse and share a laugh.
Film opens concentrating on sunset viewed as the sun drops below the horizon with hills surrounding. Scene shifts to a river and a steam excursion boat plying its way along the river toward the camera. The boat blows its whistle emiting an extended burst of steam into the air.
Rear view of railroad train from Washington carrying former Ambassador to the United States for Germany, Johann Heinrich von Bernstorff. Count von Bernstorff waving from the train. Unidentified man talking to an officer, possibly Captain Thomsen of the Frederik VIII . View of the Frederik VIII as it pulls away from pier. Ship Frederik VIII in harbor. Unidentified man in bowler hat. Count von Bernstorff was allowed to depart for Germany amidst diplomatic tensions as the United States USA was preparing to enter WWI.
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