The 1948 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A man announces the results of voting at the convention. U.S. President Harry S. Truman wins the race for the presidential nomination. Truman and Alben Barkley as his running mate appear on a dais. Truman delivers a speech as he accepts the nomination. He says that his main concerns are high prices and housing. He also announces to call a session of the Congress.
A funeral procession in Harlem, New York, United States for slain African American communist Alfred Levy and communist Gonzalo Gonzales, killed a day apart in altercations with police and Garvey movement participants. A large number of people on streets during the funeral procession for the two communists. African Americans and whites march in the procession carrying banners and flags. A banner reads 'A mass funeral demonstration'.
From a film entitled "The City", about need and importance of town planning. A boy with a dog outside a farm house in New England, United States. Two men in a blacksmith shop. The blacksmith hammers a rounded piece of metal which appears to be for a wheel or to bind a barrel. Scene shifts to an industrial factory and then current day. Molten metal being poured in a plant. Smoke rises from stacks causing pollution. Views of a town in the shadow of a giant industrial factory with pollution and smoke pouring from the factory and laden over the town.
View of the Joan of Arc Junior High School building at 154 W 93rd Street, on the upper West side of Manhattan, New York City. children are seen entering the building. A larger, more modern school is also shown. Camera, in upper floor classroom window, pans from playground below to interior of the classroom. Students sit at a long table where ledger books are being handed out for students to work with. Scene shifts to school library, where students are studying. A boy day dreams about his future occupation. He imagines being a cowboy; or a speedboat driver; or launching into the air in his speedboat, which transforms into an airplane, in which he does a loop. The boy is seen with his parents at a conference with the school principal. He is seen at the blackboard in a math class, and later in a classroom full of students all opening personal copies of a newspaper. He uses a saw in a woodworking class, and works at a lathe, in a machine shop. He meets with a teacher who discusses his progress.
United States Army trainees in California, United States visiting local landmarks on their day off. The trainees move towards Scotty's Castle, a two-story Mission Revival mansion named for gold prospector Walter E. Scott, at the edge of Death Valley in California. Road sign showing the direction to Scotty’s Castle (123 Scotty's Castle Rd, California, United States). View of plaque at castle gate noting it as an entry point for the 49ers seeking gold during the gold rush of 1849. View of sand and rock formations and wide view of arid desert landscape on edge of Death Valley California. View of Scotty's Castle.
Scenes from the second inauguration of President Franklin Roosevelt in Washington DC. Audio is part of his inaugural address speech, overlaid on images of the inaugural parade later that day on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, United States. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt reviews parade units moving forward in the rain. The parade units include parade floats, marching troops, military vehicles, cavalry troops and bands.
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