Head of U.S. Defense Council William Knudsen reports on the progress of National Defense Program in Washington DC during World War II. He speaks how the United States is being geared up to turn out thousands of new fighting airplanes and other military and naval equipment.
Golfer Byron Nelson wins at the Tam O'Shanter Country Club in Chicago, Illinois. People watch golfer Byron Nelson playing to win the first prize money in George May's All-American Open Golf Championship. Spectators watch Nelson play.
A Czechoslovak politician meets Harry Warner in Burbank, California. Politician Jan Masaryk, the son of the first President of Czechoslovakia, says to Polish American studio executive Harry Warner that the U.S. screen industry is an important safeguard for democracy.
Spanish Republican Ambassador to the U.S., Don Fernando de los Rios Urruti arrives at the White House in Washington DC. The ambassador from Spain exits a car to enter the White House. After his meeting, he poses for pictures at the same exterior doorway as press and media people stand by, before he returns to a waiting car. Next, Italian Ambassador to the United States, Prince Ascanio Colonna, exits the White House with another official. Cameramen take pictures of the Ambassador from Italy.
The U.S. Congress adapts Japanese Exclusion Act of 1924. Congressmen pose on the steps of a building in Washington DC. A close view of officials standing on the steps. A Japanese official.
President Calvin Coolidge and members of his cabinet pose in a lawn in the United States. President Calvin Coolidge and the members of his cabinet. The President and the cabinet members seated in chairs.
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