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Secret service agent stay close to President to protect him during a public gathering in Washington D.C.
Activities of the United States secret service agents in Washington D.C., United States. Visit of French President Auriol, in 1947. Secret Service mingle and occupy vehicles at edge of gathering. Motorcade leaving White House with Secret Service agents riding on outsides of cars. In crowd secret servicemen are on an alert for the protection of the President or foreign head of State. They operate on a two way radio and keep a record about the route and timings when the motorcade will approach the crowd. During public gathering secret service agents stay close to U.S. President Harry S Truman. They watch individuals and maintain vigilance for unusual movements, or activities. Phalanx of agents escorts President's motorcade through the streets.
National commission of Fine Arts members study sites for the Equestrian statues at Arlington Memorial Bridge in Washington DC.
At time of sesquicentennial celebrations of the city of Washington DC: City development planning underway by the Planning Commission in Washington DC. Animated map of Washington DC by the National Geographic Society. Statue in a park. National Commission of Fine Arts members study sites for the Equestrian statues at Arlington Memorial Bridge. The commission members are seen walking across the Arlington Memorial Bridge from the Virginia side to the Washington DC side. View of the Lincoln Memorial and 1940s era cars in traffic circle and on Arlington Memorial Bridge. Commission members examine mock-ups of equestrian statues atop pylons at the Washington DC entrance to the bridge. (In 1951, the Arts of War Sculptures, named Sacrifice and Valor, by Leo Friedlander, were erected in those positions). National Capital Park and Planning Commission personnel are seen working at drafting tables in their offices in the Department of the Interior building. The Maryland National Capital Park and Planning Commission members meets in the Lord Calvert Mansion in Riverdale for future planning. Exterior view of the Lord Calvert Mansion. Inside, the commission meets and a man points to and explains a chart on traffic control. The chart, dated September 1947, shows traffic flow into Washington DC during the "peak hour" of traffic, during which 58,000 automobiles pass through the area being studied. Elevated, aerial view from the U.S. Capitol Dome looking out across the city of Washington DC and on to the Potomac River and Virginia on the other side of the river.
Prior to U.S. Presidential Election of 1968, Richard Nixon recounts his past and tells how he got into politics.
Self-portrait of Richard Nixon aired during his 1968 presidential run against Hubert Humphrey and George Wallace in the United States. An interviewer asks Richard Nixon that how he got into becoming a member of U.S. House of Representatives in 1947. Nixon replies that soon after World War II ended some Whittier Republicans approached him about running for a seat in the United States House of Representatives and he accepted. A picture of Nixon during his campaign in 1946. He says America is a great country because American people are competitive and it does not mean competition in the destructive sense. He considers America a great country in terms of competitive people and says that competitive spirit is a great driving force in any nation. And he says it is the reason why politics appeals to him.
Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives to meet U.S. Secretary of War, James Forrestal at the Pentagon in Virginia.
Opening scene shows a dozen newsmen and photographers lining steps to the U.S. War Department Pentagon building, in Arlington, Virginia. A 1947 Packard Custom Clipper Club Sedan pulls up to the curb. It displays a 5-star general's insignia on its bumper.A military policeman salutes as an Army officer opens the rear door and exchanges salutes with retired General Dwight D. Eisenhower, who is now dressed in civilian clothes. (Eisenhower is the President of Columbia University, in New York, at this time. He is here to meet with U.S. Secretary of War, James Vincent Forrestal.) Closeup of Eisenhower as he walks toward and up the Pentagon steps, accosted by photographers along the way. He pauses as he goes up the steps to allow the picture taking. At the top of the steps, he removes his overcoat. More closeups as he reaches the top step and enters the building. Scene shifts to closeup of photographers, including an Army one, taking pictures. (Note: The War department was renamed the Department of Defense when President Truman signed the National Security Bill on August 10, 1949.)
USAF Lieutenant General Ira Eaker speaks about his experiences in the U.S. Air Force in the United States.
An interview of United States Air Force Lieutenant General Ira Eaker conducted by Dr. Maurer in the United States. Dr Maurer and General Eaker seated at a desk. Dr Maurer talks about the work and the contribution of General Eaker in the U.S. Air Force. He says that General Eaker was the Commander of the 8th Air Force. In 1944, he became the Commander in Chief of the Mediterranean Allied Air Force. Then from 1945 until his retirement in 1947, he was the deputy commander of the Army Air Forces and chief of the Air Staff. General Eaker talks about his experiences. He talks about the first airplane flight he saw. He further speaks that he was sent to a training camp in 1917. A man came in the camp looking for some fliers. He was already selected for an examination of regular army. He says that in November 1917, he was on a parade grounds. An airplane was in flight overhead. The aircraft landed and he looked at the engine of the aircraft.
The 1930s Great Depression and the administrations of Presidents Herbert Hoover and Franklin Roosevelt, in the United States
Hard times in the Great Depression led to formation of The Bonus Army. American veterans of World War 1 march on streets of Washington DC, carrying a large poster demanding immediate cash redemption their "bonus" service certificates awarded by Congress in 1924 (but not lawfully payable until 1945). Army Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered by President Hoover, to clear the Bonus Army encampments, is seen standing in a street surrounded by several U.S. Army troops. People watch from sidewalks as a contingent of U.S. Army cavalry rides down the street. U.S. Army M-1917 tanks roll down Pennsylvania Avenue in July 1932. Bonus marchers and others watch from Lafayette Park in background. Scene shifts to the 1932 Democratic Party Convention in Chicago Stadium, Chicago, where delegates cheer after nominating Franklin D. Roosevelt as their Presidential candidate. Roosevelt seen waving from the podium. Migrant farm workers seen at temporary, dilapidated dwellings in close quarters, and sitting at a campfire, some with sad and desperate faces. Migrant farm workers' cars on the road, piled high with family belongings during westward migration. Migrants riding atop an open railroad freight car. Two men share a copy of the "Epic News" newspaper (published by supporters of Upton Sinclair and the End Poverty Movement in Los Angeles and central California). Narrator describes programs of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Construction workers ignite demolition charges during construction of Boulder Dam (aka Hoover Dam and officially so-named in 1947). Glimpse of President Roosevelt at the site in an open car, for its dedication on September 30, 1935. Construction workers engaged in building the dam. Another shot of President Roosevelt in his open car. Towers being erected to carry electric power from the dam's hydroelectric generators. President Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling broadly at the formal dedication ceremony, September 30, 1935. Controlled discharges of water through the dam. Views of the Boulder Dam hydroelectric generating station. Oil well rigs or oil derricks at work during construction at night. People at work in fabric mills or textile mills, and in a print shop
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