A training film about the activities being carried out at United States naval proving grounds in Dahlgren, Virginia. A centrifugal chamber where a 50 caliber gun is being tested for ejection performance. A table rotates as a man looks at a gauge. Men attach a bomb on an aircraft catapult to determine the strength of shackles. Bomb falls during the test resulting in shackle failure.
Israeli Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion visits Washington DC, United States. Ben Gurion and Israeli diplomat Abba Eban step from a limousine and enter the White House. Ben-Gurion talks to U.S. President Harry S. Truman in the Oval Office. Cameramen record the event. President Truman receives a menorah as a gift from Ben-Gurion.
U.S. Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC. Its address is One First Street, and it is bounded by East Capitol Street, Second Street, and Maryland Avenue. Seen are the 16 marble columns at the front entrance. Above them are an elaborately carved pediment., and below it, the architrave inscribed with the words: "Equal Justice Under Law." Two statues, by sculptor James Earle Fraser, flank the main steps. One is a female figure called "Contemplation of Justice." The other is a male figure: "Guardian of Law." An American flag flies from tall flag pole in front of the Supreme Court Building. The end of the clip shows the National Archives Building in Washington DC
View of a desert, likely in Nevada. An atomic bomb detonates. A mushroom-like cloud from pillar of smoke forms from bomb site. The mushroom-cloud ascends to the sky.
View of desert with mountains, likely in Nevada. A tactical nuclear bomb explodes, momentarily covering the whole place with light. A pillar of smoke and fire forms a mushroom cloud from the bomb site.
Yugoslavians celebrating the Sixth anniversary of the founding of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia in Belgrade. Prime Minister of Yugoslavia, Josip Broz Tito, and other officials in review stand with date “23 August”. Yugoslavian participants march in anniversary parade, some of them hold rifles. Josip Tito waves at parade.