Aerial view of new high rise apartments and roads and bridges. Vehicles drive on modern highways. Anastascio Somoza Garcia and entourage walk along a street. Spectators gathered on either side of the street. Somoza cuts a ribbon. Flags flutter in wind outside the buildings. Rural village dwellers fill water in tins from a communal pump. Huts seen with modern high rise buildings in the background.
Unveiling of new Soviet War Memorial (Tiergarten) in Berlin Germany, during Russian Revolution anniversary celebrations (28th anniversary), in Berlin, Germany, soon after the end of World War II. Marshal of the Soviet Union Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov inspects British, French, American and Russian units. Trees in the background. Zhukov and United States Army Major General James Maurice Gavin in a grandstand. A Russian officer speaks from the grandstand in front of the Soviet War Memorial (then also called Russian Victory Monument by Allied forces) on Charlottenburger-Chaussee. A Russian Army band plays. A statue of a Russian soldier atop the Victory Monument. Russian troops parade after unveiling of the Memorial. Honor company of United States Army 82nd Airborne Division marches past. Allied troops seen marching in formation on nearby streets of Berlin. Major General Gavin shakes hands with Soviet leader Marshal Zhukov. Officers place wreaths at the Soviet War Memorial. Russian artillery fires salute. Photographers take photographs. The officers salute in front of the War Memorial. Wreaths placed at the base of the Memorial.
German boys outdoors in Wiesbaden, Germany, as World War 2 is coming to an end. Opening scene shows two German boys digging earth with shovels on the lawn at Reisinger Fountain Park (Reisinger-anlagen, 65185 Wiesbaden, Hesse Germany), as they prepare to plant new shrubs and trees, that are seen on a truck bed in the background. Closeup of one boy shoveling. Scene shifts to a pond in the park, where German children are punting with poles as they balance on wooden floats. Change of scene shows several boys in closeup on a park lawn, followed by views back at the pond where one boy is punting on a raft. Another, who is wading, stops to pose for the camera. Meanwhile, back on the lawn a group of boys huddles together to pose for the camera.
Provisions of the Social Security Act, 1935 in the United States. The Capitol of the United States, in Washington, DC. Scenes of Americans suffering during the Great Depression. Industrial plants closing putting people out of work. Unemployed, disabled and needy Americans lined up for a meal at the Missionary Soup Kitchen. A volunteer distribute soup to men inside a private charity soup kitchen. A man pours soup to a bowl. The Social Security Act,1935 its provisions provide immediate aid to the needy, aged, blind and dependent children. A diagrammatic presentation depicts: the procedure by which the jobless and needy will receive monthly income through cooperation of the Federal and the State Governments. A postman hands over monthly income to a blind man and a dependent child at their house. A dependent child opens envelope. Other provision of the act is the Old Age Benefits. A diagrammatic presentation depicts: the procedure by which the worker will receive benefits at the age of 65 years. To apply for a Social Security Account Number, one must fill out an application and deposit it at any labor organization or post office. Animation shows how one fills out an application. At a post office, officers assist a man in filling out his application. Workers receiving their social security cards from their employers: a soda jerk at a soda fountain receives his social security card and shows it. A man and a woman show theirs. A boss gives a factory worker his new social security card, along with his pay envelope. A man working at a bench receives his from his employer. A projectionist in a movie theater projection booth receives his card from his employer. Several of the cards is shown. An older retired man and woman are shown relaxing at home by their fireplace.
Christmas parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Colorful floats in Toyland parade. Various characters as floats pass on the streets, including what appears to be a very early Fred Flintstone character. A carriage drawn by a number of Clydesdale horses carries Santa, and stops at a building while Santa climbs a ladder to greet children. Another parade celebrating Christmas in Hollywood, California. Hollywood actors and actresses on various floats pass in front of the News View Newsreel Theater, near the Egyptian theater on Hollywood blvd. Actors seen on floats include Red Skelton on the "Red Skelton Show" float, Sabu riding an elephant, Judy Canova on the "Judy Canova Show" float, William Bendix with cast on "The Life of Riley" float, Ralph Edwards on the "Truth or Consequences" float, Jimmy Durante on his float, and finally, N.B.C.'s Jack Benny along with Santa at the end of the parade.
Britain's Military Academy at Sandhurst, presents a Silver Service to be used at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York. Major General John Leonard, U.S. Army, military attaché in the United Kingdom, accepts the Silver Service, on behalf of the West Point Academy. The Sandhurst cadets march past in a parade ground. Britain's War Secretary, Emmanuel Shinwell, and General Leonard review the marching cadets.
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