The 73rd U.S. Congress ends its session in Washington DC, United States. Billions of dollars are voted for the operation of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs to aid the country during the Great Depression. Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol framed by trees. Wheat harvesting combines at work on a field. Scenes of men getting back to work. Men cutting down trees in logging operations as part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) or Civilian Conservation Corps work (CCC). A crowd of men walking into work on grounds of a plant of factory. Woman fills white cloth bags with coins. Men gathered at a stock or commodity exchange. A biplane aircraft taking off from a snow covered runway. A new ship being launched from skids at a shipyard. The ship underway. Women workers seated at a liquor distillery assembly line put covers on liquor bottle tops. Bartender pours draft beer into glasses in a bar (soon after end of prohibition) and serves patrons. Men and women gathered at a bar drinking alcohol. U.S. Congress in session and view of Speaker of the House, Henry Thomas Rainey, standing and using gavel at podium or dais.
U.S. 8th Photographic Reconnaissance Squadron, in Australia, preparing aerial photographs they took of Japanese positions in Rabaul, New Britain, Papua New Guinea, during World War 2. Rabaul prints being dried. A photo tech working on the prints. Another airman arrives and works with him. The prints are trimmed and sorted.
Views of damage in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Scene shifts to African American pastor in pulpit of a church speaking about U.S. armed forces. A woman in the congregation whose son is serving in the Infantry, points to a flag filled with blue stars for service members from the church. She reads letter from her son telling her he has been selected for Officer Candidates School. View of new recruits in a railroad depot. African American recruit pauses to say goodbye to his mother, but is moved along by a uniformed Army officer. Closeup of locomotive wheels turning. Glimpse of barracks in an Army base. Recruits leaving railroad train and entering a snow-covered building. Army sergeants organizing the new recruits inside the building. An army spokesman welcomes them to the training camp. Recruits being interviewed about their past training and experiences. Closeup of a Sergeant inquiring about the kind of machine tools a recruit had worked with. Recruits assembled in a base auditorium where they hear from a Chaplain and an officer who demonstrates how to salute. (World War II; WW II; World War 2; World War Two)
Racing driver G.A. Baum sets a new speed record in Germany. Baum puts on his helmet. He gets into a streamlined torpedo shell. The torpedo takes to the race track and sets a new record of 110 miles per hour.
Japanese dignitaries attend assembly to form new cabinet in Japan during World War II. A car drives out from a building. Japanese dignitaries in the car. People standing near the building and the car. Japanese Imperial Army General Hideki Tojo gets out of the car and enters a building. Prime Minister of Japan Prince Fumimaro Konoe, General of Japanese Imperial Army Hideki Tojo and other Japanese dignitaries seated and confer. Cars parked in a line. A drum played. A man speaks. Newsmen and reporters outside the building making notes. A newsman gives information on telephone. Japanese ewsman says “Moshi moshi…” as he begins the call. Prince Konoe, General Tojo and other Japanese dignitaries arrive at the Imperial Diet to form new cabinet. Photographers take pictures of the arriving dignitaries. Japanese politicians such as Shozo Murata, Yosuke Matsuoka, Naoki Hoshino, arrive at the Imperial Diet (1 Chome-7-1 Nagatachō, Chiyoda City, Tokyo 100-0014, Japan). The Prince, General Tojo and other dignitaries pose for photograph.
Israel aids Arab population in Israel. Natives standing in group. Two officers talk to one another. An U.S. Army soldier. Arabs standing in line. Israeli provide new farm machinery for Arab farmers in Negev desert. Farmers drive tractors and use new farm machinery to harvest crops in farms.
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