Shows U.S. Navy personnel testing their new amphibious vehicle, LVTUX2 (Landing Vehicle Track Utility Experimental Model 2) in Seattle, Washington. The LVT(U)X2 Goliath carrying navy personnel and a U.S. Army tank enters water. Its crosses the water body and successfully reaches the shore. The tank debarks from the LVT (U) X2 Goliath.
Shows construction work on the new Palais des Nations in Geneva, Switzerland, which is being carried out by builders of ten nationalities. Interior Secretariat which is already up and running. Telephonists at work on switchboards. A meeting of League's Economic Committee. Shows a post room and post van leaving. Treasurer Seymour Jacklin. View of press office, journalists at desks, telephone booths and reporters telephoning in report. Under Secretary Frank Walters phones Radio Nations. He poses for camera. Views of Radio Nations building and Palais des Nations in Geneva.
Shows workers at the U.S. Mint factory in Philadelphia melting down old and worn out silver coins into ingots. The recycled metal strips are pressed, rolled and punched to produce new quarter coins that bear the head of President George Washington.
A three-foot water main bursts in the new Post Office building in Chicago,Illinois. The foaming water pours into Union Station, flooding the tracks and halting rail traffic for many hours.
Aviatrix Amelia Earhart tests out a new laboratory airplane in Burbank,California. Amelia constructed the plane to test pilot's reactions under actual flying conditions.
Mayor John Lindsay of New York speaks out of affection and admiration for Dr. Martin Luther King. He expresses his tribute to Martin Luther King. Shows Dr. Martin Luther King addressing the masses. Executive Director of the National Urban League, Whitney M. Young Jr. condemns Martin Luther King's assassination.
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