An introduction of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington DC. Aircraft in flight. Dramatization of mid-air explosion of aircraft by a criminal intending to collect on insurance. Newspaper headlines read 'Youth Confesses United bombings', 'Graham gets Death' regarding the case of John Gilbert Graham in 1951 who was convicted of crime in blowing up an aircraft in an attempt to collect insurance. Still photo depicts a hijacker of an aircraft or a "skyjacker" attempting to take over an aircraft with pilot in cockpit. Still photos depict work of FBI on various civil rights cases. Newspaper headlines read 'FBI presses hunt for King suspects', 'FBI arrests Georgians in Shotgun Slaying'. The first Director of FBI John Edgar Hoover speaks into a microphone during the Freedom Foundation Award ceremony in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Dramatized scenes of crimes involving the FBI: A house explodes. A reenactment shows a sniper on a rooftop shooting at police officers as they approach a house.
Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, the first woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives (served April 1917 through December 1918). A pacifist, co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, and champion of humanitarian causes, she is seen addressing a group from a speakers pavilion in Union Square, Manhattan, New York City, in September, 1924. She accepts a glass of water from an associate (unseen). Closeups of Rankin leaning over the railing above an American flag, as she speaks to assembled group of men and women. From further away, several men and women associates can be seen at work behind her in the pavilion. Views from behind and to her right, with listeners below and cars parked in the square. Street scene in background. As before, Ms Rankin leans forward to be better heard. (There is no evidence of microphone in use.)
A historical documentary about German born civil engineer John Augustus Roebling's early experimentation with wire rope suspension bridges in the United States. A water fall. A flooded river. A suspension bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge. The San Francisco Bay. Animation depicts the Golden Gate Bridge spanning the Golden Gate connecting the city of San Francisco to Marin County. Houses and automobile traffic.
A historical documentary about German born civil engineer John Augustus Roebling's early experimentation with wire rope suspension bridges in the United States. The biography of John Augustus Roebling by Hamiltion Schuyler. The Pennsylvania home of John Augustus Roebling. Aerial view of the railway lines across the Allegheny Mountains connecting Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. A suspension bridge over the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. A steamer in the river. A suspension bridge spanning the Niagara River Gorge. A railroad on the bridge. A page of the biography shows the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Animation depicts the Brooklyn Bridge and boats in the East River. A statue of John Augustus Roebling. The George Washington Bridge spanning over the Hudson River.
A historical documentary about German born civil engineer John Augustus Roebling's early experimentation with wire rope suspension bridges in the United States. A suspension bridge. A railroad on tracks. The smoke stacks of John Augustus Roebling's factories. Hot molten metal in containers. Hot metal rods in a factory. Wires being made in the factory. A man operates a machine. A weaving machine in operation. A worker wearing protective gear welds using a welding torch. Insulated wires made on a machine. A rope on the roller of a machine. Flasks in a laboratory. Men work on a wire testing apparatus. A tank atop a factory. The Golden Gate Bridge. Animation depicts the principles of the construction of suspension bridges. The animation depicts the principle of the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. Aerial view of the bridge under construction. Water gushing beneath the bridge. Machines at operation during the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge. A steel structure is erected. Barges in a river. Towers made for the bridge. Construction material hoisted a tower.
A documentary film about public film production and use in Japan. Motion picture film reel canisters kept on shelves. A man places film canisters on the selves. The man places a film from a canister on a film projector. A review committee on Civil Information and Education Section with other Japanese advisors review the film. Officials discuss. Japanese men rewrite the script in Japanese. Men check the script for accuracy. A man works on a typewriter. The man puts an OK seal on a paper. Men prepare a discussion guide of the film. Men shoot scenes from a building terrace. Officials at a desk. A man writes a title on a book. A map on a slide. A man speaks into a microphone and another waits in a recording studio. Musicians give music in the film. A man controls volume and tone quality. The man records on the film on a recorder as well as on a tape. The film is taken out of the recorder. The film pases through various equipment in the laboratory during its development. A man inspects the film. Men make bundles of films for different regions. The bundles are carried on trolleys. The trolleys on a railway station platform. A train carrying the bundles pulls out of the railway station.
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