President Harry S. Truman marches with veteran soldiers of U.S. Army Company D (129th Field Artillery) with whom he served as an officer in World War 1. Wide view of men lined up on White House lawn. Disabled veteran soldiers of World War 2 greet the President. Narrator discusses problem of lack of housing for veterans and their families after World War 2. Aerial view of trailer homes or recreational vehicle (RV) camper units lined up in open space, serving as temporary housing for veterans. Truman sitting at desk while he signs the Veterans Emergency Housing Act of 1946. Views of long lines of new homes being built, and construction workers hammering to build frames of new houses in the United States. During a time of price inflation, scene shows grocer changing price signs on eggs, meats, cheeses to show increasing prices. Truman ata work in his office reviewing paperwork at his desk. Narrator mentions Taft Hartley Labor Act that Truman vetoed. View of car on road with sign on side that reads, "Veto Hartley Taft Slave Labor Bill." President Truman reading at his desk. Close up view of cover page of report entitled "To Secure These Rights. The Report of The President's Committee on Civil Rights. View of Episcopal church Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill seated at a desk. Bishop Sherrill is talking to another man. Narrator states that Truman acted on a civil rights program recommended by Bishop Sherrill, head of the Civil Rights Commission. Car pulling up to portico of White House and view of President Truman shaking hands with visiting President of Mexico, Miguel Alemán. President Truman being presented a sacred Torah by Israeli President Weizmann. Discusses foreign policy matters with Secretary of State George Marshall and comes up with Truman doctrine, Marshall plan and European recovery program. View of Truman signing Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 on April 3, 1948 (of which the Marshall Plan was a part).
Film titled 'Combat Report' depicts the construction of U.S. B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft to attack German submarine during World War II. Exteriors of U.S. War Department building in Washington D.C., United States. U.S. Assistant Secretary of War for air Robert Lovett and Under Secretary of War Robert Patterson seated at desk. U.S. officer looks at combat report at his desk. View of a oil tanker hit by torpedo as it sinks in the Gulf of Mexico. View of crewman at controls and a tower. Combat report being typed. U.S. sailors type report at typewriters. Man speaks into radio. Navy officer instructs an officer. U.S. B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft in flight over sea. Pilot and copilot at controls in B-25. The position of attack being radioed to a U.S. B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft in flight over sea. Interior views of cockpit of B-25 bomber, and of Instrument panel of B-25. Engine of planes. Men in war production aircraft factory at work building and assembling aircraft during World War 2. Blast furnace in factory. The airplane engines being assembled, tested and installed in B-25.
Dramatization in which U.S. Army Air Forces B-25 Mitchell bomber aircraft is constructed in the United States for combat operations during World War II. B-25 in flight over the Gulf of Mexico. Shows different sections of B-25 in flight. Factories in the United States where B-25 is shaped and skins are developed. Women workers inspect altimeters and other aircraft instruments.
A film based on the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Long Island, New York which is dedicated to study of foreign animal diseases. Animated map of the United States of America depicts the New England region of the U.S. affected with foot and mouth disease of animals during year 1870 and Mexico and Canada affected by epizootics in 1946 and 1952 respectively. A technician stores animal foot and mouth disease virus in a laboratory freezer.
Overview of Panama City, Panama. U.S. Presidential Lockheed Constellation airplane, the Columbine, taxis in after landing. U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower deplanes is greeted by representatives of the American Republics. Building in which meetings will be held. The Heads of State of American countries seated at a conference table. Place names visible include: Peru; Bolivia; Uruguay;Nicaragua; Haiti;Mexico;Equador;United States; Cuba;Venezuela;and Paraguay. Large group of photographers record event. "Cromocine" written on side of one camera. On July 22, 1956, President Eisenhower, in tuxedo with white dinner jacket, and other Heads of State, and ladies formally dressed, enter a reception hall, where President of host country, Panama, decorates the attending heads of state, including President Eisenhower.
U.S. battleships underway in Hampton Roads, United States. The battleships underway in a column formation include USS Idaho, USS Mississippi and USS New Mexico. Troopship Henderson underway at sea.