Members of John Hopkins University adjust a telescope in Camptonville, California. Scientists look in the mirror. Moon blankets the sun as eclipse darkens.
A large crowd gathers at North German Lloyd pier to welcome city's former Mayor James John Walker on his arrival in New York. Mayor Walker amongst the crowd. Car moves in crowd. Dignitaries wave from the SS Europa, a ship. Ship comes to the harbor.
Secretary of State, William Jennings Bryan, at his winter home, "Villa Serena," in Miami, Florida, looks at book with his grandson, John Bryant Leavitt. He blows a kiss to the cinematographer (presumably family member). Bryan and his grandson fish from a dock.
John Phillip Sousa conducts an open air band concert before a large crowd, in Illinois. He wears uniform of a U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander and conducts the U.S. Naval Reserve Band.
The U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower and Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles, converse with an official in the White House, Washington DC. Photographers take pictures of persons leaving the White House.
President of the United Mine Workers of America(UMWA) John L. Lewis addresses the Congress of Industrial Organizations. He presents a report about a mining accident that occurred in the Centralia coal mines of Illinois. The accident which occurred on 25 March 1947, claimed the lives of 111 mine workers. Mr. Lewis presents statistics about the families of the dead. Press and members of the congress listen to him. Photographs taken.
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