Highlights the role of United States Coast Guard personnel in Saudi Arabia during Operation Desert Storm. Cargo unloaded and an officer briefs men. Decorated Christmas trees. Various Coast Guard personnel express their views about celebrating Christmas away from home. LCDR Gary Anderson stands outside a door with numerous Christmas cards. A Christmas Eve party. Men drink and enjoy, music played on a tape recorder as Santa Claus gives away gifts. Some Coast Guards on duty on Christmas Eve as they patrol the coast in a radar boat. Men on duty on Christmas Day where as some men joke and enjoy. MK1 John Gaida and MCPO John Vaney express their commitment to duty even at Christmas time.
U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. with his family aboard yacht Mayflower in Washington DC, United States. Officials embark on the yacht with the President. President Coolidge with Captain Andrews and Governor Percival Wood Clement of Vermont. They talk and pose. John Coolidge, the son of the President, talks to other officials.
World-wide wartime activities during 1941 and 1942. President Roosevelt addresses Congress after the attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941. Crowd applauds. Citizens and cars stopped in busy New York listening to the news on the radio being broadcast regarding the declaration of war against Japan. Long queues and lines of civilian men get registered in the U.S. army as recruits are called up. Men taking oath of U.S. military service in New York and Washington DC (on U.S. Capitol steps) and other cities in mass recruitment events. New recruits stand in line in a city to register for U.S. Navy or U.S. Army service. New recruits shown include baseball star Joe Dimaggio, boxer Joe Louis, John Aspinwall Roosevelt (who was President Roosevelt's youngest son), Tyrone Power, Clark Gable, Douglas Fairbanks Junior, and Warren Pershing (son of famed General John Pershing) all seen registering to enter military service. Justice Frank Murphy of the U.S. Supreme Court is seen operating a machine gun during training. Another scene with a mass group of recruits standing and taking an oath of military service.
First Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of United States, John Edgar Hoover delivers a speech in Washington DC. He talks about how the organization's morale is weakened by political and financial schemers; the law enforcement profession; fighting the underworld. He discusses the problems that plague the FBI; undermining efforts of the Bureau and its Special Agents. He also refers to the case of John Dellinger to make his point.
First Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of United States, John Edgar Hoover awarded a Medal in the United States. An official of the Boys Clubs of America addresses the attendees. He states that Hoover is only the second person to receive the Medal after John Hays Hammond in 1934. He talks about a poll at the New York Boys' Club that depicts Hoover as an inspiration to the youth. He reads out the citation and presents the medal to Hoover. Hoover accepts. The official displays the Medal.
Farewell review for general Arthur G. Trudeau in Weisbaden, Germany. Officers trooping line and passing colors at the ceremony. Officers to be decorated. General Trudeau and Colonel John L. Ryan move forward and halt on the field. An officer reads citations and hands medals to Fred Coggles, Belgian consul General. General John H. Collier stands along side General Trudeau and Colonel Ryan. Coggles places the order of Leopold II around the neck of General Trudeau and presents Colonel Ryan with the medallion. General Collier announces that he is going to present a letter of commendation to General Trudeau from Major General Issac D. White. General Collier presents the letter to General Trudeau.
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