A television program 'Longines Chronoscope'. Eleanor Roosevelt (widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt) and U.S. stateswoman, interviewed by Edward P. Morgan and Bill Downs. She explains meaning of word 'Liberal'.
Sponsors advertisement for Longines watches. A man speaks about Longines watches. Emblem of Longines watches in the background. Different variety of Longines watches shown.
President Eisenhower at the stairs of White House with ex-President Herbert Hoover in Washington D.C. Several other government officials in the background. Herbert Hoover will head a new Commission to recommend government reorganization.
United States Marine Corps demonstrate a vehicle for amphibious warfare at Marine Corps Base in Quantico. The boat is inflated in thirty seconds. The U.S. Marine Corps take the lightweight boats in water. The boats underway.
United States Saving Bonds Division presents Barbara Stanwyck. She makes appeal for all Americans to invest in saving bonds.
President Eisenhower walks up steps of a building at the corner of Baltimore Avenue and East High Street in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. Memorial Church of the Prince of Peace (Episcopal) visible across the intersection. Several local inhabitants gather to watch the President. A few Boy Scouts take his picture. He turns toward them briefly as he goes up the steps. View of President Eisenhower's grandchildren, Dwight David and Barbara Anne, in back seat of car, smiling and waving. The car drives away. Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives, Joseph W. Martin, Jr. stands on sidewalk and chats with reporters. Mr. Martin is next seen sitting and conversing with President Eisenhower. The President fools with his eyeglasses and looks at his watch during the conversation. The Speaker and James Hagerty , the President's Press Secretary, leave the building together, and get into a car.
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