A film depicts the contribution of various personalities to the history of the United States. The 31st President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt giving inaugural speech. People crowd in large number and listen to him. The U.S. Capitol Building dome. People gathered to listen to him. People view the Statue of Liberty. The Washington Monument. Statues of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Theodore Roosevelt, Lafayette, Nathan Hale, and Abraham Lincoln.
In March 1946, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom Winston Churchill arrives in Fulton, Missouri. Winston Churchill arrives in a car. He exits the car. Churchill enters a building. U.S. President Harry S. Truman waves to the crowd. With him, Winston Churchill smokes a cigar and waves to the crowd. At Westminster College, Winston Churchill is seen dressed in a cap and gown. He receives a Doctorate award. View of people seated as audience in the auditorium hall. They applaud. Churchill seated on a platform. Harry S. Truman making a speech. Churchill speaking at the podium. (This was where Churchill delivered his famous "Iron Curtain" speech. The speech is not heard in this clip. Only German narration is heard.)
Damage due to tornado in the United States. The damaged buildings. A man climbs down a tree in the foreground. Homeless people on a street. A damaged house. The wreckage in the city. Cars parked in front of a damaged hospital. The damaged roof of the hospital. The wreckage and damaged buildings. People collect their belongings from the wreckage. A view of the tornado struck area.
USAF (United States Air Force ) Lockheed C-69 Constellation sets a new record in Washington DC. United States Air Forces C-69 in flight. The aircraft in flight over mountains. The Wright radical engines of C-69. The aircraft in flight.
25th Annual Junior boxing championship at U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. The young boys practice in a boxing ring for the championship. Two young boys fight in the ring. Others stand outside the boxing ring and watch. The young boys boxing. A referee in the ring. The boys boxing. Two other boys in the ring boxing. One of them cry after a strong punch. The boy sits on a bench. The boy goes back in the ring and fights back. Both the boys fighting. The spectators in the background. (World War II period).
Contribution of U.S. women in the war effort in the United States during World War 2. U.S. troops fire a camouflaged artillery. Aircraft parked in a line. The aircraft take off one after the other. The aircraft in flight. A woman Marine looks through binoculars. Another Marine stands beside her. A ship underway in the background. The women Marine looks into documents. The members of the U.S. Women Army Corps (WAC) at work. Women war production workers in war production factories and machining factories make tools to help with the war effort. A woman worker operates industrial equipment. American soldiers carrying supplies embark a ship. Animated map shows the location of Berlin and Tokyo. The women walk in a group. A woman speaks to a man at an office. The Women Army Corps (WAC or WACC) march on a street. Buildings in the background. Narrator asks women to join the war effort as war workers or by joining the armed forces. The women march. The troops fire guns. Smoke rises due to explosion. The areas where women are needed.
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