A large crowd gathered at the railroad train station and spilling onto the tracks, watches as a steam locomotive, pulls President Woodrow Wilson's special Pullman rail car (the "Superb") into Princeton, New Jersey. He is arriving on September 28, 1916, to vote in the Democratic Primary elections, during his 1916 presidential reelection campaign. Closeup of the President stepping from his train car and being escorted by National Guard soldiers and local officials. Next, he is seen walking along a sidewalk, accompanied by New Jersey Governor, James Fairman Fielder. After voting in the primary election (unseen) the President is seen standing with his wife, Edith Galt Wilson, and the Governor, on an outdoor platform, wrapped in patriotic bunting. President Wilson appears to hold some speaking notes. Closeup of people gathered below the platform, including a Boy Scout, and members of the New Jersey Federation of Women’s Clubs. The President steps down from the platform and is given a spade that he uses to plant some trees along the Lincoln Highway. Mrs. Wilson watches along with others in the background.
United Kingdom Embassador to UN arrives. Chinese delegation arrives in Buick automobile and is escorted into the hall for a United Nations meeting in Lake Success,New York, United States. Representatives of different countries take their seats.
Indian flag being hoisted, as India becomes a member of United Nations in Lake Success in New York. Indian representative delivers a speech on the occasion.
1936: Rocket testing in Greenwood Lake, New York. A rocket experimenter working at mail-carrying 'rocket plane'. Rocket plane launched through a catapult. Rocket plane in flight.
Annual meeting of the Directors at Will Rogers Memorial Hospital in Saranac Lake in New York. A meeting of the people of the Motion Picture Industry. Family members of the entertainment industry get treatment in the hospital. The Directors visit the patients and the laboratory during inspection. A Doctor shows X-Rays of lungs. Researches for Tuberculosis cure being done in the hospital laboratory. A statue of Will Rogers.
Lake Success, New York. Second part of the first session of the UN General Assembly, chaired by President Paul-Henri Spaak of Belgium. Warren R. Austin, U.S. representative to the UN Security Council, speaks about the role of United States in war and comments on words, the day prior, from the representative of the USSR. He is applauded by other members. Mr. Austin takes issue with positions and comments expressed by Soviet representative, Mr. Molotov.
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