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.
First Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) of United States, John Edgar Hoover gives a speech after receiving the medal at an award ceremony in United States. He thanks the Boys Clubs of America. He talks about the youth engulfed in crime and criminal associations; task for building better citizenship; and statistics of criminals and crime in America. Distinguished guests seated at the table.
Women's Army Corps (WAC) Sergeant in broadcasting studio for the Army Navy Screen Magazine feature called: "By Request." She holds a letter received from 43 American soldiers ("foxhole buddies") in New Guinea. They ask "By Request" to show them scenes from the University of Kentucky, where they trained, and some shots of Lexington, Kentucky. The program continues with motion pictures of the requested scenes, beginning with the Phoenix Hotel and a theater on the Lexington Main Street. Pedestrians on the side walk and cars parked by the roadside. Keith's Bar and Chop House. Bartenders and waitresses serve beer. A roller coaster, known as the Wildcat (after UK's mascot) at the Joyland amusement park, located on Paris Pike north of town. The University of Kentucky campus. GIs and women soldiers on campus. A sign for the University. Soldiers take pictures by the statue of James Patterson on campus. (Given the lack of foliage on the trees, this film was obviously taken sometime between November and March. ) (World War II period).
A female WAAC (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps) presents 'By Request' for the Army Navy Screen Magazine' in the United States during World War II. She reads out a request for music from Ameriacn soldiers in the Pacific Theater. The 'GI Jive' section presented by Jill. She talks to the GIs, plays a jive tune for them and asks them to keep writing in. Pictures, sketches, letters, photographs and other memorabilia sent by GIs from various war fronts. Jive tune plays in the background.
A woman GI presents 'By Request' for the Army Navy Screen Magazine in the United States. An American soldier in China requests an old song. Character actors, humorists and comedians perform song "Down by the Old Mill Stream" on stage. Performers include Jimmy Durante, Allen Jenkins, Sterling Holloway, Hugh Herbert, William Gargan, Edward Brophy, Andy Devine, Allan Hale, Robert Benchley, and Arthur Treacher. The audience breaks into laughter during the performance. The female GI winds up the show after the performance. She states the program address and asks the soldiers to keep writing in. (World War II period).
Space research from the ground with a Scatter Radar. National Bureau of Standards laboratories in Boulder, Colorado. The Central Radio Propogation Laboratory. Cars parked outside. Hills in the background. Dr. Kenneth Bowles and a colleague work on a formula. Animation: Incoherent scatter of radio waves by electrons in the ionosphere. Transmission of powerful pulsed radio signal in a narrow beam. The beam penetrates the ionosphere and excites the free electrons. The scatter a weak signal which is detected by a sensitive antenna, and the signal comes back to Earth. Remaining portions of a sensitive antenna at the pioneering field site in Havana, Illinois. Dr. Ken Bowles and other scientists decide on a site. Animation: The magnetic equator and lines of the magnetic field. Pulsed radar signals and lines of force on the monitor. Animation: Chemical composition of the Earth's atmospheric gases. The scientists decide on Lima in Peru, due to its proximity to the magnetic equator and U.S. Lima, Peru: Buildings, guards, churches, plazas and boulevards in Lima including the Government Palace in Lima with guards in front, the Catedral de Lima (Catheral of Lima) and the Plaza Mayor de Lima . Construction work in Lima. Cars on a market street. People on the sidewalk. Shipping and port facilities in Callao, Peru. Workers unload goods. People board a Braniff International aircraft. Housing facility in the Lima suburb of Miraflores.
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