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A large crowd at Glacier Park International Airport welcomes U.S. President Richard Nixon and First Lady Patricia Nixon
Film begins showing hand held camera view from the President's airplane, Air Force One, (a VC-137C -- customized Boeing 707) as it approaches Kalispell Montana. A large crowd rushes toward the fence at the Glacier Park International Airport.. View from side of stairs by Air Force One, showing President Richard Nixon giving a characteristic wave to the crowd. He is followed by his wife, Pat Nixon, Senator Mike Mansfield and Congressman Dick Shoup, as they descend from the airplane. The stairs display the Logo of the Military Airlift Command. Camera pans along the left wing of Air Force One to reveal an enthusiastic crowd of well wishers, including a high school marching band in red uniforms, playing their instruments under the baton of their conductor. Some at back of the crowd hold up a large sign reading: "Agriculture." Camera zooms in from behind as President Nixon, flanked by Mike Mansfield, the Majority Leader of the Senate, and Montana Congressman Dick Shoup, as he makes a few remarks into a microphone. Several Native American Indians wearing feathered head dress stand nearby. Sign on airport building reads: "Welcome to Flathead Valley President and Mrs. Nixon." Camera pans across the large crowd on the airfield tarmac. Air Force One is in the background. State Police and other law enforcement officers mingle at the edge of the crowd. Mike Mansfield walks alone at the edge of the crowd, near law enforcement officers. A phalanx of news reporters and photographers make their way through the crowd, following President Nixon and using. long handled microphones to capture comments and statements in extended scenes across the spectrum of onlookers. Such scenes comprise the remainder and bulk of the film.
Supplies are being loaded onto ships in the United States and a U.S. convoy at sea; recruitment film for Merchant Marines
A World War II recruitment film bulletin 'Wanted: Men for Merchant Marine' asking men to join the United States Merchant Marines and go aboard Liberty Ships and other cargo ships supporting the United States war effort during World War 2. A World War II American ship convoy at sea. An official works in Ship Personnel Office aboard a ship. Merchant seamen board a ship. A group of engineers, seamen, radio telegraphers, cooks, bakers and mess men during a training. Supplies are loaded onto a ship. Tanks, bombs and locomotive are hoisted by a crane and loaded onto the ship. Seamen work aboard the ships. Narrator speaks of military materiel delivered by ships and a series of images of American military equipment in action in Europe during World War 2 is shown: Line of camouflage U.S. army tanks fire. U.S. Army Air Force bomber aircraft at an airfield including one with a damaged nose. U.S. Army tractor hauls a long artillery piece on war torn streets of a European city. U.S. Army tank moving by fast on a European paved roadway. A merchant ship at sea. A ship convoy at sea.
Coast Guard vessels, buoys, lighthouses, helicopters and life saving service stations in the United States.
Opening scene shows an animated map of the United States and its inland waterways. An extremely long barge assembly is seen moving along a waterway, with industrial plant on shore in background. Another view of barges being pushed, View from a ship passing a city skyline. A Coast Guard ship passing an inland passenger ship in icy waters. View from bow of the Coast Guard ship moving through the ice. he U.S. Coast Guard side paddlewheel river tender, "Willow" is seen docked on the Mississippi River. Black smoke is rising from one of her funnels. A team of men works at a river bank, installing an aid to navigation. View of another such aid. A Coast Guard riverboat for installing and maintaining navigation aids, moving on a river. Closeup of a Coastguardsman wearing flotation vest, on deck. A buoy being raised by a crane on the ship. Glimpse of a buoy floating in the water. A new buoy being lowered from the ship into the water. Closeup of two Coast Guard officers watching as the buoy is set in place. View from deck of ship as the buoy is lowered overboard. Aerial view of a lighthouse. View of lighthouse from ground nearby. Glimpse of a Coast Guard station on a sandy shore. A Coast Guard boathouse with three rescue dories visible inside. A pontoon equipped Coast Guard helicopter taking off from a moving ship.
Work and achievements of Harry S. Truman during his first Presidential term in the United States
President Harry S. Truman marches with veteran soldiers of U.S. Army Company D (129th Field Artillery) with whom he served as an officer in World War 1. Wide view of men lined up on White House lawn. Disabled veteran soldiers of World War 2 greet the President. Narrator discusses problem of lack of housing for veterans and their families after World War 2. Aerial view of trailer homes or recreational vehicle (RV) camper units lined up in open space, serving as temporary housing for veterans. Truman sitting at desk while he signs the Veterans Emergency Housing Act of 1946. Views of long lines of new homes being built, and construction workers hammering to build frames of new houses in the United States. During a time of price inflation, scene shows grocer changing price signs on eggs, meats, cheeses to show increasing prices. Truman ata work in his office reviewing paperwork at his desk. Narrator mentions Taft Hartley Labor Act that Truman vetoed. View of car on road with sign on side that reads, "Veto Hartley Taft Slave Labor Bill." President Truman reading at his desk. Close up view of cover page of report entitled "To Secure These Rights. The Report of The President's Committee on Civil Rights. View of Episcopal church Bishop Henry Knox Sherrill seated at a desk. Bishop Sherrill is talking to another man. Narrator states that Truman acted on a civil rights program recommended by Bishop Sherrill, head of the Civil Rights Commission. Car pulling up to portico of White House and view of President Truman shaking hands with visiting President of Mexico, Miguel Alemán. President Truman being presented a sacred Torah by Israeli President Weizmann. Discusses foreign policy matters with Secretary of State George Marshall and comes up with Truman doctrine, Marshall plan and European recovery program. View of Truman signing Economic Cooperation Act of 1948 on April 3, 1948 (of which the Marshall Plan was a part).
A split screen sequence attempts to create the impression that a ferry collides with a trolley car in Detroit, Michigan
View from side of railroad track as steam locomotive passes pulling a long passenger train at high speed. A freight train passes at the same time in opposite direction on parallel track. Split screen presentation shows automobile traffic, pedestrians, and street cars on Woodward Avenue, in Detroit, and a ferry boat plying a river on the other screen. The ferry boat appears to converge onto the avenue, as if to collide with a trolley car.
Detroit-Toledo-Ironton railroad and Wellston, Ohio
Steam locomotive of Detroit, Toledo and Ironton Railroad billows steam as it pulls a long freight train along track beside a river. Four railroad men gather around a small utility rail car. They load tools into it and one climbs into it as the other three push it along the track. Downtown street scene in Wellston, Ohio. Several persons walk on sidewalk in front of the Wellston Post Office. Soldiers Monument seen on Broadway Street,in background. A traffic circle with Civil War cannon and cannon balls on display in the center. A family posing on the porch of a home. One of the men wears overalls over his shirt and tie. Painter in overalls stenciling the DT&I logo on a freight car.
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