Final segment of a documentary on the history of the Labor Department in the United States. A group of Labor Department employees are seen in a meeting, where one discusses variations in unemployment while referring to a chart entitled: "Employees in Nonagricultural Establishments, by Industry Division." Closeup of a Secretary of Labor report on Research and Training Activities under the Manpower Development and Training Act, transmitted to the Congress, February, 1963. A woman explains wiring diagrams on a blackboard in chalk, and then turns to young people being trained to solder such connections on electronic parts, in a worker training class. Finished electrical products being readied for shipment. Closeup of a "Manpower Report of the President," by the Department of Labor. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, reporting to the Congress. Behind him are Speaker of the House, John William McCormack, and Senate President pro tempore Carl Hayden. Wider view of the joint session of congress. Men gathered at a table simulating Labor-management bargaining in action. A U.S. Labor Department representative offers assistance to the bargaining parties. Closeup of men shaking hands. George Meany, President of the AFL-CIO labor organization is seen conducting a meeting. A man circles labor markets, on a U.S. map, that are eligible for Federal assistance under the Area Redevelopment Act. An aircraft and a ship are seen being loaded with goods for transport to foreign destinations. People voting in a large gathering, by show of hands. Closeup of a metal tool bit cutting a strip while turning a piece of metal in a lathe. Several young people ostensibly seeking jobs. More views of products being loaded and transported by ship, airplane, and railroad. People entering the Department of Labor building in Washington, DC. People waiting in line for assistance in finding jobs. Final scenes are a montage of brief images covering the history of the Department of Labor, shown inside a round Department of Labor symbol.
U.S. Army soldiers arrive at a training encampment by train. Soldiers in training each firing a pistol at targets on an open field. Groups of soldiers prone in a line firing rifles, then running across a field. The troops mount a wall obstacle. Again they lie prone and fire across a field. The troops are in training for mission to Veracruz Mexico following the Tampico Affair.
U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson in the United States. View of White House. President Wilson gets onto a train. People stand around him. The train moves. People gather to greet their President. Wilson bends and shakes hand with people standing beside the train. The President and Mrs. Wilson sit in a car and wave to the people. He tips his hat. Children sitting at the side of the road with the flag of the United States. The train moves. Wilson in the car.
A film about places of interest in Hawaii, United States. An engine of a Sugar Cane Train. A couple aboard the train. View of landscape from the moving train. The train underway on the tracks. People walk and swim at a shore. A woman on a jet ski. A woman sun bathes. Large hotels on the beach. Aerial view of the island of Maui. Fishes in water in a park. A huge statue of Lord Buddha. A stream in a valley. Lava formations in the valley. View of the Haleakala Volcano crater.
Flemish work-camp youth from Belgium training in Germany during World War 2, in programs similar to Hitler Youth training. Several Flemish work-camp youth moving in columns. View of the young men smiling. A German officer shaking hands with the youth in uniforms. Some wear armbands. Many have a unit insignia patch with a Seagull or Albatross or other similar bird in flight. Their barracks at the camp with signs on each: Nordland, Mifinger, Midufind. A group of young men in front of a building. The youth run toward a training exercise. Mountains in view in the background. The young men in groups during training sessions. They engage in calisthentics and trust and confidence-building team exercises.
U.S. Medical Corps in Italy during World War II. Injured U.S. soldiers being loaded onto railroad train, and wounded seen in bunks and beds aboard the medical train or hospital train. Nurses move in the moving train. The soldiers eat food. Next scene is at the Anzio Nettuno beachhead: The exteriors of a wrecked building. British and American soldiers and officers walk through a passage down the stairs. Soldiers work on maps and typewriters in tunnels at the underground Allied headquarters in Cassino. View of girl pin-up images decorating walls of the converted wine cellar headquarters. U.S. Soldiers pack German language leaflets into shells to be fired into the German lines at Cassino. View of one of the leaflets, which narrator says tell of the victories by Soviet forces on the eastern front. Shells holding propaganda leaflets are fired as soldiers discuss the strategy. A truck near a heap of shells. St. Elia: U.S. soldiers help injured civilian refugee people. An Italian woman carrying a child walks. A young civilian refugee girl stands near the truck and cries.
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