People watch results of U.S. Census,1960 presented on an electric population chart in the Department of Commerce,Washington DC, showing constant growth in population. The description about what various colors of the light stand for is given in the index, at the side of the chart. Professor Philip Hauser (Director,Population Research and Training Center, University of Chicago) makes a presentation of the census report. George Stone asks questions to him. View of men and women workers walking on a sidewalk in an urban area, bound to or from work and jobs. Construction of roads and highways shown in progress. A suburban neighborhood under construction with houses being built. In a classroom, a boy student solves a sum on the blackboard as the teacher stands next to him. Men at work on a construction site building a house. Cars at gasoline service station with sign "Sinclair". Gas station workers clean windshields and fuel cars. Traffic moves on a divided highway filled with 1950s cars and various automobiles. A train passes by on a platform of a metro or subway system. New office construction sites and new garden apartment (low rise apartments) are seen under construction.
Arrival of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus in Nashville Tennessee. Documentary show host speaks in Spanish as he walks down a sidewalk, describing the circus. Preparations for the circus show. A train arrives carrying the circus. Elephants, clowns, circus performers, and handlers unloading equipment and animals from the train. Scenes in Waterloo, Iowa: Elephants linked trunk-to-trunk walking down the city street. Automobile traffic moves on the streets followed by elephants and horses. The elephants pass by bank building with sign "Waterloo Savings Bank". Exterior and interior views of a stadium or arena and preparations. Workmen setting up the circus stage inside the arena.
African American men in a rural agricultural community of Alabama sow plants in the front yard under guidance from a Tuskegee Institute trained Movable School teacher. Women are trained to set tables. Men construct an improved storage house for sweet potatoes on a farm. The farmer's old storage house was formed by erecting wood panels alone. The new storage is formed of a frame firmly placed on ground and then keeping separate boxes in it. A man plays violin and another one dances, as the others watch them and clap.
View of a town and building in Alpine Germany. Doctor checks blood pressure of a lady. An electric train carries patients. 'Parel Stollen' is written on a sign near a woman standing outside a train. Men and women wearing bathing suits go for therapy. Woman is seen lying on a cot. Two men are seen in a steam room. A doctor and a nurse help a woman who need assistance walking.
The 7th Egyptian battalion departs for Sudan from Cairo, Egypt. Following the Anglo Egyptian Treaty, The Egyptian troops after 13 years of absence go back to Sudan. The 7th Egyptian Battalion marches through Cairo on way to the R R station. Arriving at the station, soldiers line up. Hamdi Seif El-Nasr Pasha, War Minister, bids the officers goodbye. Mustafa Nahas Pasha arrives to see the soldiers off. Soldiers jam the railroad station platform as they board trains, which are too crowded to accomodate them all. Train slowly moves away bound for Khartoum, Sudan.
College students from the University of California Bears crew team begin training in hopes of winning the 1939 rowing championships. California oarsmen in Oakland turnout for the spring training. Ten shells get underway for vigorous practice on Frisco Bay. Crew teams rowing on the bay.
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