Armed U.S. Army Air Corps airmen march in formation. Dignitaries including retired General John J. Pershing review a demonstration of Army aircraft. Formation of BT-9 training aircraft. An officer briefs pilots in a briefing room. The officer points out locations on a map. Pilots inspect an aircraft machine gun and receive instruction. View of of 37mm ammunition for the Bell Aircraft P-39 T9 cannon. Crew loads the ammunition into a P-39 aircraft. View of P-39 nose as cannon is fired. Three P-39s fire at ground targets. A Curtis P-40 in flight. (World War II period).
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Animation shows setting mechanism for the watch. Minute wheel and cap is fitted on the watch plate. Winding mechanism is fitted. Workers work in the Train Department's section where wheels and pinions for the watch are made. Automatic machine makes winding wheels. Crown teeth in winding wheel cut. The main spring is compressed and placed in the barrel. Pictorial view of barrel bridge and winding wheel. Polishing Racket in operation.
The intricate processes in the manufacture of watch parts at the Illinois Watch Company in Springfield, Illinois. Ornamental decoration of watch plates is done on at Damas Keening machine. Train bridge is placed on the watch plate.
A demonstration of American air training program in new York. Military experts from 17 American nations watch the event. Large formations of planes in the skies.
In a speech from the White House, American President Franklin D Roosevelt announces the signing into law of the Selective Service Registration, the first peacetime draft in United States History. President Roosevelt proclaims that the first registration under the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 shall take place on Wednesday, the sixteenth day of October, 1940 between hours 7 AM and 9 PM.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his Annual Message to Congress in Washington DC, USA. In his speech he makes the following remarks, 'American must head in the direction of a greater satisfaction in life for the average man. Democracy must find solutions for far-reaching problems. Millions of Americans in slums and small cities live in habitations which fail to provide benefits of modern civilization breed disease and impair the health of future generations. Tenant farmers could be provided with some financial assistance, advice and training, to make them self-supporting on land which can eventually belong to them. Social security system needs to be developed. Immediate industrial and commercial activity does not justify the unemployment problem'.
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