Labor riots and strikes during the Great Depression. Opening scenes show coal being moved out of a mine in Harlan County, Kentucky. Armed Kentucky National Guard soldiers climb aboard and ride on each open car of coal. Miners who cross the picket lines to work (aka strike-breakers, or SCABS) enter the mine under National Guard protection. One miner carries a pistol, along with his lunch box. Change of scene to a street, probably in Detroit, Michigan, where several women carry signs denigrating the "Big Three" (automobile manufacturers). One sign reads: "The Big 3 call us RED Because we fight for Bread." The final sequence shows a group of men attacking a farmer's truck carrying milk cans. The attackers force the truck to the side of a country road and empty all the milk cans. A plank, filled with upwards pointing spikes, has been placed on the road to stop trucks. In a town street, A vigilante knocks a man from a vegetable truck, as it passes him. A gang of men attacking the vegetable truck are resisted by club wielding vigilantes.
Stores of various ethnic proprietors in Little Syria area of New York City, circa 1940. Exterior of "Anthony Coulapides" cigarette store. Man and woman in front of the "A. Sahahi and Co Inc" importer store. A Greek shop with a street address of "37." A Greek shop selling "Harem Oriental Pastry". Another shop with a Greek sign, followed by a shop with a Hebrew sign.
Demonstration of new weapons and equipment for members of the American Ordnance Association at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, United States. A United States Army OH-23 Raven helicopter and a United States Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopter fly over a range. Machine guns are fired from the helicopters. Explosions on the ground. Four trucks including a five ton XM-453 vehicle drive past the stands. Sky divers land near a target. A United States Army CV-2 Caribou aircraft flies by. Members of the American Ordnance Association in the stands.
Hollywood, California, during the Great Depression. Views of different signs outside shops of astrology services. Signs like: - 'Ask Question', 'Crystal Gazer - Truth Only', 'Clairvoyant', 'Master Mind', 'Psychic', 'Palmist' (Palm reader), 'Super Woman', and 'Astrologer' can be seen. Also seen: "1-Foot Long Hot Dogs 10 cents."
United States sailors visit Washington DC area. View of the U.S. Naval Academy Chapel in Annapolis, Maryland (Slate the precedes this shot incorrectly states that it is the U.S. Capitol). View of Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington, DC, as seen from the U.S. Treasury Building. Traffic along Pennsylvania Avenue. View of exterior of U.S. Treasury Buildings, with sailors descending steps. View of the South entrance of the White House. A sailor standing next to Tidal Basin views the Washington Monument in the distance. Exterior of the side of the Lincoln Memorial, with two U.S. Navy sailors walking toward the building. Sailors descend the steps of building. The south entrance of the White House. A sailor looks at the Washington Monument from Tidal Basin. The sailors in front of the Lincoln Memorial.
Major events of the year 1959. United States Vice President Richard Nixon with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev where they engaged in the so-called "Kitchen debate" at United States Trade and Cultural Fair in Moscow, Soviet Union. Nixon talks to Khrushchev leading to the former's visit to United States. Khrushchev arrives in United States and President Dwight D Eisenhower welcomes him at the airport. Soldiers march as the Presidential motorcade follows them. President Eisenhower and Premier Khrushchev after a meeting at Camp David in Maryland.
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