'City Harvest': activities of victory gardeners in Chicago, Illinois. Men and women in farms work on farms or victory gardens a they produce fruits and vegetables during World War II to meet the demands of the Allied forces. Men with their children as they work in their victory gardens. A woman works at an office, a meat packing company, a paper boy, rail road switchman all grow vegetables to meet the increasing demand. People contribute to the war efforts in their own way. A woman works on a tank, men pack meals, woman distribute supply orders, men operate transports. Men work at a steel plant. Victory farmers gather farm produce. Boys carry the produce in crates. Men and women display their produce at victory garden festival.
The activities of victory gardeners in Chicago, Illinois. Rail road train and the largest inland port of Chicago. A ship at the harbor. Steel plants and skyscrapers in Chicago. People look at the vegetables produced by gardeners at the victory garden festival. Secretary of Agriculture Henry A. Wallace awards the best gardeners at a ceremony. Men and women perform Mexican dance.
Famous Hollywood star Marilyn Monroe dies August 5, 1962 in United States. Marilyn Monroe dies at 36. Marilyn Monroe blows a kiss. Flashback shows Marilyn Monroe greeting Queen Elizabeth II of England. Monroe extends her hand to the British Queen. Marilyn Monroe in Korea on stage entertaining American soldiers during the Korean War in the early 1950s. Marilyn Monroe arrives for a USO show in a jeep. Monroe performs on the stage as Korean War soldiers look on. Marilyn Monroe kisses her second husband, baseball star Joe DiMaggio. Marilyn Monroe with her third husband writer Arthur Miller. Wide shot of Times Square, New York City at night in the late 1950s or early 1960s, with neon lights and traffic. Marylin Monroe being cheered by crowds as she attends a premiere at Times Square. People hold pictures of Marylin Monroe. Marilyn Monroe on a balcony as she waves and smiles.
A football game at Soldier Field in Chicago, Illinois. Green Bay Packers against the college all stars in a football game as crowds cheer their favorites. Both teams battle it out to win the game. Packers defeat all stars 42-20.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower in White House, Washington D.C., United States. The President at a press conference announces a cut down in Cuba's assigned share of America's sugar market by 95%. Sugar cane fields as men cut canes. Canes loaded onto carts and tractors and is transported to factories to be processed and made into sugar.
Hollywood Derby at Hollywood Park in Inglewood, California. 50,000 fans gather to witness the horse race. Tempestuous takes the lead and goes on to win the Hollywood Derby.
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