International horse racing at Laurel in Maryland. Huge crowd gathered to watch the race. Men eat food in the grandstand area. Entrants from seven nations participate in The International race for prize money of $100, 000. Front runner Tudor Era of the United States and Sailor's Guide of Australia run on the turf track. Sailor's Guide of Australia reaches the winning post first and wins the race.
Jobless, destitute miners in Uniontown Pennsylvania during the Great Depression. Miners and their families make their homes in idle, empty coal (coke) ovens. Children sit outside dwelling caves. Men eat food inside a coke oven cave. In second sequence: Men and women prepare new series of 'Baby Bonds' for lower wage earners rolling off Government presses. President Franklin D Roosevelt buys the first Baby Bond from postmaster-General Farley. From a February 11, 1960 Newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
King Baudouin of Belgium visits a Chrysler plant in Detroit, Michigan. Number of cars arrives in front of the Chrysler building (likely the Mack Avenue Engine Complex). Sign reads “Hot Test”. Engines moving in assembly line. The King inspects modern automated assembly lines. King Baudouin inspects Chrysler cars. One of the convertibles' models presented to the King by a woman. Woman shake hands with King Baudouin.
Horse racing at Pimlico in Maryland. Horses run from the gates at the onset of a race. Royal Orbit wins the race. Huge crowd gathered to watch the race. People cheer. Royal Orbit wins the four length triumph on the turf track.
Adlai Stevenson campaigns for Presidential nomination in Chicago. He formally announces his campaign for Democratic Presidential nomination in 1956. Stevenson seated at his desk with the American flag next to him. A man listens to radio wearing headphones.
President Dwight D Eisenhower visits the AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) in Germantown, Maryland. View of the AEC building. Board reads 'United Stats Atomic Energy Commission'. President Eisenhower dedicates 13 Million dollars to the headquarters of the Atomic Energy Commission
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