General William Mitchell, in civilian clothes after his court martial, and resignation from the U.S. Army. He takes a walk with his wife and baby in a park in Washington DC, United States.
Ice pieces in the channel of Rocky River, Cleveland, Ohio. A boat upturned on the shore due to accumulation of ice in the river. A man looks at a damaged boat. Ice accumulated in the river channel. People look at the jammed river channel.
President Franklin D Roosevelt addresses a joint session of the Congress in Washington DC, United States. Roosevelt informs the Congress about the decisions taken at the Yalta Conference in World War II. He states that the two most important purposes of the Conference were to bring peace in Germany and establishment of an international court. He also declares that war against Japan will continue.
Eleanor Roosevelt arrives and addresses a public meeting in United States, wearing a red cross hat. During the speech she relates a joke involving her husband, President Roosevelt and the Japanese. It deals with a U.S. Marine ordered to leave Guadalcanal, but disappointed that he has not shot a Japanese soldier. The commanding officer gives him advice which Eleanor Roosevelt relates as a joke to the audience. (World War II period).
'Down on the farm' women get up in the morning to work on the farms as men fight the enemy during World War II. Boys and girls move to farms. They pick up fruits and vegetables from the farms. Boys climb on a ladder to pick up fruits. A girl drives a tractor with a plow attached to it. Another girl rides a hay wagon. Children also work on farms. They pick up fruits, milk a cow and churn out butter. They return home in a hay wagon. Children paid for the work done by them. A boy pastes a stamp in a book. Children wash their clothes in a tub.
A U.S. military truck with smoke screen mechanism doing tests in the United States during World War 2. Men on a tower find out the direction of the wind with a balloon. A wind wane also indicates the wind direction. A man turns on a button to lay the smoke screen. Smoke rises and engulfs the area in a blanket of smoke capable of covering military installations and operations with protective camouflage so it can not be seen by enemy aircraft.
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