Secretary George C Marshall climbs up steps of the State Department building (Old Executive Office Building, 1650 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States) in Washington DC. He enters State Department building. The Secretary makes a short speech about the responsibility he feels for his new post. Secretary Marshall sorting his speech papers in his office room. Flags of Department of Justice and United States are placed beside his desk.
Six picket-holding women suffragists (sometimes referred to as suffragettes) demonstrate silently outside The White House during President Woodrow Wilson's administration. They are the "Sentinels of Liberty" participating in the women's suffrage movement. Men walk past The White House during the demonstration.
Martin Johnson and Osa Johnson (explorers, photographers, marketers, naturalists and authors) pose with two African men in front of a ship or boat at harbor. The Johnsons are holding two young chimpanzees. Martin Johnson Introduces the two African men to the crowd, saying, "these two Swahili boys came with us from Africa to take care of our animals." The African men speak to the camera in Swahili.
Clare Boothe Luce a congresswoman and an ambassador addresses a group of press reporters in a press conference in Washington DC.
Woman works in a hat factory. Workers come out of hat factory entrance. A man speaks commenting on hat production at factory.
Giant "calculator" (early computer) solves mathematical problems at Harvard University in Boston. Video shows the Automatic Sequence Controlled Calculator (ASCC), called the Mark I. It was devised by Howard Aiken. Navy personnel seen working with the computer. Man writes in books and looks at calculated numbers printed on a paper. Man at the giant calculator. Man loads a 24 channel punched paper data tape. Naval sailors look at the giant calculator. Computer scientist Lieutenant Grace Hopper (later Rear Admiral USN) is seen near the end of the clip. She was one of the first programmers of the Mark I and an early force in the development of machine-independent programming languages like COBOL.
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