From the film, "Forests and Men. The President's Conservation Corps at Work." President Franklin Roosevelt signs a document regarding the establishment of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. F. A. Silcox, Chief of United States Forest Service talks about the need for forest conservation. American flag on a pole. President Franklin Roosevelt visits an ECM (Emergency Conservation Work) camp. He has lunch with other officials. ECW workers and officals pose for a photograph with the President. View of the Shenandoah National Park CCC camp #3 from a hilltop, with letters "CAMP NIRA" (National Industrial Recovery Act) visible painted on the roof of one of the buildings. Woman hands over a sheet of paper to the Director of ECW, Robert Fechner. People stand outside United States Army recruitment camp and an Agriculture Department building. ECW volunteers being trained by the U.S. Army at Fort Washington in Virginia. Volunteers undergo training at camps and are sent to various forest conservation areas. Cooks cut meat. Men stand in line to receive food and are seated at outdoor tables eating food.
Workers load timber logs on vehicle. Reindeer in the forest. ECW (Emergency Conservation Work) members cut fire lanes, clear snag, erect telephone poles, clear camping grounds, build bridges, build fences around grazing lands and combat erosion by building dams in gullies.
Two men climb up to a house on a hill. View of gully. ECW (Emergency Conservation Work) members build dams in gullies to avoid erosion of soil. They plant seedling trees, build terrace farm lands and fill gullies with brush.
ECW (Emergency Conservation Work) members fall trees and stack wooden logs in forest area. Men fall timber trees. Map of United States shows Manned Emergency Conservation Work camp area. Workers dive into water stream. ECW members build houses. Emergency Conservation camp area.
People board a car moving on a snow covered road. A sledge moves on snow. Horses pulling a car over snow. People walk amidst high snowfall. A man clears snow from his car.
A crowd of rioters moves on a street in front of a furrier industry labor office. People from windows watch the rioters. Police catch a few rioters and lay them on ground. An injured man is assisted into a waiting ambulance. A man on stretcher is moved to the hospital ambulance vehicle. The vehicle moves on road.
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