U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to readjust national currency via the Gold Reserve Act, conveyed at the Congress in Washington DC. The United States Congress meet at the Capitol in Washington DC. The officials seated in the hall inside the Capitol building. The House leadership and officials seated in the center during discussions related to the Gold Reserve Act of 1934. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr. seated at his desk signing documents. Crates of gold being unloaded from ships as overseas gold exporters sent gold to the United States where it commanded higher prices as proclaimed by the President. Two men stocking gold bars in a bank. Young African American farmers picking cotton in a cotton field. One smiles for the camera. Commodity traders busily trading commodities on on a mercantile exchange floor. Rise in prices, as a result of revaluation of dollar.
A woman miner in a coal mine in Cadiz, Ohio, United States. A man and a woman miner at work in the coal mine in Cadiz. They push a cart of mineral deposits along a track. Ida May Stull, the only woman miner in the United States, shows her soiled hands. Ida Stull works with her co-worker in the mine.
United States Marine Corps drive M422 Mighty Mite jeep in Quantico,Virginia. United States Marine Corps drive M422 Mighty Mite jeep on the rough and rugged terrain. Trees in the background.
German veterans at the United States Paratrooper School in Germany. Germen veterans being trained in the modern jump methods at the United States 11th Airborne Division Jump School. American instructors during the final examination. An aircraft in flight. The Veterans Paratroopers jumps off the aircraft and make an expert landing. Trainers being awarded certificates.
United States Open Golf Championship at Toledo, Ohio. Large crowd of spectators cheer the players at the golf course. Dick Mayer wins the United States Open Golf Championship against Emmett Cary Middlecoff. The winner holds a trophy.
The Registration Day at the United States Military Academy at West Point. Colin Kelly III, son of America's First Combat Hero during World War 2 enters the United States Military Academy (Colin Kelly Jr who was shot down in his B-17 three days following Pearl Harbor, after bombing the Japanese Cruiser Natori. He remained at the helm long enough to permit his crew to bail out. His own parachute did not open after his bail out). On the Registration Day officers inspect the new cadets. Colin gets the regulation hair cut. A tailor takes measurements. Officers inspect as the new cadets march past.
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