The United States Naval Academy in the United States. The midshipmen marching in formation on the grounds of the academy. A few middies holding flags. The officers at the reviewing stand. The middies seated on chairs. An officer addresses them.
A government printing plant in the United States. The interior of a printing plant in the United States. Men and women working inside the plant. A man working on a printing machine. A woman stacking the bundles of papers. The printing of liberty bonds.
Department of Labor women clerical employees seen typing letters and forms. Men in the department meet at a table. Women working inside a textile factory in the United States. Close up of man's face as he works at a factory job. Scene of early trading activity at the New York Stock Exchange. A biplane airplane at an air show event crashes through a wall (seemingly intentionally) while landing, as onlookers watch. The plane is heavily damaged but lands on two wheels. Bread lines and soup lines for the hungry and unemployed men during the Great Depression. Lines at the bank during bank panic or run on a bank during the Great Depression. Vacant lot, stopped idle factory, and stopped railway switch yard during the Great Depression. Busy city street (possibly New York City lower east side) with push carts of street market vendors selling to shoppers and pedestrians. A horse cart is also seen on the street. More scenes of soup kitchens and bread lines for needy. Children jump rope, gathered on a wooden porch. Two men arriving at factory job carrying lunch boxes. Children playing jump rope. Exterior of the Capitol building in Washington, D.C. as Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes his first oath for the President of the United States on March 4, 1933, and excerpt from his inaugural address focusing on jobs and putting people back to work.
U.S. sailors assemble seaplanes in the United States. The seaplanes lined up on a shore in front of canvas hangars. A seaplane flies over a battleship and a submarine. United States sailors assemble the parts of an airplane. They put a wing into place, assemble the tail portion and place the propeller on the airplane.
A documentary shows a United States official explaining about the first nuclear powered submarine, USS Nautilus, with the help of a model submarine in the United States. He explains how the nuclear power works. The official talks about protection against radiation. He explains the mechanics of the nuclear power using a stick. He points at a uranium filled container and a boiler that produces steam for the turbine to start. The official demonstrates the operation of the power plant by opening and closing the turbine valve. He further talks about how the power plant works. Arrows on the pipes of the power plant.
A documentary shows a United States official explaining about the first U.S. submarine 'Turtle' with the help a picture in the United States. He explains the functioning of the submarine pointing at its picture with a stick in hand. He points at a lever in the front and a bomb at the other end of the picture. A chart explains that 1 pound of uranium is equal to 2,600,000 pounds of coal. Another chart shows batteries of the submarine. A picture of the RMS Queen Mary. A diagram on the chart shows the amount of air required to burn oil. A woman assistant removes the charts from a table.
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