News special report about State of the Union Message by U.S. President Richard M Nixon to the Congress in Washington DC. President Nixon addresses the congress from the speaker's podium. He speaks about the growth of American economy and effectiveness of government. Congressmen in the house applaud for his views. Vice President Spiro Agnew and the Congress Speaker sit on seats behind podium President Nixon speaks about availing education, housing, transport facilities to the people of U.S. and reducing inflation. He also speaks about increasing crime rate and effective law enforcement.
President Nixon addresses the congress from the speaker's podium in the U.S. Capitol during his 1970 State of the Union address. He speaks about pollution and damage done to the environment by human race. He talks of the need to make reparations for the damage we have done to our land, air, and water. He notes that this is a particular concern of young people, "because they more than we will reap the grim consequences of our failure to act on programs which are needed now, if we are to prevent disaster later." (Foreshadows global warming.) President Nixon proposes a 10 billion dollar clean water program. Congressmen in the house applaud. He discusses the importance of purchasing and preserving open spaces and park lands. He discusses the need to make automobile emissions cleaner. He talks about pricing goods to cover not only their production but also their disposal without damage to the environment. He asks that citizens consider air and water not as free resources but as scarce resources to be protected. The Joint Chiefs of Staff among the Congressmen listen to the speech. Nixon talks about rural areas becoming less populated with migration to urban city centers. He calls on America to become a pioneer in environmental research and leadership. Vice President Spiro Agnew and the Congress Speaker sit on seats behind podium. Nixon concludes his speech and shakes hands with Speaker and other Congressmen who admire and applaud.
Spanish Head of State Regent of the Kingdom Francisco Franco in Madrid, Spain during World War II. Troops stand at attention in front of a biplane aircraft. People seated during a ceremony. Biplanes in a line in the background. Franco with officers at a table. He decorates Spanish troops. The troops march. Franco with other officers review the troops.
A football game in Columbus, Ohio. The Southern Methodist University Mustangs were defeated by the Ohio State Buckeyes by a score of 23-20. Highlights of the game are shown as crowds cheer.
A film justifying Japanese fight in mainland China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. Japanese soldier looks through binoculars. Soldiers on horsebacks advance. Army jeeps move along a field. The Great Wall of China. Japanese troops fire artillery. Aircraft in flight. Japanese soldiers in prone positions. The troops fire from a trench. They load artillery gun with shells on a field. A map of China highlights puppet state of Manchukuo in Manchuria established by Japan in 1932. Celebrations in Manchukuo showing Japanese troops and a band along the streets. Children march holding flags.
A film based on the Plum Island Animal Disease Center( PIADC ) off Long Island, New York. Commuters employed with the U.S. State Department of Agriculture board a ferry in Long Island. Animated map highlights the PIADC established for study of foreign animal diseases. The map shows locations of laboratory, dock area, administrative area, animal holding area and research buildings. Exterior view of the Plum Island research center buildings as seen from a boat just off shore from the island, including research buildings, security fences around the building, and the coast of Plum Island showing installations.
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