Cold War missile defense exercise for readiness (dramatized). Feverish activity inside Command Post of NORAD (North American Air Defense) in Ent Air Force Base in Colorado Springs. Orders issued to utilize Titan missiles. Red light blinking. Views of control panels with various buttons and keys, and hands on controls for missile launch. A Titan missile is launched.
Many launches of Titan and Bomarc missiles are seen. Nike Ajax and Nike Hercules missiles are launched against various drone target aircraft and destroy them. Multiple different launch scenes and drone target hits shown in succession.
The third Selma to Montgomery march during the American Civil Rights Movement. A huge crowd marches on a road. African American men, women and children among the marchers. The crowd marches holding banners and the American flag. The Selma to Montgomery marchers demand voting rights for African Americans. From Selma is written at the back of a marcher's shirt. A poster reads NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The marchers enter the city of Montgomery, Alabama's capital, and proceed to the State Capitol building.
African American women learn various skills at the National Youth Administration. NYA (National Youth Administration) boys dormitory. African American boys at work. Group of women wash and iron clothes. Women learn to prepare and serve meals. Women seated on table as they eat their meal. They also learn mat and basket weaving. African American woman paints a pot.
Franklin D. Roosevelt seen standing in courtyard of White House, with other officials. The old Executive Office Building is in the background. Democratic National Convention of July, 1920. Roosevelt is nominated as Vice Presidential candidate on ticket with James M. Cox. The two of them campaigning in San Francisco. Supporters parading. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt with their four children and dog, at Hyde Park in New York. Crowds gather to hear Roosevelt campaign speeches. Franklin D. Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park and is greeted by his mother. He speaks there and greets supporters. Roosevelt on chrutches (due to polio) standing with John W. Davis and Alfred Smith. Scenes of the Democratic National Convention of 1924, in New York.
War veterans swamp the Bureau for loans on new bonus plan in Washington DC. The war veterans of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) stand in a queue for loans. J. M. Betz, Deputy Disbursing Officer operates an automatic signature device which certifies 15 vouchers at a clip and 20000 in a day. A crowd of beneficiaries line up outside Uncle Sam's pay window in New York.
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