The opening of the Grand Ole Opry House in Nashville, Tennessee. U.S. President Richard Nixon and his wife Pat Nixon present at the ceremony. American country music singer Roy Claxton Acuff gives a yo-yo to the President. He tries to use the yo-yo. People applauding. President Nixon playing a piano.
US Army guard standing at the entrance of the White House building. They open a gate as a car arrives. (Narrator indicates it is an army pilot arriving in the car to receive a medal from the President after he hit a Japanese battleship during World War II.) The US Army guards for the Military District of Washington march in formation on the grounds of the White House. President Roosevelt addresses them. He speaks about their duties and service, and acknowledges that they, and he, might rather be closer to the front, but that their job protecting Washington is important. The guards marching after the address.
The Munitions Building in Washington DC during World War II. Exterior of the building. Cars passing on a street. Entrance of the building. Army and civilian personnel arriving. An armed sentry standing in the foreground. Personnel entering the building. A sentry standing at the door. A sign reads 'War Department Munitions Building'.
The Munitions Building in Washington DC during World War II. Exterior of the building. A sign reads 'War Department Munitions Building'. Armed guards walking near the building. Traffic passing on a street. The armed guards standing at the entrance of the building. Colonel Ralph B Lovett entering a car. The car moves on a street.
U.S. Army officers seated in an office in Washington DC. The army officers in a conference. Brigadier General C.D. Young, Chief of Service of Supply Lieutenant General Brehon Somervell, Brigadier General W. A. Styler and Brigadier General L. Lutes seated at a desk. They discuss amongst themselves. A wall map in the background. Lt. General Lesley James McNair, Lt. Colonel F. L. Parks and Brigadier General Mark Wayne Clark seated at the desk. Lt. General McNair signing papers.
A press conference in an army office in Washington DC. U.S. Army officers seated in the office along with reporters. Brigadier General A. D. Surles and Lieutenant Colonel Stanley J. Grogan seated at a desk. Men and women of the press confer with them. They note down the information given by the officers in their note books.
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