Development works under the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Missouri, United States, during the Great Depression. A segregated nursery school for young African American boys and girls, built by the WPA. Young children in a class. They eat a meal at tables. The boys and girls nap and sleep on beds lined in a room.
Establishment of an agricultural colony under the Federal Emergency Relief Administration, in the United States during the Great Depression. In Arkansas Colony No 1 homes for farmers under construction. A woman outside her home with her young children. Dynamite explosion to make roads and bridges. Horses drag leveling equipment and road graders. Workers selected for relief roles, work for construction. A river bridge under construction. A dirt road is constructed. Large pieces of wooden logs cut by workers at a sawmill. Wooden plates stacked and ready for use in construction of houses and infrastructure. Planing mill and other machinery under operation. After work hours, workers gather around a boxing ring to watch a match. Workers cut a tree with hack saws. Land cleared to build houses. Workers lay wooden plates and raise the house structure on scaffolds. A house constructed up to completion. Men and children walk in a farmland.
Newly appointed President Lyndon Johnson in a file interview as the then Vice President at his ranch in Texas. Johnson talks about the development, standard of living and industrial progress in United States. He believes that it is the peculiar system of government in America that has lead to its success. The system of free enterprise takes due care of the needs of all three sections of the population- the capitalists,the mangers and the workers. Johnson says the biggest problem is of learning to get along with the rest of the world.
A big haul of turtles is brought onshore in Florida in United States. Turtles are taken off from the boat as they are taken away on their backs to the cannery. A kid sits onto a turtle's back whereas another turtle moves close to a tin of turtle food.
View from a Helicopter flying over fields of grain in Montana, United States. Shadow of the helicopter is seen moving below. Cattle grazing on the range are startled by the chopper. Views of U.S. Minuteman intercontinental missile installations in the vicinity of Great Falls, in 1964. Colonel Rex Dowtin, Commander of the U.S. 341st Strategic Missile Wing, is seen in cockpit of the helicopter. Views from the helicopter as it flies over the steel-covered underground missile silos. Snow-capped mountains in background. Colonel Dowtin and another crew member inside the helicopter.
Hugh O' Brian receives the Star of Tomorrow award at Golden Globe Awards organized by Foreign Press Association in California, United States. Feminine Star of Tomorrow award is received by Barbara Rush and Rock Hudson receives the award for Best Documentary of Historic Achievement. Miss International Press, Mamie Van Doren presents an award to the President of Foreign Press Association.
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