Reenactment shows FBI(Federal Bureau of Investigation) agents battling gangsters in the United States, during the 1930s. Machine Gun Kelly storms an apartment building and shoots enemies. The Kansas City Massacre reenacted. Shootouts with gangsters George Kelly Barnes nicknamed 'Machine Gun Kelly', 'Babyface' Nelson, 'Prettyboy' Floyd and John Dillinger by FBI agents. The FBI agents with the help of hidden cameras keep a check on gangster in New York. Hidden camera footage of FBI double agent meeting an axis spy on a New York street. The Brinks robbery in Boston, Massachusetts. Armored cars driving at night. Large amounts of money transported to trucks. Reenactment shows plane exploding with 40 passengers on board. FBI agents in warehouse examining airplane wreckage. View of a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally at night, with a burning cross on a field and men in Klan robes around it throwing lit torches toward the burning cross. Brief shot of Martin Luther King being interviewed. Man smoking a cigar. Roulette wheels associated with illegal gambling.
Swearing-in of United States Air Force Brigadier Daniel (Chappie) James, Jr. as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, at the Pentagon, Washington, DC. U.S. Defense Secretary Melvin R Laird administering an oath of office to Daniel James, Jr., during the latter's swearing-in ceremony as the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Brigadier General James's wife and son standing by his side as he takes the oath of the office. Secretary Laird congratulates General James. A photographer takes pictures. Secretary Laird and the General James posing. General James speaking on the occasion. His wife and son standing beside him. The audience applaud at the end of the speech. U.S. Senator Barry Goldwater and Democratic U.S. Representative L Mendel Rivers shaking hands with the new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense. A few officials go up the platform and congratulate General James. All the officials get up from their seats and go up the platform to congratulate the new Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Affairs. Defense Secretary Laird speaking to the officials and the officials shaking hands with General James and his family.
The Nuclear Ship ( NS ) Savannah during its test trials in the United States. The NS Savannah leaving the New York Shipbuilding Corporation yards at Camden New Jersey, enroute to Yorktown, Virginia, is seen passing the Delaware Memorial Bridge, as she cruises along the Delaware River. views of spray blowing across the ship underway. View of reactor control room, where increasing levels of power are demanded until full (100%) power is set on April 14, 1962 and the Savannah achieves a speed of 22 knots. The NS Savannah docks at her home port of Savannah, Georgia.
Famous passengers aboard ocean liner SS Manhattan (later USS Wakefield during World War II) in the United States. Flashbacks show the USS Manhattan being christened by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt on 5th December 1931. It is seen being launched from New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden New Jersey. View of maiden voyage on 10th August 1932, with passengers boarding the ship. It leaves a port for her first trip to Ireland, England, Germany and France. Couples dance aboard the deck of the SS Manhattan. Passengers including Babe Ruth, Jimmy Walker, Glenn Cunningham, and aviator Douglas Corrigan ("Wrong Way Corrigan") seen aboard the ship.
'Sunny Africa,Eighth Avenue New York' , part 4 of the film titled 'Fights of Nations' captures professional African American dancers in the roles of couples dancing at a cafe, ostensibly on 8th Avenue in New York City, United States. A man plays a piano. After dancing, the couples sit at tables and eat and drink. . One man, in a striped T-shirt, gets up and gives a wonderful demonstration of tap dancing. Other people applaud and cheer him. A waiter serves. The man in the striped T-shirt goes out. Another man sits near the Striped Shirt's date. They converse and dance. The man in the striped T-shirt comes back. and picks a fight with the man dancing with his date. The fight involves everyone, but finally ends with Striped shirt and his date dancing away merrily, together.
CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) in the United States during the Great Depression. Fire control measures taken by CCC shows CCC workers using shovels to dig and build road. Construction equipment in operation. A dump truck loaded with concrete moves along road. Workers construct a bridge. Shows an old house replaced by a new one, as workers work to build a new house. Telephone lines are put up. Men construct a lookout post.
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