Actors, dressed in early 20th century clothing, ride in a wagon propelled by wind and sail, across a sand flat. Actor portrays Henry Ford working on the gasoline engine for a racing car called the Ford 999. Workers at a forge making repairs and adjustments on the car. The actual Ford 999 being demonstrated on a race track. Driver seated in the car. An assistant cranks the Ford 999 engine to start it, and it is driven around the track. (Signs painted on the track wall refer to Tommy Milton; Duesenberg; and Meteor, which relate to auto racing in the 1920s and 30s.)
A World War 1 training film shows how to carry and don a gas mask. A U.S. soldier stands at attention. He carries a mask in a satchel. The satchel is slung over the shoulder of a soldier. He shows the satchel. He turns. The soldier demonstrates the way to carry the satchel in trenches. The satchel is slung around his neck. He opens the satchel, takes out a string and ties it around. He opens the satchel and takes out the mask . He puts his chin forward and wears it.
Excerpts from speech of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House Correpondents' dinner on March 15, 1941 in Washington DC. Officials and dignitaries seated in a hall having dinner. President Roosevelt at a podium and speaks into a microphone. He speaks about people of the world supporting Britain and even Canada. He talks about America's full support to the British. Roosevelt in his speech praises British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He also speaks about America's support in world reconstruction and humanity. Roosevelt speaks that their should not be any racism. Every one should be treated equally and have equal rights. He talks about security, standard of living, and market for manufacturing. He says of dictators in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, "We believe that the rallying cry of the dictators, their boasting about a master-race, will prove to be pure stuff and nonsense. There never has been, there isn't now, and there never will be, any race of people fit to serve as masters over their fellowmen."
NASA's (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) Aeronautics and Space Report on tornadoes. A NASA scientist, sitting next to a tornado simulation device in a laboratory, speaks (not heard) about tornado formation. Another official takes printouts of meteorological charts. A NASA official operates a radar. A NASA official takes picture of cloud formations from an aircraft. NASA officials look into the pictures taken from the aircraft . NASA scientist actuates a tornado simulating device that demonstrates the formation of tornadoes in the laboratory. Views of actual tornadoes counterpoised with laboratory simulations. Several more views of actual tornadoes. Animation of NASA logo symbol forming on screen as narrator concludes the program.
U.S. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is seen in American Red Cross uniform speaking to an audience (unseen) during World War 2. She tells a joke about an American soldier fighting in in the Pacific, against the Japanese. Montage of unconnected scenes. Eleanor Roosevelt entering a building displaying a large American Flag; conversing with Vice President Richard Nixon;in a gathering outdoors with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru;meeting with children in a school; speaking at a Democratic National Convention. Pictures of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, as a child, circa 1891; with her father in 1892; At the home of her Grandmother, with a pony; Visiting the home of her Uncle, Theodore Roosevelt, at Sagamore Hill, Long Island. Theodore Roosevelt rowing a boat. Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in 1902. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (her 5th cousin) in a top hat. The two of them courting. Picture of Sara Roosevelt, Franklin's mother, with Franklin and Eleanor in 1904, the year of their engagement. The couple's formal wedding picture. President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, at their wedding in 1905. Scenes of Eleanor Roosevelt with her mother-in-law, Sara Delano Roosevelt, in the early years of Eleanor's marriage to Franklin Roosevelt.
Franklin D. Roosevelt in whistle stop campaign for President in 1932. He speaks from rear platform of a rail car, to a crowd of spectators. A bouquet of flowers is handed up from the crowd to Eleanor Roosevelt standing on the train platform. Cheering crowds seen from the moving train, including some sitting on the roof of the train station. FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt each acknowledging recognition from supporters.
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