Maneuvers of U.S. 1st Cavalry Division in the vicinity of the Sacramento Mountains in Texas. Men fire machine guns on a field. Other men ride horses on the field.
U.S. Secretary of War Patrick J. Hurley arrives at Fort Bliss in Texas. An airplane lands at Biggs Army Airfield. Secretary Hurley greets his sister and friends at the airfield. He stands with Major General William Booth. Cars parked along the side of a street. Hurley stands with other officials near a car. The officials salute. Troops of U.S. 1st Cavalry Division walk past in front of them. Hurley reviews the troops.
A World War II military film titled 'The War' depicts the training of troops at Camp Johnston in Florida. Soldiers stand at attention near a waterway. They swim and cross the waterway. They abandon equipment while swimming. Some of the soldiers stand on a tower. They jump from the tower and swim under burning oil.
President Roosevelt returns to Washington after winning a 4th term in the 1944 presidential election. President Roosevelt, Harry Truman, and Henry Wallace ride down Pennsylvania Avenue. Secrete Service Agents ride on running board of the automobile. Scenes of Armistice Day Ceremony at the Tomb of an Unknown Soldier. (World War II period).
U.S. Senate Subcommittee investigating Army Signal Corps Subversion and Espionage at Fort Monmouth. Committee Chairman, Senator Joseph McCarthy and Committee Chief Counsel question witness Joseph Levitsky about his relationship to Julius Rosenberg. In the course of his testimony, the witness invokes the 5th Amendment to avoid answering. Seeking a tie to Communism, McCarthy reads text of a Communist party pledge and asks if Levitsky ever signed such a pledge.
People gather in large numbers on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago Illinois, for relief from the heat wave. Citizens of Chicago including adults and children dressed in swim suits plunge in water of Lake Michigan to stay cool on the hot summer day. Views of Chicago skyscrapers and skyline in the background.
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