Opening scene shows ticker tape parade for U.S. Army General Douglas MacArthur underway in New York City on April 20, 1951. General MacArthur waves to parade goers from back of an open car. Scene shifts to funeral procession for General MacArthur on April 11, 1964, in Norfolk Virginia. Honor guard accompanies his caisson. Mourners including his wife Jean MacArthur and son Arthur MacArthur IV walk in a procession during the funeral ceremony. The casket of General MacArthur covered by a U.S. National Flag.
Women sewing clothes for needy families as a part of the WPA program (Works Progress Administration) in Ohio United States during the Great Depression. Close up views of the women seamstress workers as they sew. Young children play with toys and engage in play activities in a nursery school or preschool built for children of working and needy mothers by the WPA. Children work with tools and hammers on projects. Children play in a wooden frame play house. Boy and girl children on swings in the nursery as a teacher watches over them. Smiling children wash up with soap and water using wash basins. One boy jokes and bumps against the girl beside him. The boys and girls lay down on cots for nap time. A boy and a girl sleeping during a nap at the school. Life Guards attend life- saving instructional classes on a beach. Lifeguards rescue a woman from the water and bring her to safety. Men put up a policeman cut out image with sign stating "Slow. School" as a safety measure near a school. People at the improved Toledo Zoo. Families look at a wall built from salvage material in the zoo. Families and children watch a monkey move across a rope ladder at the zoo. A group of monkeys in a pond. The WPA Symphony Orchestra performs in the open band shell amphitheater at the Toledo Zoo (the Zoological Park Amphitheater, Toledo, Ohio). WPA Orchestra with musicians employed through federal funds, are seated on the stage as they perform. Families indulge in swimming and relax in a community swimming pool in Ohio. A young boy climbs a fountain in the pool to take a closer look.
Major events of the year 1951. A disastrous railroad train accident in New Jersey, United States claims 85 lives. Derailed train and wreckage on the ground after the accident. Dead body. Swollen rivers cause devastating floods in Kansas and Missouri killing 40 people and rendering many homeless. People wade through flood waters. Houses and cars submerged in water.
Major events of the year 1951. A Kefauver Committee appointed by the Senate probes into the nexus between the underworld and the politics in United States. Committee headed by Estes Kefauver holds its hearings. Former Mayor of New York, William O' Dwyer testifies before the committee. Frank Costello smokes a cigarette during one of the committee's hearings.
Bangor Naval Submarine Base in Washington, United States. Nuclear-powered missile submarine USS Ohio (SSBN-726) arrives at the Delta Pier of Bangor Naval Submarine Base. Fireboats spew jets of water in salute as the USS Ohio approaches. 'Navy Band' blows trumpets. A man directs the band. A woman takes photographs. A huge crowd gathered to welcome the submarine. Several women laugh and wave their hands. Children smile and laugh. A child carries a toy. Several old men raise their hands. The crowd cheers. A high ranking naval officer talks to people. Sailors aboard USS Ohio. 'Navy Band, Seattle' written on a drum. A man takes photographs. United States flag raised on the submarine.
Bangor Naval Submarine Base in Washington, United States. Nuclear-powered missile submarine USS Ohio (SSBN-726) arrives at the Delta Pier of the Submarine Base. A huge crowd gathered to welcome the submarine. Crowd seated in chairs arranged in rows. People carry books in their hands about USS Ohio. Cameramen take photographs. United States flags in the background. A Navy Rear Admiral (Commander Submarine Force, U.S. Pacific Fleet?) gives a speech. A Captain of the USS Ohio speaks. The crowd claps and cheers. A banner on a woman's dress reads 'Peace Through Trident'. Several women stand in a group. A man gives speech. The audience applauds him.
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