Exterior of the Capitol building in Washington DC, United States during World War 2. Cars move past in front of State Department Building (Old Executive Office Building, 1650 17th St NW, Washington, DC 20006, United States). U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull speaks with a group of men seated at a desk. They discuss a map on a wall. A plaque on Danish Embassy of Denmark building. A document is signed by Cordell Hull. A Coast Guard ship at Greenland harbor. An animated map shows positions of US, Canada, Greenland, and British Isles.
Air mail service in United States. A cab with a sign on it that reads 'United States Air mail service'. Men with mail bags at Bolling field in Washington DC, United States. President Woodrow Wilson's car arrives. President Woodrow Wilson and his wife Edith Wilson. An envelope symbolizes the starting of air mail service in United States. Men seal the mail bags and load them onto the plane, pilots write on a piece of paper. President Wilson greets the pilots and talks to them. Pilots get into the plane to carry the mail by air for the first time.
United States Navy ship underway in Pacific Theater during World War II. A United States YP-415 underway with the shoreline in the background. United States Navy light cruiser anchored at the harbor. A harbor at Guadalcanal. A pig with a flag floats onto the water surface. Overcast sky at dusk. Two United states Navy destroyers tied up side by side at the harbor.
A map of United States of America. Greyhound passenger bus pasing through toll booth on highway between Boston and New York. Tourist bus arrives in New York, USA. View of tourists inside the bus. Buildings in New York City. View of the Statue of Liberty from a boat. Heavy traffic outside the New York Public Library. Tourist couples travels on busy streets sitting in open top level of a double decker bus. View of the Empire State building and Will's building. Tourist couple enjoys view of the city from rooftop of Empire State Building. A telescope on the rooftop. Wide, sweeping, elevated views of skyscrapers and buildings of Manhattan, New York City, as seen from atop the Empire State Building in the early 1940s.
Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev visits Washington D.C., United States. Mrs. Khrushchev with the first Lady of United States at the White House. Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev with President Dwight D. Eisenhower at a state dinner. The two statesmen pose along with their wives. Premier Khrushchev makes an appearance outside the President's guest house as photographers take pictures. Khrushchev visits Research center of United States department of agriculture as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Ezra Taft Benson welcomes him. A scientist gives demonstrations to the Premier about the weed killers, growth regulating chemicals. Premier Khrushchev visits a dairy area and looks at the cattle and turkeys. An official presents a turkey to the Soviet Premier.
Opening scene shows U.S. State Department officials of the Division of the American Republics in a meeting. They examine a map titled "Inter-American Highway" showing a proposed highway running from the border of the U.S. and Mexico at Laredo Texas, all the way through Mexico, Latin America, and into South America. View of South American farmers loading hay into a horse cart, then of cattle in a stockyard being herded by a cowboy on a horse. Aerial view of city of Rio de Janeiro Brazil circa 1938. Narrator discusses threat of dictatorships in countries of South America. Views of German ships and German contracted ships loading and unloading at Buenos Aires harbor. Narrator describes system of barter where Argentina sends goods to Germany in exchange for German-made goods. Swastika flag on one of the cargo ships. Dock crane with German sign "Deutsche Maschinenfabrik A.G. Duisburg". Letters on side of a ship reads 'Buenos Aires Maru'. Supplies unloaded from ship. Cargo stacked including wooden boxes with German writing labeled "Vorsicht - San Paulo Brasilien". In a Latin American or South American city, view of the storefront for luxury goods by Herm Stoltz & Co. A Nazi German flag hangs above the store entrance. Fine leather goods, cameras, figurines, steins, etc from Germany are shown in store window displays. View of Nazi German books on display in storefronts, including closeup of translated book "Mein Kampf" ("Mi Lucha") by Adolf Hitler, bearing an image of Hitler on front cover. A German passenger aircraft parked at an airfield, which narrator describes as being part of a German airline offering service to South America within two days of Berlin, Germany. More German airplanes are shown at an airport in South America. View of government offices in Rio de Janeiro Brazil. Large crest with a bird atop an entrance. Interior office view of President GetĂșlio Vargas of Brazil seated in discussion with American diplomats. Narrator indicates that Vargas learned of German colonists in Brazil planning his overthrow by assassination, and therefore outlawed all Nazi activity. Poster of Vargas communicating his policies. Scene switches to exterior view of the State, War, and Navy Building (later the Executive Office Building) in Washington DC, with the First Division Monument in the foreground. Interior view of office door bearing sign for Under Secretary of State. Inside, Sumner Welles is seen in discussion with officials. He is asked about the American attitude toward Latin America. Welles describes the importance of strengthening ties between the countries of the Americas. Under Secretary Welles states that the welfare of all of the countries in the region may depend on their continued solidarity.
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