Secretary of State office, Cordell Hull seated. Applicants take written and oral examinations for recruitment in Department of State. Door sign 'Appointments : Dept. of State'. Selected candidate sworn in before joining. Successful candidate at probationary service, signs documents. People awaiting their turns in Passport registration office. Foreign service officer listens to a man and checks his passport. Door sign of 'Foreign Service Officers Training School'. Candidates attend protocol classes. Young diplomats seated around table. Cordell Hull addressing. Name of U.S. officials on wall plaque. Officer talking to a foreign family in U.S. Consulate. Other officer talks to a man. Ship at sea. Diplomat talks to a Navy officer and plan the evacuation of U.S. citizens from Spain during Spanish Civil War. Refugees board ship. Cordell Hull talks to a diplomat.
Exterior night time shot of U.S Capitol dome in late 1930s. Sign 'Division of Communications and Records' above a State Department office door. Officer at desk. Men working in office and typing. Door sign 'Secretary of Department of State'. Cordell Hull at desk. Hull speaking. He reads a statement urging peace and security rather than armed conflict in Europe. State Department workers typing out memos and interpreting coded dispatches. A close up of a page decoding a secret coded dispatch. Newspaper headlines indicate orders dispatched for American ambassador to return from Germany (shortly before outbreak of World War 2). Sign for 'Carlton Hotel' on the hotel building. Secretary Hull seated in his office as he studies reports. Pictures of Hull in various newspapers of different languages. Seal of the U.S. on an entrance of a U.S. Embassy. A door closing with sign "American Embassy" on it.
Locations in Richmond Virginia, including some with Jim Crow era signage. Virginia State Capitol (1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, United States) in Richmond, Virginia. The Old City Hall of Richmond, Virginia is seen in the background. A sign on the highway reads "Colored tourists stop at McGuire's Hotel" (example of Jim Crow racial segregation laws). State Capitol with City Hall in the background. Several other buildings in view. Street level view of a restaurant or lunch counter for African American people only, called the "Booker T Lunch". Sign" Colored Only" seen prominently on window of the restaurant. African American woman employee stands inside the restaurant window and looks outward.
House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) conducts hearing in Washington, DC, United States. Witness, Johannes (Hanns) Eisler, is testifying. In response to question whether he is now or has ever been a Communist, Eisler states that he is not. He adds that, as a young man, in 1926, he applied for membership, but did not pursue it and "dropped out." Questioner re-states the question as: "Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Communist Party." The witness acknowledges that he might have been construed as a member of the communist party for two months, but he never was active or interested. He holds up a book entitled "Compositions for the Films." He protests committee characterization of some of his creative, artistic, works.
United States Navy Medical Civic Action Program (MedCAP) in Vietnam. A native boat near a shore. Trees and buildings on the shore. A U.S. Navy Swift Boat (patrol boat) underway at sea. United States flag on the boat. A Vietnamese boat approaches the Swift Boat. The MedCAP team boards the native boats. They are ferried to the shore. United States Navy Medical Civic Action Program is set on the porch of a Vietnamese school. A sign on the school reads in Vietnamese. Villagers line up for the medical examination. The villagers are treated.
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Washington Press Conference address on his new policy for Vietnam. President's wife Lady Bird Johnson and daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Robb in attendance. Members of the press seated in the room and take down notes. President Lyndon Johnson addresses the press. The President says that he wishes to convey to Communist powers in Vietnam that the United States cannot be defeated by 'force of arms or by superior power.' The President states that he has spoken to Commanding General Westmoreland has assured him that whatever his needs are, they will be met. He says that U.S. troop numbers in the Vietnam War will be increased from 75,000 to 125,000. Additional forces will be needed later which will be sent. Brief shots of young men recruits in the United States standing in line for the draft, taking tests, and taking the oath as soldiers. The President says that he welcomes the concerns of any nation.
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