Statement on Peace Time Universal Selective Service by American President Franklin D Roosevelt from White House in Washington DC, USA. President states that in the military service, Americans from all walks of life, rich and poor, country-bred and city raised, farmer, student, manual laborer and white collar worker, will learn to live side by side and to appreciate each other's dignity as American citizens. Universal service will provide wider distribution of tolerance and understanding to enjoy the blessings of peace.
Heavy snowfall arrives early in United States. Streets covered in thick layer of snow in Mayville, Wisconsin. Woman and child wearing winter clothing move on the snowy street. Cars buried under snow. A man shovels snow off his car with a snow shovel. Snowplow clears snow from street. Vehicular and pedestrian traffic on the snowy street. Snow covered trees at the backyard of a house.
Film titled, 'Return to Guam'. Map shows location of Guam in the Pacific Ocean. Japanese installations on the island are shelled by American destroyer (DD). Light flashes are noticed on a peak of a nearby hill on the island. Sailors aboard the DD look through binoculars. A reply signal is sent form the DD. Sailors board a boat and head cautiously toward the island. A white man swims toward the boat. He is taken aboard. The rescued man was found to be a radioman of the United States Navy (USN), named George Tweed who was hiding on the island for the past 31 months. George Tweed eats food with the Destroyer crew after being rescued. Destroyers underway in the Pacific. View of the American naval fleet underway in the Pacific. View of cannons and crew aboard an allied vessel. Crewmen pile up heavy 14inch shells and 40mm ammunition on the deck of the warship. (World War II period).
Exteriors of the Guam Government Palace in Guam. Governor's office entrance. Close up of the sign board. Interior of the Governor's Office. Captain Alexander of United States Navy (USN) and other USN officers at desk. Governor of Guam talks to Aides. Commander Jupp, Chief Clerk, Chief of Police and aides. Meeting of the Guam Legislature. Various shots of meeting of Chamorro. Councilmen. Close up of AF Badello, FB Gerrero and speaker Lembers seated.
Oil and petroleum products being used for different purposes in the United States. Low flying aerial view of skyscrapers in New York City. The Statue of Liberty. Aerial view of skyscrapers of Manhattan Island, New York City, including the Woolworth Building and the New York Municipal Building. A part of a wing of an aircraft seen in the aerial shots. Various uses of petroleum for transportation: A black locomotive train which uses petroleum as fuel is seen approaching camera at high speed, pulling train cars. A natural gas storage tank. Steam comes out of a kettle atop a vintage 1920's stove and oven, depicting use of natural gas as a fuel in homes.
A Grand Union supermarket in Yonkers, New York, in the United States. A sign that reads 'Take Enough Home Today' rotates on a stand in the suburban grocery store. A large Miller beer novelty can suspended from the ceiling and appearing to pour beer into a giant glass below. Jars on shelves. An array of grocery articles on the shelves, including both refrigerated shelves and dry shelves. Some of the shelves show the Grand Union gravity-fed system that they called the Food-O-Mat.
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