Trucks and cars on roads in America going west during the Great Depression. The vehicles are laden down with lots of gear and possessions as people migrate westward in search of work and better conditions during the Great Depression. One unusual view shows a car towing a covered wagon. Two men walking west on road with their baggage. Logging men or lumberjacks cutting a giant tree into logs of wood and floating the logs down a river to a sawmill. Two men working in the sawmill as the giant sawblade cuts the logs into lumber. Aerial view of little activity at the Portland Lumber Mills of Portland Oregon, as the Depression cut into business. Abandoned sawmills in disrepair. A man talking to a group of workers seeking jobs. Idle men who are unemployed on a street corner, standing in front of the Julian S Chybke Pharmacist and Chemist shop at the corner of East 13th Avenue and Spokane Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Unemployed men stand together looking dejected and talking. Views of dust storm underway during the Dust Bowl. Farm equipment covered in dust and dirt. A man crossing over dust dunes. A farmer looking at dust bowl devastation, and a woman with her child in a dust ravaged area.
An animated map showing course of the river Columbia. Map also locates Bonneville, Grand Coulee, The Dallas, Priest Rapids, John Day, Chief Josef and McNary Dams on the Columbia River and Lower Monumental, Little Goose, Ice Harbor and Lower Granite Dams on the snake river. Views of the river, valleys and mountains surrounding the river. A barge can be seen in the river. Interior of an industry, men at work. Water flowing out of a dam. Views of calm water in the river.
A training film on M-16 rifles starts. Three men seated inside a room in a conversation, after which they leave. A soldier hidden in a foxhole in a forest area, carrying an M-16 rifle, setting target. Another soldier joins him. Silhouette of a man walking in the forest, man is shot and then is carried away. Six soldiers standing in a line, carry M-16 rifle in hands, set targets and shoot.
A training film on preparation of anti aircraft searchlight equipment for combat use. Crew of control station prepare, Commander of battery inspects unit and posts reliefs. Unit locates target aircraft and begins action. Views of crew at work and between missions. Crew changes carbon light in searchlight.
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt in a car in a motorcade in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A huge gathering around the motorcade. President leads the country wide observance of Memorial Day. In Washington, Codos and Rossi, the French fliers, lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in an impressive ceremony. A huge parade along Riverside Drive in New York City.
T33A No. TR-92 is towed from assembly building to inspection area on flight line. A row of T-33As on flight line are checked. Pilot in cockpit of T-33A. T-33A taxis and then takes off. A control operator in shanty at the edge of the runway. A mechanic in "follow me" vehicle meets T-33-A on taxi strip. T-33A lands, mechanic makes adjustments on aircraft. T-33A takes off, mountains in background.
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