A poster for Gilbert and Sullivan’s “Pinafore” by the Federal Work Theater of the USA Work Progress Administration. The whole cast of “H.M.S. Pinafore” perform the Act II Finale “Oh joy, oh rapture unforeseen” as an ensemble.
American farmers and their families leaving in trucks packed and loaded with their belongings. A car on desolated road. 'No more dust bowl', 'On to Oregon' and 'California' can be seen written on trucks and other vehicles belonging to farm families and workers heading west during westward migration from dust bowl and unemployment. Men and women can be seen working in farms. Migrant worker family groups in makeshift camps and tents as they move westward during the Great Depression. Views of deserted roads, trees on both the sides. A board showing direction and distance to various cities and places of Washington. A sign board marked 'Entering Grand Coulee'. Construction of the Grand Coulee Dam in Washington is underway. Technicians and workers using large construction machines and dynamite blasts. Views of Grand Coulee Dam, a hydroelectric gravity dam on the Columbia river in Washington State, United States.
U.S. 34th Division Artillery soldiers at McChord Air Force Base in Washington, United States. U.S. Army Major General Willard Pearson converses with two officers. Major General Pearson at the entrance of a tent. He walks up to a USAF (United States Air Force) C-141 Starlifter aircraft. Battery guideon is passed to a soldier on a ramp and put aboard the aircraft. 34th Division Artillery troops climb the ramp and board the C-141 aircraft. Names are checked from a roster. Major General Pearson talks to soldiers as they approach the ramp. (Vietnam War period).
President Dwight D Eisenhower awards Medals of Honor for heroism in the Korean War at a ceremony in front of the White House. Citations are read by a Naval Officer. Sgt Alford Lee McLaughlin, United States Marine Corps, stands by the President. President Eisenhower awards him the Medal of Honor and congratulates him. Secretary of Defense, Charles E Wilson and others watch. Private First Class, Robert Ernest Simanek, 2nd Batallion 5th Marine, United States Marine Corps (retired) stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. Lt George H O'Brien Jr., United States Marine Corps stands near the President. Naval officer reads the citation. The President awards him the medal and congratulates him. Lt Raymond G Murhpy, United States Marine Corps, is awarded the medal.
Interview hosted by Harry Ellis, with reporter from London joining via telephone. Guest U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs.They discuss United States helping Afghan resistance to get better weaponry and Anti Aircraft Missiles. Arnold L Raphel states that the Soviet Union shall consider the situation in Afghanistan as there is pressure from the United States and other international organizations to withdraw from Afghanistan.
Interview by Harry Ellis in Washington DC, with reporter from London joining via telephone. Guest U.S. Senator Jim Sasser from Tennessee and Arnold L Raphel, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs. They discuss the insurgency among religious groups in Afghanistan. Senator Jim Sasser states that the Congress of the United States is of the opinion to provide more aid and weapons to the Afghan fighters and funds going to them will not violate the United States law. Correspondent and host Harry Ellis thanks the guests and other reporters at the end of the Interview.
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