Animated earth revolving. A massive crowd gathering. World leaders such as Fidel Castro and Adlai Stevenson II making speeches in the Cold War. Politicians in glasses addresses crowd. A Chinese man reads a speech in front of a microphone, a Soviet flag is seen behind him. Journalists gather as a Soviet politician makes a passionate speech against the United States. “U.S. WANTS COLONIES” written on explosive speech bubble with a newspaper in the background. Anti-United States propaganda in various newspapers around the world. A Soviet political cartoon. Frank McGee, the narrator of the film, is seen sitting on an armchair. He places his newspaper aside and addresses the viewers urging them not to ignore the charges which he says are lies. Muskets in the forest in a dramatization of the American Revolutionary War. A rifle butt hits the ground. Musket barrels moves closer. A man blows into a barrel. Musket trigger pulling. A musket falls to the ground.
Stone plaque reads '5th Marine Division' and has USMC (United States Marine Corps) emblem at Camp Pendleton, California, United States. Marine Corps load and fire gun salute during change of command of Major General Kyle to General Sawyer. Major General Kyle and General Sawyer with other marine corps salute. General Sawyer gives a speech while photographer takes pictures. Marine Corps march with M-14 rifles and USMC flags in hand.
From the film, "Forests and Men. The President's Conservation Corps at Work." President Franklin Roosevelt signs a document regarding the establishment of the Civilian Conservation Corps during the Great Depression. F. A. Silcox, Chief of United States Forest Service talks about the need for forest conservation. American flag on a pole. President Franklin Roosevelt visits an ECM (Emergency Conservation Work) camp. He has lunch with other officials. ECW workers and officals pose for a photograph with the President. View of the Shenandoah National Park CCC camp #3 from a hilltop, with letters "CAMP NIRA" (National Industrial Recovery Act) visible painted on the roof of one of the buildings. Woman hands over a sheet of paper to the Director of ECW, Robert Fechner. People stand outside United States Army recruitment camp and an Agriculture Department building. ECW volunteers being trained by the U.S. Army at Fort Washington in Virginia. Volunteers undergo training at camps and are sent to various forest conservation areas. Cooks cut meat. Men stand in line to receive food and are seated at outdoor tables eating food.
Representative from United States Department of Agriculture meet Thomas Monroe Campbell, a Tuskegee Agricultural graduate working in a field. They talk. A Supervisor and the States Extension Director discuss appointment of Thomas Campbell as an Extension Agent. Next scenes show Mr. Campbell in his role as an extension agent, using skills learned from the Tuskegee Institute to instruct rural African American farmers to inoculate hogs against cholera. He also demonstrates pruning of trees. Farmers in a corn field use hoe.
White students fold a flag of United States. African American students leave Little Rock Centrale School. They board station wagon. Soldiers of United States Army move on road. The station wagon leaves.
Delegates from the Pan American Highway Commission travel northward in Minnesota, United States during a visit to various states. A bridge over the Upper Mississippi River near St. Paul is visible with a small sign identifying the waterway as the Mississippi River. The bridge has multiple metal trusses atop stone pilings. People greet the Commission delegates in a small town. View of Minnesota Governor J.A.O. Preus enjoying a drink with commission delegates and towns people near a town gazebo. The town may be Garrison, Isle, Malmo Township, Vineland, Wahkon, or Wealthwood Township, Minnesota, as there is also a view over the banks of Mille Lacs Lake near which all of these towns are situated.
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