A film about aims of the Social Security Act of 1935 in the United States. Basic aims of the Social Security Act include: unemployment compensation, old age insurance, aid to needy aged, aid to needy blind and aid to dependent children. American people walking on a crowded city street in the late 1930s. Pedestrians walk on busy sidewalks beside traffic on downtown city streets. A group of American boy and girl children assembled together, likely posing for a picture and looking happy. Montage of various scenes of men working on farms and in factories in the United States. Narrator notes, "A little money coming in when earnings stop helps maintain purchasing power, and so keeps the wheels of industry turning; pooling the risk for joint protection is the method of our democracy. It benefits the individual, the family, the community, and the nation. The goal is security for all." Men assembling chassis of a car on assembly line of an automotive plant. A young couple holding and walking with their two children, one of whom is holding a balloon. Closeup of a father holding his young, smiling son. View of the United States Capitol dome in Washington DC, then seal of the Social Security Board superimposed over the Capitol image.
Submarine telephone cable connecting Cuba with the United States. A cable ship at sea during the laying of the submarine telephone cable connecting Cuba with the telephone system of the United States. A few equipment on the ship. View of the submarine cable in the sea from the cable ship. Men at work on the cable ship. The cable being pulled by several men at a Cuban port. U.S. President Warren G. Harding, seated with other officials, during the commemoration of the completion of the cable to Cuba on April 11, 1921 in the United States. Harding and the officials talk on telephones using the newly completed cable line to Cuba.
Iranian Prime Minister Mohammad Mosaddegh (Mosaddeq) in the United States. Mohammad Mosaddegh places a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, United States. He talks to officials. He comes out of a building and waves to people. Mohammad Mosaddegh speaks to an American official. He boards a KLM aircraft upon leaving the United States. People wave to Mohammad Mosaddegh. The aircraft in flight.
War equipment and ships built in industries of the United States during World War II. Crates containing war supplies from all over the world stacked. Massive large columns of United States Army Soldiers and huge columns of United States Navy sailors in review, marching and standing in formation. Men work on the construction of shipyards and ships in shipyards. War production workers work on different machines to make and assemble ship parts. A crane lifts a part of a warship to be assembled. Men wearing protective masks do arc welding on parts of ships. A line of ships at dock. Scenes of many different cargo ships, Liberty Ships, battleships, cruisers, submarines, destroyers and aircraft carriers launched. Some of the ship names seen include: SS Zebulon Pike, SS Patrick Henry, SS John C Fremont, SS John Fitch, SS Ethan Allen, SS Mormacwren, SS Irving S Olds, a ship of the Lykes Lines, the U.S. Navy destroyer USS Bristol (DD 453), USS Hancock (CV-19), Men walk down the steps towards the ships. Men load supplies onto ship. Soldiers board transport ships. A Soviet cargo ship with a large flag "USSR" on it. A convoy of ships at sea.
The life of crew of a United States Air Force RC-121D Warning Star Picket ship in the United States. The interiors of a United States Air Force RC-121D Warning Star Picket ship. The RC-l21D crew members seated at consoles. One of the crew members seated at a console, flip switches and watch radar scope. The crew member talks into microphone. A crewman looks through a transparent plotting board as an airman writes notations on a circled area. The crewman look over the shoulder of a captain working on navigational charts and talking through throat microphone. A man seated at a console turns a knob and talks on throat microphone. The man makes notations on a paper and sends out message on radio. Two men lying on bunks in the aircraft. A crewman look over the shoulder of the flight engineer as he checks dials. Men in aircraft eat lunch.
The life of crew of a United States Air Force RC-121D Warning Star Picket ship in the United States. Sergeant seated at a desk. USAF RC-12lD Picket ship takes off. The RC-121D Picket ship lands and taxis. A United States Air Force B-50 Superfortress aircraft in flight. The cockpit of RC-121D. The pilot checks clipboard with the co-pilot.
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