WPA (Works Progress Administration) workers help in stopping fire in a forest in the United States during the Great Depression. Wildfire raging in a forest. Smoke and flames seen among trees. The WPA workers get in trucks. They drive towards the area where fire took place. They get emerge from trucks and fight the fire with limited equipment and limited protective clothing. Men cut the trees. The trees burning. The men place sand with shovels. They spray water with a hose. Black smoke in sky. Men dig holes in the region.
Damage due to tornado in the United States. The damaged buildings. A man climbs down a tree in the foreground. Homeless people on a street. A damaged house. The wreckage in the city. Cars parked in front of a damaged hospital. The damaged roof of the hospital. The wreckage and damaged buildings. People collect their belongings from the wreckage. A view of the tornado struck area.
Contribution of U.S. women in the war effort in the United States during World War 2. U.S. troops fire a camouflaged artillery. Aircraft parked in a line. The aircraft take off one after the other. The aircraft in flight. A woman Marine looks through binoculars. Another Marine stands beside her. A ship underway in the background. The women Marine looks into documents. The members of the U.S. Women Army Corps (WAC) at work. Women war production workers in war production factories and machining factories make tools to help with the war effort. A woman worker operates industrial equipment. American soldiers carrying supplies embark a ship. Animated map shows the location of Berlin and Tokyo. The women walk in a group. A woman speaks to a man at an office. The Women Army Corps (WAC or WACC) march on a street. Buildings in the background. Narrator asks women to join the war effort as war workers or by joining the armed forces. The women march. The troops fire guns. Smoke rises due to explosion. The areas where women are needed.
Vice Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Claude Vernon Ricketts' funeral in the United States. The Navy officer march holding SU flags. The officers and sailors salute. The casket of Claude Vernon Ricketts on a horse drawn carriage. The sailors walk on either side of the carriage. The U.S. Navy officer, commanders and sailors pay tribute. The ceremony of USS Biddle renamed to USS Claude V. Ricketts. Sailors stand aboard USS Claude V. Ricketts. Chief of Naval Operations David Lamar McDonald and other guests aboard the ship. A Navy officer speaks into a microphone. Biddle banner on the ship. The banner is replaced with Claude V. Ricketts. The sailors aboard take pictures. USS Claude V. Ricketts underway.
Hollywood actor Rock Hudson urges Americans to buy savings bonds. A house shaped mailbox in the foreground reads' Rock Hudson'. A man and a woman walk on a sidewalk. A car driven by Rock Hudson approaches, pulls into a driveway, and parks. Rock Hudson gets out of the car. A Christmas tree kept in boot or trunk of the car. Rock Hudson takes out his Christmas tree and sits on the back of the car. He takes out a gift bond from an envelope. Rock Hudson holding a fifty (50) US dollar gift bond. He holds the bond in his hands and urges the people to buy savings bonds in the United States. Rock Hudson greets everyone “Merry Christmas to all of you”.
A documentary titled 'The Indian Sign Language' depicts the importance of sign language in the United States. U.S. Army Major General Hugh L. Scott speaks about the Indian sign language. Maj. General Scott on a podium. In his speech he traces the linguistic history of the sign language of the Indians of the Great Plains and outlines its usefulness.
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