USS Valley Forge (CV-45) comes into San Diego channel in California. A saluting battery off North Island in the foreground. Helicopters hover over the ship. Valley Forge in the channel framed by a gunner and the saluting battery.
Homecoming of USS Valley Forge (CV-45) in San Diego, California. Men at quarters aboard the ship. The Mayor of San Diego Joshua H. Bean speaks. The Consul of Sweden, Waldo Homburg comes to speak. Wives greet their sailor husbands on the dock. The sailors kiss and hug their wives and children.
Soviet spy Harry Gold at the spy trials in the United States. Exterior of a building. Men stand outside the building with Harry Gold. Gold's hands tied with handcuffs. Vehicles passing on the street. The accused coming out of a vehicle. One of the accused hides his face with a book.
The State Housing Rent Commission in New York, United States. Exteriors of a building. A sign reads: 'State of New York Temporary State Housing Rent Commission'. A woman seated at a desk and working. She looks at a booklet. She gives the booklets to men and women. A man reading the booklet. Two officials seated at a desk. They look at the booklets placed on the table.
The display of new summer collection in the United States. Models walk in different costumes. They display various patterns of the dresses.
Part of documentary by the U.S. Labor Department. Opening scene shows tractors pulling disc harrows to condition land at a construction site. The steel framework of a large sports complex under construction. Brick masons working on exterior of a large building. Two prize fighters in a ring being separated by referee as one is knocked to the canvas. Scenes of post-World War II labor strife in America. Police escorting persons to the safety of building entrance. Union protesters holding signs reading "Local 1173," (Machinists Union in California). Cars drive into a factory yard where workers are standing about. Narrator refers to busy schedule in history for the Labor Department Mediation Service. Workers crating completed washing machines for shipment. A parade in which a man on stilts represents high prices and another marching beside him representing low wages. A deserted commercial district in a small rural town, reflecting 1949 resurgence of unemployment problems. A mother and father with two small children, looking at baby carriages in a shop window. Men walking away from a factory office past a sign reading: "No Help Wanted." American soldiers engaged in combat during the Korean War. Narrator alludes to this bringing some relief to unemployment.