Delegates from Pan American Congress of Journalists visit tire manufacturing plant in Akron Ohio. In Brazil a man collects rubber from trees. A man tends the liquid rubber into rubber balls over fire,large balls laid on the ground and men loading rubber balls on horsebacks. Map showing route from Brazil to Akron,Ohio. Women workers prepare sheets of rubber while men pull out rubber tiers from spinning wheels and place the tires in assembly line.
The life and career of U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower up to the time of his appointment as the Supreme Commander of the NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization). General Eisenhower parades in triumph through London, England in a horse-drawn carriage. People gather in a large number on the streets to greet the General. He is eulogized by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Churchill addresses the crowd and talks about Eisenhower. He pays tribute to the soldiers who died fighting for their countries and places a wreath on a memorial. The General is welcomed with a ticket tape parade in New York city. Scene from 1947 of General Salih Omurtak from Turkey, descending from an airplane and greeting President Eisenhower to thank him for assistance. Eisenhower is seen waving to people of Brazil in a parade in Brazil during a visit.
The River Rouge Plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Aerial views of the River Rouge Plant. A pile of new rubber tires. Brazilian workers assemble cars. Wheels with rubber tires move on conveyor belts. A display of several small automobile rubber parts and sheets. A map of Brazil shows Boa Vista and Belem. Pointer shows area of Brazil where Fordlandia rubber plantation is located. Goods being loaded on a freighter at a dockyard. Boxes being lowered into the hold of the freighter.
The launch of the new Brazilian crude oil tanker ship "Presidente Juscelino", occuring in Holland. People gather to watch the event. The wife of the Ambassador christens and launches the tanker ship, but the bottle tossed against the ship hull fails to break. It is recalled by an attached rope and, on the second try, the bottle breaks and the super tanker ship is launched. People cheer. The tanker sliding down the ways into the nearby harbor, with only 100 feet extra to spare in crossing the narrow harbor during launch. The tanker moving in the nearby harbor. Smaller boats in the harbor.
Embassies in Washington DC, United States. A flag displayed on a building. A motorcade led by motorcycle escorts moving on a road. Several vehicles moving on the road. A sign stone outside a building reads '3006, Brazilian Embassy'. View of the cars moving down the road. A sign on the sidewall of the entrance to a building reads 'Australian Embassy'. Views of the Austrian Embassy, the Embassy of Madagascar and the Embassy of Finland. Flags displayed on buildings. Cars moving down the road. The Embassy of Yugoslavia in view. Vehicles moving on a road in the city. The U.S. Capitol in the background. People walking on a road. A man jogging on a path lined with street lamps on one side. A monument in the background.
Two finalized Ford automobiles, a 1938 deluxe coupe type 720 and a 1938 deluxe sedan type 700B on a moving car transport truck, out of the Ford River Rouge plant Aerial view of automobile plant and marks on the aerial map for different areas of the Ford River Rouge plant facility including Power, Materials, Men, iron, steel, Mills, Parts, Bodies, Glass,Assembly. The Ford V-8 logo appears at the end.
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