First annual National Picking Jamboree underway at cotton fields in BlytheVille, Arkansas. People stand along fields and watch the competing 132 cotton pickers from all over the South. A small child on cloth sheet in the field picks cotton. The winner 'Harry Mason' aged 15 from Missouri awarded prize money $ 1000 by the guests.
Laser induced lightning experiments conducted by Electromagnetic Hazards Group at the Air Force Flight Dynamics Laboratory Mobile Test Station on Mt. Baldy, Colfax County, New Mexico, and at nearby Langmuir Laboratory. View of South Baldy mountain and a tower or observatory of the Langmuir Laboratory. Dark clouds over a hill. Laser equipment. Two balls taped onto a wooden stand.
A car arrives at the White House in Washington DC. President Harry S. Truman greets President of Mexico, Miguel Aleman, during state visit of Mexican President to Washington DC on April 29, 1947. Next scene shows President Truman being presented a Jewish Torah by Dr. Chaim Weizmann, first President of the newly declared State of Israel. Exterior view of south side of White House. Truman with Secretary of State, George Marshall, by the fireplace inside the White House. They discuss world affairs looking at a globe. An animated map shows the increasing Soviet Communist influence in Europe. April 3, 1948, President Truman signs the European Recovery Program (ERP), better know as the Marshall Plan, as members of Congressional leadership look on. Sacks of grain being off loaded at a dock in Italy, as part of Marshall Plan aid. Scene shifts to October 6, 1948 with crowd gathered outside the Democratic Convention at Convention Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Convention delegates applaud during President Truman's address. Officials on stage. Truman talks about his sincere desire to promote peace throughout the world. Pictures of Franklin Roosevelt and Alben Barkley on stage. Exterior view of north side of the White House. Truman seated at a table.
Activities of the people in rural area in the United States (likely the south or Appalachian area) during the Great Depression. A farmer drives a tractor. Tractor pulls a plow. Farmers seated on the plow. Two children stand. A child moves on the ground. Houses in the background. A missionary discusses agriculture with a farmer. A man drives a car through water.
Activities of the people in a rural area of the south or Appalchian region in the United States during the Great Depression. Men cut trees with a saw. Men split log with an axe. Men carry a large wooden log to use the timber. A man shapes a wooden chair. Man uses a hammer and chisel to shape wood.
Activities of the people in a rural area of the south or Appalachian region in the United States during the Great Depression. Women in a library. Girls take out books from the shelves. Children play games and hold hands on a open field area. Children wash hands in a river.
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