New methods of industrial farming in the United States. An animated map depicts wheat combines operating on the Tulare Lake Farm in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Few skilled men operate farm machinery harvesting wheat. A plow is used on the farm to till the soil to sow seeds. Farmers look at wheat grains. Mechanized harvesting tools are used on the farm for harvesting. An animated map shows Seabrook Farms in the south of New Jersey. Vegetables are harvested and processed on the farm. Seabrook Farm employees move around the quarters on street. The owner of the Seabrook Farm and his two sons in an office. The father (owner of farm) seated at a table and they all look at a map. Women employees work in the office. Workers' living quarters. The workers take coffee in a cafeteria.
Features President Johnson assuming his new responsibilities as the President in an atmosphere of grief in the U.S. United States civilians walk in a long queue line and entering the U.S. Capitol Building to view the casket of President John F. Kennedy, days after his assassination death. The U.S. flag draped coffin of assassinated President John F. Kennedy (35th President of the United States) is seen in the center of the dome room. People cry and express grief, and comfort each other. Point of view shot of mourners exiting the U.S. Capitol building and looking out over the National Mall, with the Washington Monument visible in the distance. Night time exterior view of the White House. Scenes changes to show a man, possibly Indian, laying bricks at a construction site. A teacher in a college talking to a student in a courtyard. Women seated selling and buying goods at an outdoor market in Asia. A farmer driving a red tractor in the United States and tilling the soil of a farm field. A lit up room in the White House. Lyndon B. Johnson, former Vice President of the U.S. (now the 36th President of the United States) sits with documents at his desk and works in the White House. Close up side view of President Johnson as he works. Flashbacks: Views of President Johnson surrounded by large crowds, including a group of children, and being greeted during his trip to Asia, Europe, Africa and South Africa. LBJ signs promoting Lyndon Johnson at a Democratic Convention. Brief excerpts of Johnson speaking about Civil Rights and about space exploration, and about military readiness. President Johnson entering the House of Representatives chamber in the U.S Capitol five days after he became President of the United States to make his first speech to Congress as President. Lawmakers assembled give him a standing ovation as he enters.
Graduation Ceremony for graduates of U.S. Army Military Police training course at Fort Gordon, Georgia, United States. Military Police (MPs) are honored by officers in a program. Friends and families seated in chairs to attend the outdoor program. Flags flying at the ceremony include some from other nations. Military Policemen on duty. A radion operator and a desk sergeant. An MP seated in a car. He talks over a telephone. The car is driven on a Military Base road. MPs directing army vehicles in a snow covered area. MPs carry and injured soldier in the snow. Change of scene to the Archway into Caserma Passalacqua, Verona, Italy, site of U.S. Army SETAF (Southern European Task Force) Headquarters. A 1956 Chevrolet Military Police car drives out of the SETAF gate with an American Military Policeman and an Italian Policeman inside. They drive and then park near the Verona Roman Arena and Palazzo Barbieri. They then patrol on foot together. Street scenes of Verona in that area.
The 1956 National Convention of the Democratic Party at the International Amphitheatre (4220 South Halsted Street Chicago, Illinois 60609 United States) in Chicago, Illinois. Former President Harry S. Truman and his wife Bess, taking seats at the convention. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, widow of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, taking her seat. Democratic Party National Chairman, Paul M. Butler standing behind and below the podium as convention prepares to get underway. The amphitheater is filled with seated delegates, as they are called to order. Delegates standing and applauding, following the keynote speech of Frank G. Clement, Governor of Tennessee, who touches the Tennessee delegate identification pole as it is thrust toward him. Delegates waving poles displaying their respective State names.
Landscapes and monuments in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Views of beach and landscape. A large tower and a man stands on the tower. Official shed at harbor. A fishing boat is anchored. Sign: 'Jean and Patricia' and 'Mary and Julia' on fishing boats. Boats underway. Views of city and traffic on Main Street in Gloucester Massachusetts. A man walks down on road. Employees walking out of Harbor Cove Fisheries packaging plant. People walking outside of stores and shops in town. Pedestrians walking. Cars and trucks moving on South Stacy Boulevard. View of the Man at the Wheel, Fisherman's Memorial Cenotaph. View of memorials and grave stones in a town cemetery of Gloucester.
Activities of fishermen in Gloucester, Massachusetts. A tourist couple in a 1940s car as they look at landscapes of the city. Car stops in front of a house. A woman rings a door bell. Boats and ship at harbor. The couple and the car in the foreground. Sailboat at sea. Sign: 'North Sea' and 'South Sea' on boats. Fishermen mend fising nets and make fishing nets dry in sun. Women packs boxes of fish filets and place them on conveyor belt in a fish packaging factory or cannery. Men of Gloucester construct a ship. After construction is completed, the new fishing boat named "Benjamin C." slides down the way into the harbor waters. U.S. flag on the ship. Christians gather as Catholic Archbishop of Boston, Richard Cushing, leads a religious service on the docks to bless the fishermen.
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