Organization of American States Meet on Cuba at Pan American Union in Washington DC. Meeting called at the request of Venezuela, major target of Castro terrorists. Dignitaries arrive in cars. Cuban exiles march outside while meeting goes on inside. People on street clash with the police. Crowd attempts march to the meeting hall. Dignitaries in a meeting inside the building.
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson at the White House Rose Garden in Washington DC. President Johnson delivers a State of the Union message to the Congress. He briefs reporters and speech writer Ted C. Sorensen before leaving for the U.S. Capitol. President Johnson and the First Lady Mrs. Ladybird Johnson heading towards their car. President Lyndon Johnson addresses the Congress. He touches upon the issues of civil rights, unemployment, and poverty. President Johnson announces a "War on Poverty in America" and a 25 percent cut in material for nuclear weapons.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressing the 77th Congress of the United States in the annual State of the Union address. In his "Four Freedoms" speech he speaks of threats to the U.S. and all the American Republics. He calls for support to nations suffering attack from aggressors, He calls for promotion of human rights. After speaking, President Roosevelt turns to greet Congressional leaders, John Nance Garner, his Vice-President (President of the Senate) and Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn. President Roosevelt is assisted as he departs the podium, using a cane. (World War II period).
Woman's Christian Temperance Union (WCTU) members speak and protest the ending of prohibition, in Washington D.C. Women members pose. One of the member states that she won't drink and that she will do everything to stop others from drinking alcohol. Another member prays and says that she wishes prohibition would come back. All of them say Amen three times.
Image of Count Zeppelin's commission, from Provost Marshal General's office, Army of the Potomac, March 21,1863. Count Zeppelin posing with fellow officers behind a Union Army field piece. Zeppelin's hand made model of a rigid dirigible. Count Zeppelin visiting floating hangar where his first rigid dirigible is assembled, on Lake Constance, Friedrichshaffen,Germany. Count Zeppelin at controls looks out of rigid dirigible LZ1, as it attempts first flight , July 2, 1900, over Lake Constance (Bodensee). Scenes of LZ1 ascending.
Phillip Murray, President of the Congress of Indstrial Organization (CIO) and Arthur Goldberg., Chief Counsel , CIO, along with several members of the CIO Steel Workers Union, leaving the White House after meeting with the President in effort to settle labor strife in the steel industry.
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