Franklin Delano Roosevelt gives message to Congress at Washington DC. He reads his annual message before a special joint session of the Senate and House. Franklin Delano Roosevelt outlines the 'State of the Nation' and offers his plans for future.
Shows several locomotives at a railroad yard in little Rock,Arkansas. Man appears from behind the tracks and gives an interview to the reporter. He speaks and discourages all sorts of segregation based on race, color or creed.
Tunis, North Africa. Field Marshal Jan Christian Smuts, General Sir Harold Alexander and General Dwight D Eisenhower step down from the stairs of Eisenhower Villa Headquarter. Three of them standing in their army uniform engaged in a discussion.
Inauguration of a ski train to Limberlost Lodge in Huntsville, Ontario, Canada. The train arrives at the station. People crowd on the railroad platform. They board train to Limberlost Lodge in Huntsville, Ontario. A woman reads a newspaper. Another woman looks in the paper. Lodge owner Gordon Hill shakes hands with guests. People ski. Gordon's daughter Christie goes Skijoring, holding a rope which is tied to a horse. People on a horse drawn sleigh returning to the Lodge from the ski hill.
View of audience watching A.A.U. Games in New York. Athletes racing on a running track. Athletes jumping over horizontal bars. Crowd clapping and cheering. Russian athlete Igor Ter-Ovanesyan sets an indoor mark in the broad jump with a leap of 26 feet, 6.5 inches. Next view is of, athletes on mile run. Jim Beatty wins mile run with 3 minutes and 59 seconds of time.
Film starts showing the wrecked tanker "Lyman Stewart" off the coast of Land's end outside the Golden Gate, San Francisco. (She was victim of a crash in the fog with the freighter "Walter Luckenbach" and was beached to avoid sinking.) Closeups of the "Lyman stewart." A crew member of the stricken ship is seen being brought ashore by breeches buoy. Spectators gathered on the rocks watching the operation. View from between rocks of the "Lyman Stewart." Another stricken vessel is seen against rocks near San Francisco. It is a large freighter. Half the crew are seen being taken ashore in Coast Guard power life boats. To bring others ashore via breeches buoy, Coastguards men on an overlooking cliff, fire a shot line with a Lyle gun to the ship. Next, a crew member is seen being brought ashore by breeches buoy. A Coast guardsman assists him on the shore. Another crew member is likewise rescued. Several Coast Guard ships and boats are seen underway. A Coast Guard General Aviation PJ search and rescue flying boat seen from above as it flies over a shoreline. Aerial views of several Coast Guard Stations. Coast Guardsmen in lifeboats and patrolling a marine regatta in a power boat. Coast guardsmen firing a warning shot at a vessel being intercepted at sea. Guardsmen from a cutter examine a boat for violations. Persons in distress being helped by Guardsmen. A vessel in rough waters and a burning ship at sea. Coast Guardsmen aboard a cutter with a line to a ship in distress in heavy seas.
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