U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson campaigning in New York City. A Car with a banner announcing that President Johnson will speak on the 50th anniversary of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union Medical Center, on June 6, 1964. President Johnson is seen with a huge crowd. People cheering. President Johnson mingles with the crowd and shakes hands with people. Photographers take pictures.
U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd seated in an open car outside the Union Station in Washington, DC. Seated with him are his father, Richard E. Byrd, Sr., his wife, Marie (Donaldson Ames) Byrd, and his son, Richard. They proceed with other cars and a motorcycle escort, from the station to the White House. In the White House garden, President Herbert Hoover presents Admiral Byrd an award in recognition of his exploits in Antarctica.
Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, in an open car, with his father, Richard E.Byrd, Sr., his wife, Marie (Donaldson Ames) Byrd and his son, Richard, in front of Union Station, in Washington, DC. Admiral Byrd conversing with President Hoover, in the White House garden, as the President presents him an award, from the National Geographic Society, recognizing his achievements in Antarctic exploration.
Marchers parade on the streets of Manhattan, New York City, to promote support for continuation and expansion of the WPA (Works Progress Administration), part of the New Deal Federal programs enacted in the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression. The parade is led by a group of well-dressed men in business suits. It includes a brass band and many marchers carrying banners and signs. (A boy is knickers, on roller skates moves about near the front of the parade.) A woman walking alongside the marchers, carrying a canister, solicits contributions from spectators on sidewalks. The following are among the many banners and signs seen: "Workers Alliance-Greater New York"; "Yorkville Workers Alliance"; "On to Washington, January 15th, for the Continuation and Expansion of W.P.A. (Furriers Joint Council)"; "Stop! Mass Lay-offs on WPA (Fur Floor Boys and Shipping Clerks Union)" A big part of the march takes place on 8th Avenue. (A Department of Sanitation worker with broom and barrel on wheels is seen cleaning the edge of street near curb.) A float with popup figures of WPA worker, housewife, and farmer, is seen with another figure holding an ax over the WPA workers head. Writing on the float reads: "A blow to WPA is a blow to all" Finally, view towards backs of marchers is shown, near end of the parade.
French Union Forces in strategic North-West delta region spearhead a counter-attack against Communist forces in Indochina (Vietnam). Airplane in flight over the field. Firing and bombarding on the field. Smoke arises due to bombarding. Trees and mountains in background. Military vehicles move on the field. The wounded soldiers are evacuated in boats. Soldiers fire artillery.
Destruction in Dublin, Ireland after the "Easter Rising" or "Easter Rebellion" armed uprising of 1916, attempting to establish an independent Irish Republic, without British rule. People stand outside a destroyed building. Rubble on the ground. The Daniel O'Connell Monument on O'Connell Street. Buildings along the sides of the street. The General Post Office, which served as rebel headquarters for the Irish Republicans. Lots of vehicle and pedestrian traffic. Wrecked vehicles and furniture outside a damaged building. British soldiers guard the building. Damaged buildings of the Irish Workers Union and Liberty Hall. A man holds an Irish War Newspaper published by the rebel Irish Republic. Headline (during World War I) reads, "How the Germans conquered England."
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