Exterior View of Fuld Hall at the Institute of Advanced Study at Princeton University (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 08542). Interior view shows Professor Albert Einstein as he writes on a blackboard. He then sits at a desk. Exterior views of churches and a synagogue in Princeton, New Jersey. Group of American people gathered to celebrate "I'm an American" day. They march with flags and are seen wearing various outfits that depict their heritage. View changes to showing student at the entrance of a building at Rutgers University. Inside, veterans of World War 2 attend classes at the university under the G.I. Bill or GI Bill of Rights. A World War II veteran named George Hutchinson, who is a student at Rutgers University, speaks about how the G.I. Bill enabled him to return to school, and that everyone was friendly and cooperative in helping him return to school. A veteran who is a student performs tests in a laboratory using various beakers and tubes.
Brewers prepare liquor at a beer school in Chicago, Illinois soon after the end of prohibition in the United States. The brewers prepare malt liquor with chemical equipment. A brewer stirs liquor in a flask. A woman brewer uses a microscope. Several brewers stand and look at a man as he turns the valve on an equipment. A brewer with a gauge.
Berlin civilians get food in Berlin, Germany. Crowds wait for opportunity to get surplus oranges and cherries from the U.S. A woman shows her identification card. Oranges and cherries are doled out. Mayor Willy Kressmen weighing the cherries. A man gives a child a drink from a paper cup.
Fort Hancock in New Jersey, United States, during World War 2. U.S. soldiers and at least one Navy sailor enter the military post theater for an evening of entertainment. The soldiers pass a ticket window with a sign announcing "Ballet Russe" in the background. A poster reads, "The one and only, Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, Friday Evening." Interior of the theater: Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo presenting ballet "Prince Igor" by Stravinsky with Franz Allers conducting the orchestra. View of faces of the audience of soldiers as they sit and listen. Views of the dancers in elaborate costumes as they perform. The soldiers listen to an announcement, and then break out in applause and are seen smiling and clapping enthusiastically.
Several of the U.S. Destroyers transferred to the United Kingdom, in September, 1940. Seen on the high seas, and after docking in Halifax, Nova Scotia, are: USS Harden (DD-183), USS Aaron Ward (DD-132), and USS Abel P. Upshur (DD-193). A Royal Navy Captain examines one of the newly arrived destroyers.
Project Eagle by the United States Office of Strategic Services, in World War 2. A Secret School to train Polish soldiers, in London, England. Students read magazines, newspapers and maps to enhance their current affairs knowledge. An officer demonstrates the phenomenon of invisible inks and their use to the students. He demonstrates how smoke produces a visible chemical reaction. The students are given demonstration classes on gutter fighting or hand to hand combat for self defense. They are taught the basics of judo, handling of weapons, course combat, driving and swimming.
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