The intricate processes in the assembly of clock parts at a clock factory in United States. Marine balance wheel poising process. The operator removes small amount of metal to balance the balances. Workers use machines to drive hair springs on balance wheels. The balance staffs are sharpened to needle-like points. Pendulum in clock is assembled. Workers use jig saw to cut Mantel clock case. Workers glue wooden parts together. Workers attach faces to different kinds of clocks.
79th Infantry troops in La Haye Du Puits, France in World War II. View through a damaged wall of a ruined building with sign on a shop reading 'M. Gigory.' A World War I memorial and fountain topped by bust of a French soldier, is guarded by U.S. troops and used as a motor pool. A nearby sign points to it reading: 'water point.' American troops move on street and in a narrow alley. Troops arrive in a Jeep. Two German prisoners sitting on the hood of the Jeep with their hands raised are brought at gun point. The Jeep moves on. More prisoners are driven away on Jeeps. Heavy concentration of troops in the area.
U.S. Senator Harry S. Truman is standing by a table, surrounded by members of his staff and friends, who congratulate him on his selection as Vice Presidential candidate, by the Democratic National Convention in 1944. Among those seen are Mildred Lee Dryden,his personal Secretary, and U.S. Postmaster General Frank C. Walker. After shaking hands with all present, he sits down at the table, refers to some papers, and makes some remarks. Scene shifts to Truman seated at the table along with Postmaster Walker. Staff and friends are standing around them. They shake hands and Truman rises to start shaking hands all around. This is immediately repeated in another take, in which Postmaster Walker is laughing. After repeating the handshakes, Truman and Walker sit down again at the table.
Church choir members in white robes line the sidewalk and enter St. Thomas' Parish Episcopal Church, located at 1772 Church Street, NW, in the Dupont Circle area of Washington, D.C. The President and First Lady are seen arriving in the President's 1937 Packard seven-passenger parade touring car, accompanied by several Secret Service agents, walking beside the car and others riding in a car behind. People gather along the sidewalks to get a glimpse of President and Mrs. Roosevelt. Policemen maintain cordons in front of the sightseers. The Presidential motorcade drives up to an awning-covered side entrance of the stone church. Views of the building in the background. Following the worship service, President Roosevelt poses alongside two clergy from the church: Rev. Howard Sargent Wilkinson (Rector at St. Thomas as of 1936) and Rev. Allen O. Miller, Assistant. to the rector. Mrs. Roosevelt is seen behind in a fur coat. The President uses a cane to steady himself. Later the presidential open car departs (bearing license plate with number 101). It is followed by another car carrying Secret Service agents, bearing license plate reading: "USSS" for U.S. Secret Service. (Note: The Sanctuary building of St. Thomas' Parish Church was destroyed by fire, believed to be result of arson, in 1970.)
Rear view of a car in President Franklin Roosevelt's motorcade driving along the flight line at Hickam Field, Honolulu, Hawaii, during World War 2. Several C-54 aircraft are seen (Navy designation R5D). President's The President sits with Admiral Chester Nimitz, in the back seat of an open 1942 Packard convertible motorcar. (It displays private use "A" gas ration stamp, the most restrictive, on its windshield.) Medics carry a wounded soldier, on a litter,past the car, and the President shakes his hand. A new scene shows the President's VC-54C airplane (Sacred Cow) parked in front of the air base terminal building, which it topped by a sign reading: "Aloha Air Transport Command." Change of scene shows spectators filling the lower level and porch of a building at the U.S. Naval hospital, Alea Heights. Next the President's car is seen surrounded by hospital staff in formation to honor him. Nurses in white stand at attention on the ground, and a large formation of sailors stand at attention on a porch above.
U.S. officers General George C Marshall, HH Arnold, Brehon Somervell and Lesley J McNair seated around table and discussing map in Washington DC, USA, during World War 2. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt and British Prime Minister, Winston Churchill at a meeting in Casablanca, French Morocco.
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