Former U.S. Ambassador to the UK,Joseph Kennedy, records a speech for radio in Washington DC during World War II. Kennedy speaks about his children and children of the American citizens and says that President Franklin Roosevelt should be re-elected.
Tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge. Overseers, faculty members and staff members of Harvard University attend the tercentenary ceremony. President of Harvard University James Conant speaks at the podium. President Conant talks about the necessary conditions required for the development of a national culture. The crowd applauds. The President says that they must have the spirit of tolerance which allows expression of all opinions. He speaks about the conditions necessary for material and intellectual progress of a nation. Further the President talks about the future of Harvard University. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt can be seen briefly, seated on the stage, during the ceremonies.
A film based on Internal Revenue Service Agency of United States which collects taxes. Animation depicts the role played by taxes in modern civilized life. Traffic move along highways built by taxes. Equipment from taxes showing aircraft, rockets and submarines used during wartime. A satellite sent in space. Animated map depicts the Internal Revenue Service stations throughout the country and also overseas. IRS (Internal Revenue Service) building on Constitution Avenue in Washington DC. The interiors of IRS Headquarters showing committee members at work.
A film based on IRS (Internal Revenue Service) Agency of United States which collects taxes. Workers at IRS service station attend calls from tax payers. A woman at home checks for IRS district office phone numbers in a newspaper for assistance. Students attend classes where a teacher gives income tax instructions by displaying tax forms on board. Income tax returns processed by IRS personnel using the electrical machines at service station. Tax return documents are verified by trained personnel for errors. Workers work at service station. A family fills out business and personal returns at home. The workers sort documents at service station.
A film titled 'The Life and Death of The USS Hornet' dedicated to the workers of America's shipyards and war plants during World War II. The Capitol building in Washington DC. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt gathered at press conference to announce the bombing of Tokyo Japan by Doolittle Raid forces in April 1942. Reporters run out to phones and typewriters. A man at NBC microphone in 1943. The headlines of newspapers read 'Japs Murder Doolittle's Fliers'. American people in groups and families listen to radio broadcasts, gathered at work and in living rooms around radios to hear the radio news. They buy newspapers at newsstands. Headline of newspaper reads "Carrier Hornet was Shangri-La". Workers at shipyard, factories, machine shops. Men and women war workers of varying ages and races, including white, Japanese-American, and African-American seen welding, machining, and working to buld the ship and its parts. Scenes from the launching of USS Hornet CV-8 in December 14, 1940, with sponsor Annie Reid Knox at the launching.
Film depicts the occupations of U.S. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) during Great Depression in the United States. CCC workers work with fences. Drift fences are erected. Grass seeds are collected from a field. Workers poison rodents. A worker examines dead rodents. Poisonous plants are eradicated.
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