A documentary on the growth and opportunities in television industry in the United States. Students at the New York University listening to a classroom lecture on how television signals are transmitted and received. Professor instructs the college students on the technical aspects of television, including an iconoscope. A class at NYU conducted in tandem with a local televsion studio briefs students interested in the creative side of television. Studio equipment is demonstrated including lights, microphone boom stands, and television cameras The equipment and the method of production and recordings are demonstrated. 'WPIX television' written on cameras. Students are coached in using the equipment, while other students prepare to stage a play for television that was written by one of the students. The director meeting with the student actors. Views of the play being filmed for television. Men working on television studio transmission equipment.
U.S. naval activities in the Mediterranean Sea. Cruiser, USS Newport News (CA-148) with Aircraft Carrier, USS America (CV-66) and Sacramento class support ship underway. View from helicopter as it drops two finned containers into the water. A submarine at periscope depth moving at high speed towards smoke flare marking the location of the container on the surface of the water.
Aerial view of porpoising Mk 16 torpedo. A U.S. Balao-Class submarine running on surface of the sea.
Construction of Fleet Ballistic missile submarines in Groton, Connecticut. Skeleton hull of submarine under construction. Small hatch opening in the submarine. A man welds under the far side of the hatch in the hull. Cross bracings in the skeleton hull of the submarine. A worker uses a cutting torch and works on the submarine.
A film on the Coast Guardsmen and United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve (SPARS). Depicts how SPARS release men for combat and help them. U.S. Coast Guardsmen aboard ship. The SPARS seated at desk at the Coast Guard station and working. The Coast Guardsmen and SPARS work in cooperation. Women serving as secretaries, messengers and office machine operators. The Coast Guardsmen embarking a ship. The ship underway at sea in the Pacific Ocean. Airplanes in flight overhead. The Coast Guardsmen firing guns. An enemy submarine is sunk by depth charges. Smoke from explosion. (World War II period).
Nomination of Former Vice President Henry Wallace as Secretary of Commerce in the United States. Meeting of the Senate Commerce Committee. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Jesse Jones addresses the committee. He speaks about the qualifications and background which he deems essential in one who aspires to head the lending agencies which deal in billions. Wallace addressing the officials and talks about the RFC.
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