A film covers the progress in development of specialized communication,command and control hardware of the NASA Gemini Agena target vehicle in Sunnyvale, California. Telemetry recorder in operation. Type 9 Pulse-code modulation Ultra High Frequency (PCM-UHF) command receiver design being proof tested. Woman inspect receiver assemblies on a breadboard. Woman places the Printed Circuit Board with wires soldered on it into a box. Technician assembling receiver units. Attachment of receiver being put on shaker table and placed in environment chamber for tests.
Crowd celebrating Armistice Day, November 11, 1918, in New York City. Many wave American flags. Dense crowd traps several vehicles. Different sequence shows the U.S. State funeral procession for the American Unknown Soldier of World War I, on November 21, 1921. Teams of white horses pull artillery caissons. Team of dark horses pull caisson bearing the coffin of the Unknown Soldier. It is covered with bunting and dark wreath. General of the Armies, John J. Pershing leads the Military officers who accompany the coffin. Following them is seen a large group of civilian officials, all in top hats.
The third Selma to Montgomery march during the American Civil Rights Movement. A huge crowd marches on a road. African American men, women and children among the marchers. The crowd marches holding banners and the American flag. The Selma to Montgomery marchers demand voting rights for African Americans. From Selma is written at the back of a marcher's shirt. A poster reads NAACP ( National Association for the Advancement of Colored People). The marchers enter the city of Montgomery, Alabama's capital, and proceed to the State Capitol building.
Scenes of Manhattan streets, on a Saturday morning, right after a U.S. Air Force B-25 Mitchell bomber crashes into the 79th floor of the Empire State Building in Manhattan, New York City. Smoke billows from the building. At the site of the crash, firemen are dousing the smoldering ruins with water.
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan with his grandson, John Bryant Leavitt, at his Winter home, "Villa Serena," Miami, Florida. Bryan , seated on dock, fishing with his grandson, also fishing, beside him. In unrelated sequence, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, is seen aboard a vessel in winter. The snow falling. Franklin Roosevelt with other men on the deck of the snow covered vessel.
A group of women decorate a snow covered tree in Washington State. Santa Claus appears at a distance, pulling a donkey with antlers attached to its head. Santa Claus gives gifts, including a doll, to the women in front of a snow covered tree.
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