John Foster Dulles is among White House staff, Secret Service personnel, and members of the press, seated on chairs in a garden of the Little White House, at the U.S. Naval Station, Key West, Florida. Palm trees around. Rattan furniture and adirondack chairs. U.S. President Harry Truman arrives walking across lawn, and dressed casually. He sits on a chair. Several men standing in the background. The men and women take down notes. The President stands up to leave. [ Note: at TC: 00:19, the person in extreme right of frame is Adon Taft, of the Miami Herald's Key West Bureau (wearing bow tie). He shared these observations about Truman and times at the Little White House at Key West: " I walked with him every morning along with 3 or 4 national reporters and a couple of Secret Service agents. He would walk to the Caribe restaurant down near the Turtle Kraals and have a coffee and then go back. He frequently swam in the ocean. He was in good shape, had a good sense of humor, he was down to earth, friendly with the White House press corps, played poker with some of them. He usually attended Sunday services at the First Baptist Church when he was in town. When the presidential yacht was there, the entire crew would attend Youth for Christ rallies on Saturday night and church on Sunday. .Press conferences ended when the president of the White House press corps (Merriman Smith, of United Press International) signaled it by standing and thanking the president."]
Arabian City of Dubai, and environs during period of British rule (before creation of United Arab Emirates). Waterfront scene dominated by Ali Bin Abi Talib mosque in Dubai . (This is number 3, of three mosques by that name in the area, and is located on the creek in the old Bur Dubai part of the city.) Numerous boats and merchants clog the Dubai creek. Merchants unload their wares from boats. Trucks and businessmen line the wharf near the creek. Pottery is being carefully unloaded from a boat, one piece at a time and passed to a man who places them in a push cart. An oasis with palm trees A woman scoops a bucket of water.Two men are seen baking Arabian flat bread over fires. A boy washes himself in a pond.
12,000 Chinese in protest parade against Japan. 12,000 Chinese men and women parade through Chinatown with colorful floats. Several men are in native costumes. They carry huge banners in demonstration of united support for defense forces fighting Japanese invasion. A banner reads 'Japan breaks International treaties'. Children watch the parade from balcony of their house.
F-100 Super Sabre supersonic jet fighter join operational service overseas. The planes will be part of Air Force units in Germany. The F-100 Super Sabre jet planes on the ground. The jet planes in formation.
Striking workers seen outside of a General Motors plant at Atlanta in Georgia. Several cars parked outside the Chevrolet Motor Company. Workers stand in a group during a labor strike. A tent on the street for the Union local chapter 34. Workers collect food distributed from a truck. Workers seen entering the offices of the United Automobile Workers (UAW) International Union local 34 chapter. Inside, workers seen preparing a meal. Men wearing aprons cook and make coffee. Men take food and eat in a group at a long dining table.
Group of United Auto Workers visits Camp Atterbury during World War 2 to get a first hand perspective on what life is like for the soldiers who are receiving the military vehicles and weaponry they build as factory workers in Detroit. The auto workers exit a train car at the camp and run through steps similar to new recruits, including a basic medical check and receiving uniforms from a quartermaster. The auto workers try some of the same training drills as regular soldiers, including an obstacle course, bayonet drills, and crossing a ravine over water on a rope bridge while mock bombing takes place near them. The men clean dishes in a mess hall kitchen and make beds in a barracks. Scene changes to a Detroit factory where officers and soldiers from the Camp tour with the auto workers. They view B-24 liberator aircraft being built, tanks being built as treads are assembled onto vehicles, other vehicles being built. War production workers building and assembling war materiel. Welding and assembly line operations seen. Wide view of factory floor with many newly assembled military tanks and vehicles completed. Newly completed tanks are demonstrated on an open field as officials observe. A war production worker speaks and encourages fellow workers to work hard to support the soldiers.
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