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Four British working men and four American counterparts visit officials concerned with war production, in New York City and Washington DC (WW2)

A British film entitled, "People to People." Four British working men, visiting America, are seen in overcoats on the deck of a ship passing the Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor during World War II. They are accompanied by four American workers who were returning on the same ship, from a similar visit to England. Closeup of the eight men, named by the narrator, who calls them trade unionists on an exchange visit. Brief view of Chiang Kai-Shek, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill at the Cairo Conference in 1943.Camera pans closeup over Roosevelt and Chiang Kai-Shek. Brief views of Roosevelt, Churchill, and Joseph Stalin at the Tehran Conference in 1943. Closeup of Roosevelt and Churchill, with Anthony Eden standing immediately behind them. Closeup of Stalin and Roosevelt, with U.S. Army Air Force Chief, General Henry H.(Hap) Arnold and British General Alan Brooke, Chief of the Imperial General Staff, conversing behind them. Scene shifts back to the men aboard the ship in New York harbor, with the New York City Manhattan skyline of buildings in the background. Next, the eight men are seen climbing steps to New York City Hall. Inside they are welcomed by New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia. The group is then seen entering a building in Washington, DC, where they sit down at a table with Donald Nelson, Head of the U.S. War Production Board. In the Department of Labor building they meet William Hammatt Davis, Head of the War Labor Board, and also the Secretary of Labor, Frances Perkins. After that they are seen heading into the White House, where they are met by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, who comes out of the White House to greet them on the porch. (Narrator says she later invited them inside for tea.) The men are next seen climbing the Capitol steps. Vice President Henry A. Wallace comes out to greet them and comments about industrial production not only during the war, but in the time of peace to follow.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944
Duration: 3 min 24 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029522
Documentary titled "The Secret Land" on the U.S. polar expedition,Operation High Jump.

Documentary titled "The Secret Land" on the U.S. polar expedition,Operation High Jump. Clip opens with aerial and elevated views of landmark buildings and sites in Washington DC, including U.S. Capitol, White House,and the National Mall area. Elevated view looking back toward Virginia, with Potomac River and Key Bridge in the distance. U.S. Secretary of Navy James Forrestal makes a speech explaining the purpose of the polar expedition. Chief of U.S. Naval operations Chester W. Nimitz talks to U.S. Navy officers in his office. The Norfolk Naval base in Virginia. U.S. Navy officers and personnel aboard a vessel. Sailors prepare huskies (sledge dogs) in New Hampshire, for the polar expedition. Convoy of U.S. ships and several other vessels leave the naval base and head for the expedition. Animated map shows designated landing zone in Antarctica. Helicopters and planes will serve as scouts and transportation medium for the expedition.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1950
Duration: 6 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029536
Animated slide shows ideal working conditions for an employee in a factory.

Animated slides shows ideal working conditions for an employee in a factory. Conveys that a good wage, properly ventilated and lighted workrooms, proper safety measures,health care,and sanitary services are must for providing an ideal working environment to the employees of a factory.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029568
Laying of underground telephone cables using a railroad car.

Pictures show laying of underground telephone cables using a railroad car. Hand shows primitive telephone cables. A modern '1212 Pairs 2424 Wires' type of telephone cable. Man work on underground telephone cables. Men near a manhole lay underground telephone cable. A network of underground telephone lines. Man in switchboard office connects various telephone lines.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1928
Duration: 2 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029612
Fishermen catch sardines in America.

Shows sardines in water. Fishermen in America catch sardines by lowering fish nets into water. The catch is transferred to a fishing smack.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1920
Duration: 5 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029621
Fishermen aboard a fishing smack in America unload sardines.

An American fishing smack loaded with sardines underway in harbor. Fishermen aboard the smack unload sardines in buckets. Sardines are put on conveyor belts in a floating cannery.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1920
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675029622
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