Chairman of the War Production Board Donald Nelson and party visit the Ford and Chrysler plants in Detroit, Michigan. The visitors get out of a car at the Chrysler Tank Arsenal. They are greeted by a manager. Interior of the plant. The party inspects the plant. Tanks on the assembly line. A tank is lifted. The group comes out of the plant. Tanks on proving grounds. The visitors stand by and watch. Back of a man's shirt reads 'Tank Arsenal Inspection Road Test'. Tanks being put through challenging tests in mud and obstacles on proving grounds. (World War II period)
Aviator Charles Linbergh returns to the U.S. after his trans-Atlantic flight. Lindbergh aboard the Cruiser, USS Memphis, as it makes its way over the Potomac to Washington DC. As it passes Mount Vernon, the USS Memphis fires a gun salute. Aerial view of the ship at the Washington Navy Yard. Military officers and government officials wave to welcome Lindbergh. Sailors with the U.S. flag. Naval officers including Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd escort his mother Evangeline Lindbergh aboard the ship.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh returns to the U.S. after his trans-Atlantic flight. Rear Admiral Richard Byrd escorts Lindbergh off the USS Memphis in Washington DC. A large crowd greets Lindbergh. Byrd, Lindbergh, Evangeline Lindbergh and President of the Board of Commissioners Proctor L Dougherty get into a car and leave. The car driven through the city.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh honored in Washington DC. View from above of parade down Pennsylvania Avenue in Lindbergh's honor. The Avenue leading to the U.S. Capitol. A horse cavalry follows Lindbergh's car. Riding with him are Rear Admiral Richard Byrd, President of the Board of Commissioners Proctor L Dougherty and his Lindberg's mother ,Evangeline Lindbergh. Soldiers march during the parade. Crowds on either side of the street.
Musicologist John Lomax, plays recording of music by Lead Belly (Huddie William Ledbetter), an American folk and blues musician. John Lomax holds one of the aluminum disc recording of Lead Belly's music that he and his son, Allan, recorded for the Library of Congress. He has some difficulty placing it and playing it on a victrola phonograph. They listen to the recording, and Lomax comments about it as it plays. View of an interior section of Library of Congress. John Lomax and Library staff person enter and replace the record in a container, with others from the Lead Belly collection.
Highlights of a football game between Ohio and Washington in Seattle, Washington. The Ohio Buckeyes and the Washington Huskies battle it out in the 3rd quarter of the football match. A large crowd watches the game from the spectators stands. Ohio beats Washington 35-7.
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