Wheat harvesting in Wala Wala, Washington. A wheat field. A farmer harvesting his wheat field. Mules pulling up a harvester. A combine harvester in operation.
American ventriloquist Edgar Bergen stands with his mannequin Charlie McCarthy near a desk. Hollywood executive producer Charles R. Rogers seated at a desk. He draws a contract for starring roles in new Universal pictures. A close up Charlie and Bergen. They both talk. They look at Rogers drawing the contact. A man enters the room. Roger hands over the contract to Edgar Bergen. Charlie McCarthy and Bergen look at the contract. They talk to the man. A close up of Charlie McCarthy and Bergen. Bergen talks to the two men inside the room and laughs.
The Massachusetts Handicap horse race at Suffolk Downs in Boston, Massachusetts. Spectators in the stands. The horses moving towards the starting point. The spectators cheer. The race starts. The horses running on the race track. The spectators watching the race. Seabiscuit wins the race.
U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower during a defense budget talk at the Winter White House in Augusta, Georgia. A sign reads 'Augusta National Golf Club'. The Winter White House. U.S. Budget director Percival Brundage, U.S. President Eisenhower, U.S. Secretary of Defense Charles Erwin Wilson and administrative leaders seated around a table. They discuss nations future defense budget. Wilson urges $2 billion increase in the budget. The members discussing the budget. A close up of Eisenhower.
Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz aboard USS Kearsarg in San Francisco, California. Admiral Nimitz is greeted by honor guard of the Boy Scouts of America. He boards aircraft carrier USS Kearsarge. Boys Scout aboard the deck. Admiral Chester Nimitz stands at a podium and speaks into a microphone. The boys scout and other people on the deck listen to him. He is honored by the Boy Scout for his leadership to youth. The people attending the ceremony. Admiral is presented with a memento.
The second annual mobilization and review of U.S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Division Two, in the 13th Naval District, during World War 2. The first thing seen is a portion of a letter from a Coast Guard SPARS woman to someone at home. She mentions having spoken to Mrs. F.D.R. Scene shifts to The mobilization and review event on Lake Washington, in Seattle, Washington which involves some 300 boats belonging to members of the Coast Guard Auxiliary, that parade in review. Secretary of the Navy, Frank Knox (not seen) along with high ranking naval officers, and the First Lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, are part of the reviewing party, as guests of Mr. O.D. Fisher, aboard his yacht. (The Coast Guard Auxiliary identification, CGA 2444, is seen clearly painted on its bow.) It is anchored off the north shore of Madronna Park Beach in Lake Washington. Views of the yacht with Mrs. Roosevelt and several admirals aboard. A woman officer, in the Coast Guard SPARS, is invited to chat with Mrs. Roosevelt. She sits down next to her. At one point, they both wave toward the camera. Later, two women SPARS stand on shore and converse with Mrs. Roosevelt, as she stands aboard the yacht.
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