A film in the United States about achievements and role of African American soldiers during World War II. A dramatization depicts an African American priest at a church as he addresses people about the contribution of African Americans in every branch of army like quartermaster corps, infantry. A woman gets up and says that her son is serving in the infantry. She reads out a letter from her son Robert. Army recruits at a railroad station. Elevated view of men walking in organized lines in the train station. Robert bids goodbye to his mother. A train arrives at an army training camp with snow on the ground and icicles hanging from the train station. Recruits being addressed by an officer. Robert being interviewed about his past life. An officer teaches the recruits the correct manner of saluting. The recruits remove civilian clothing and put on military uniforms. They undergo physical examination by U.S. Army medical staff. They board a train and leave for a replacement center. The recruits arrive at a camp and get off trucks onto snow covered ground. In a barracks area, they learn to make their beds and march. The recruits march across training grounds. Ill soldiers and recruits at a hospital as doctors examine them. The recruits undergo a dental check up. They learn to fire rifles at rifle ranges. The recruits play football, baseball, boxing and ping pong. They listen to poetry. African American women WACs ( Women's Army Corps) march at a training academy. They drive jeeps over a rough terrain. A recruit polishes his shoe. The African American recruits dance with girls at a dance ball. They perform exercises during a drill.
A garden party in British Uganda,organized by members of Insombia Catholic Mission and (Quaker) Friends African Mission. Party attendees dressed in white gowns. A native policemen, in uniform, stands near. Two men converse with each other. White women, stylishly dressed, chatting, turn toward the camera. Another woman moves to avoid being photographed. Young native men play football (soccer) in a field. The star player poses for the camera.
Montage of Americana spanning parts of the 1950s and 1960s. Science and technology in the United States. Scientists work in laboratories and conduct various experiments. Scientists look into microscopes and treat patients with scientific medical equipment. People relax at a beach and amusement park. People watch a baseball game. Spectators from behind the fences watch bucking horses in a rodeo. Playing golf. Ten pin bowling. Motorboats race in water. Water skiing. View at a football game, horse race, basketball game, and Joe Louis boxing. Ice skating with sails. Swimming pool and high dive. 1940s fashion scenes: Juke box; Pegged pants; bobby sox;saddle shoes and dancing to an orchestra. People Square dancing, fishing, throwing horse shoes, playing shuffle board and lunching in backyard. Americans enjoying parks with lakes, swimmers, boaters and lots of park benches, where they sit and relax. Contrasting scenes of poverty in America: poor tenement and slum housing; bread line food relief for the poor; criminals being apprehended by police in paddy wagons; African American and some white American people demonstrate by the reflecting pool near Lincoln Memorial, in Washington, DC, during the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. Demonstrators holding signs protesting racism, low wages, and poor housing; and advocating civil rights. Travel by Americans: People boarding an Air France airplane, airport scenes and people boarding a Pan Am (Pan American) passenger jet airplane. Ground level shot between art deco sleek passenger railroad trains in motion. People unload luggage from parked passenger bus. Aerial views of American highways with traffic and lots of mostly 1950s era cars and trucks. View of RV trailer park or camping area. Scene from moving car of undeveloped land and then of city at night with many neon signs for hotels, motels, food, and businesses. Vintage American suburban or small town scenes of families in front of houses, tending their neighborhood yards,cutting their lawns, and raking leaves on yards of homes.
Making of magazine in modern printing press. Portrait of Benjamin Franklin with his introduction. Dramatization shows a man in Franklin costume, others in 18th century work costumes in print shop. Workers operate manual printing press. Franklin examines a copy. View of Butler Gazette and County Journal of August 10, 1772. A modern printing plant shows machinery and workers in printing plant. View of 'The Dearborn Independent' for July 31, 1926. Editors work in an office. President Calvin Coolidge delivers an address at battery of microphones. Crowd listens to the President. Deck view on sailing vessel 'Irene and May'. Wild geese in a field and in flight. Four women swimmers posed on side of a boat. They dive into water. Detroit Tigers baseball game in progress. Tennis game in progress. Spectators applaud. Football game in progress.
A U.S. Army Reorientation film. Recreational facilities in New York City's Central Park. Aerial view of Central Park with skyscrapers of Manhattan and skyline of New York City seen flanking it. View of 59th street and park entrance. View of horse-drawn hansom cabs and the Seal Pool. People feeding pigeons. Children in park. Cart pony rides at the zoo. People watch zoo animals like chimpanzees. Various lakes in park. People on boats in lakes. People fishing including a boy standing on a rock fishing. View of Bethesda Fountain. Various statues. Weather station and Cleopatra's Needle. People enjoy concerts at Central Park Mall. President Harry S Truman makes an address in the park. People enjoy Square dancing with caller, dancing at the Tavern On The Green, playing tennis, softball game with young men or teenage boys, basketball game with teenage boys, football, horseback riding, winter sports including sleds in the snow and horse-drawn sleigh rides, kids making snowmen, warmer weather activities like pitching horseshoes, playing checkers, people laying on the ground and relaxing on benches and grass.
Members of the U.S. Military Mission to Turkey and Armenia, stroll about grounds where tents are set up at a reception and party for them at Erzurum, Turkey. Women are seen seated on the ground near a large tent. Turkish soldiers of the 14th Corps assemble on bleachers near a space set out for a football (soccer) match. Players seen running on the pitch. Two wrestlers demonstrate their skills. A Lazi Dancer from the Trabzon district dances, accompanied by Turkish muscians. A group of dancers performs.