Part of a documentary on the history of the Labor Department in the United States. Opening scene shows numerous children gathered around a large wooden picnic table outdoors, as a woman and two men serve them lunch, during the Great Depression of the 1930s, in the United States. The setting is a barnyard, with chickens walking about in the background. Scene shifts to many women working in an Emergency Employment Office of the U.S. Department of Labor. They are all engaged in various kinds of clerical activities. Next, men are seen receiving hot food at an outdoor "Soup Kitchen." People on a "bread line." A woman getting the last bit of food from an empty food kitchen pail. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is seated at his desk, surrounded by interested persons, as he signs the Social Security Act on August 14, 1935, and appoints the Secretary of Labor as head of a committee to develop a Social Security Program which shall embrace and cover the hazards of old age, unemployment, the handicapped, and children. A rural family seen on their porch. Many unemployed men gathered on a building porch in a rural setting. Railroad cars and an industrial site can be seen in the background. Children gathered on an open porch. The U.S. Capitol building. Coal miners headed into a mine shaft, wearing helmets with lights and carrying their lunch pails. Workers on an automobile assembly line. Rural poor families near their makeshift houses. A woman airing out bedding outdoors. Men stoking a furnace. A large group of child laborers. A factory with multiple smoke stacks. Striking union members carrying signs on a picket line. Others carry signs identifying them as members of the International Seamen's Union. One of them carries a sign reading: "Radio is the only Hope. Insist on reliable radio protection." Other union members in an outdoor protest. A group of businessmen, ostensibly in peaceful negotiations, facilitated by the Department of Labor.
The United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower and the Japanese Prime Minister Nobusuke Kishi sign the Treaty of Mutual Cooperation and Security between the United States and Japan at the White House (1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20500, United States) in Washington DC. President Dwight D. Eisenhower gives a brief speech. Dignitaries sign the 10-year Security Pact. Photographers take pictures. President Eisenhower leaves the office with his wife Mamie Doud Eisenhower.
Various aircraft during a commercial aircraft reliability tour for the Edsel B. Ford Trophy in the United States. A Fairchild FC-1 aircraft with wings folded back and running parallel to the body. The wing lock for securing wings in the flying position. Men release and secure the wings in the flying position. The aircraft as the wings are being folded back.
U.S. Navy ship USS Upshur in Beirut, Lebanon during the Lebanon Crisis. A U.S. Navy officer and a few sailors at a dock. The sailors securing the lines of a ship. The secured lines of ship. An officer standing beside a rail at the stern of USS Upshur. The U.S. flag at the stern of the ship. The sailors pulling the lines. 'USNS Upshur' written on the side of the ship bow. The officer beside the rail on the ship. An African American soldier looking through a porthole of the ship. The officer beside a car on the dock.
A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Chinese Representative speaks. Soviet Union's representative on the United Nations Security Council Andrei Gromyko speaks. U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Warren Austin and other delegates seated. The delegates who accept the proposal of Argentina are asked to raise hands.
A United Nations Security Council session held in Lake Success, New York during the Cold War. Representatives of different nations are seated. Soviet Union's representative on the United Nations Security Council Andrei Gromyko speaks about the Czech case during the session.
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