The American Association for Old-age Security registers men and women over the age of 70 for old age pensions in New York. Old men and women apply for pensions. Men and women signing a register.
The Social Security building in Washington DC, United States, during World War 2. Exterior of the building. Armed guards standing at the entrance. Officers entering and coming out of the building. A car parked in front of the building.
A documentary depicts activities of U.S. Department of War workers in the United States during World War 2. Scenes of various 1940's clocks on bedside tables. War department workers wake up with the alarms. They get ready for work. Cars passing on the streets of Washington DC. Buildings along the sides of the street. People lined up waiting for public conveyance. A bus arrives. Bus and car traffic on the "Highway Bridge" over the Potomac River toward Arlington Virginia. (The Highway Bridge, a swing-span through-truss bridge, was part of the 14th Street Bridge complex over the years. It was eventually replaced by the George Mason Memorial Bridge, and in 1967 the Highway Bridge was removed and taken to the Naval Surface Warfare Center in Dahlgren Virginia, to be used for bombing practice). View of the newly built Pentagon War Department building in Arlington Virginia, and views of large parking lots at the Pentagon filled with cars. Workers walking inside the Pentagon building corridors. A line of women seated and working at telephone switchboards in the Pentagon, and consulting an updated telephone directory. A sign at the door of a room reads 'Security Office, Identification Section'. A woman goes inside. Woman named 'Phyllis Hood' gets her identification card and finger prints for her identification in the office. She is seen taking an oath. Hood working at her desk. She files statistical reports. Exteriors of various Washington DC buildings being guarded by United States Army personnel for the Military District of Washington during World War II. A covered anti-aircraft gun installation in Washington DC is shown opening as US Army soldiers take up positions to use the artillery during practice drills. A guard standing outside the White House building.
A training film on operations of U.S. forces on Kwajalein Atoll in the Marshall Islands during World War II. Animation depicts operations of the 3rd Battalion 23rd Marines to secure islands. Troops advance along a beach. They fire rifles and other guns. Smoke rises from firing and bombing in a rubbled area. Aircraft in flight overhead.
Former United States President Herbert Hoover returns to Washington DC from an international food security survey mission done at President Harry Truman’s request. Former President Herbert Hoover disembarks from an Air Transport Command (ATC) plane. Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson shakes hands with former president Hoover as welcome to Washington DC. Former President Hoover and Secretary Anderson walk together from the tarmac, enter the White House together. Former President Hoover reports, showing documents to United States President Harry S. Truman and Secretary of Agriculture Clinton Anderson inside the Oval Office of the White House.
Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky of Vietnam visits Australia during the Vietnam War. Brisbane: Demonstration against visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister. People shout with placards in hand. Police restrain crowd and escort Prime Ministre Ky. Placard reads 'Go home murderer and take Holt with you' and 'Stop Ky'. Nguyen Cao Ky and Australian Prime Minister Harold Holt pose in Sydney, Australia. Sydney: Boat in sea. Prime Minister Holt waves. Prime Minister Nguyen Cao Ky and his wife wave from a ship.
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