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U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt with family, during the Democratic Convention, and during 1933 inaugural address in the U.S.
Life of the President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the United States. American flag flying at half staff over the White House after the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. People gathered in front of the White House mourning Franklin D Roosevelt. View inside the Cabinet Room of the White House as Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone administers the oath of office to new President Harry S. Truman. Remainder of clip shows various scenes of Franklin D. Roosevelt from prior years: Franklin D Roosevelt greets people and talks to them as they enter a house in the 1920s. Franklin Roosevelt with family in a sailing yacht or boat. Franklin Roosevelt sits with wife Eleanor Roosevelt in a garden. Son John brings in granddaughter Eleanor (Sistie) Dall, son Elliott carries in Curtis (Buzzie) Dall, son Franklin Jr enters, then daughter Anna and her husband Curtis Dall. Franklin Roosevelt with family members in a swimming pool. Franklin Roosevelt as Secretary of the Navy during World War 1 as he walks toward a car, stands beside it, removes his hat and smiles for cameras. Franklin Roosevelt as a nominee for Vice President poses with his wife Eleanor, his daughter, and his mother. A crowd hold banner supporting Franklin Roosevelt as the next President during the Democratic Convention of 1932. Franklin D Roosevelt addresses people. Many banners and signs for Roosevelt for President. Franklin D Roosevelt takes the oath of office as President at the 1933 inaugural ceremony, and is seen speaking during his inaugural address.
Harry S. Truman announces V-J day with Japan's acceptance of the terms of surrender, ending WWII; celebrations across America
Title card reads, "Peace, It's Wonderful." People celebrate as Japan accepts peace terms, ending World War 2. President Harry S. Truman of the United States announces Japan's acceptance of peace terms and the end of World War II. Reporters rush out to deliver news. Many scenes of American citizens, soldiers and sailors celebrating V-J Day in various cities of the United States. Crowds celebrate peace on V-J Day (Victory over Japan Day) in Washington DC, Chicago, San Francisco, and New York. Crowd outside White House waving. Woman holds newspaper with headline, "Japan Surrenders." A sailor dances with a girl. In San Francisco's Chinatown, firecrackers are lit up. In Seattle Washington, soldiers grab young women and kiss them. Aerial view of crowds celebrating the end of World War II at Times Square in Manhattan, New York City. Ticker tape falling in the air. Joyous, happy, and excited citizens cheer the end of World War 2. People waving newspapers with headline, "Japs Accept Terms." Spotlights illuminate nighttime crowds celebrating in New York City.
Officers with Henry Ford II review trainees and a flag raising ceremony at Navy Service School in the United States.
Decommissioning of Navy Service School in the United States. Barracks and a flag pole on a parade ground. Sailors lined up for a review. A flag raising and lowering ceremony. A flag at half mast. Sailors fold the flag. Officers, one holding the folded flag, and the president of the Ford Motor Company Henry Ford II review trainees. The trainees and the officers march off the field. A navy officer presents a flag to Henry Ford II. The trainees board buses.
Montage of scenes showing American civilian mobilization on the home front, life in the Navy, war scenes and demobilization after war.
View of a U.S. battleship heading toward the camera at high speed. Images of hip's wake becoming gradually more turbulent as camera focuses closer upon it in successive views. U.S. sailors in uniform. The first wears a the Silver Star medal. The next wears a Navy Cross medal. The third sailor wears a Cross medal with red and gold ribbon. A petty officer and two sailors posing together, each one displaying Cross and star medals, respectively. The scene fades to this last three, wearing civilian clothes in a flashback to the beginning of World War 2. The three watch as a draftsman lays out a Roll of Honor for a place called Middletown. Townspeople cheering at an outdoor sporting event. Next they sit and watch a tennis match. Next, many are seen as sailors scrubbing the deck of a battleship. Scene shifts to a Navy Wave guiding a C-45 aircraft into parking position. Another one is parked behind her. Next a "white shirt" on deck of an aircraft carrier is seen directing an aircraft with signals. A Douglas Dauntless aircraft is parked on the deck behind him. Abrupt change of scene shows a wounded sailor being attended by a physician. Members of a Navy ship's crew enjoying a swim, hanging out on a boom extended from their ship, and using rubber rafts and a dinghy as they enjoy recreational time allowed by the Captain. A sailor in a dining hall relishing a large piece of chicken. In contrast, a sailor at an antiaircraft station eats hastily. Twin guns are silhouetted behind him. Sailors getting dressed to go on shore leave. Photos of pinup girls displayed on locker behind them. They leave, but one sailor remains behind, on some kind of restrictions. Sailors on deck in formation as they are inspected by officers. One asks a sailor to adjust his hat and also examines his tie. A sailor sitting alone by a lake in Central Park, New York City. A sailor standing watch in setting sun. A chief Petty officer instructing a sailor on wearing his hat. Successive closeups of the imposing face of the Chief. that transitions into the face of a Lieutenant Junior Grade who is yelling at a sailor. Scene shifts to actual World War 2 battle footage scenes as Navy crew battles fire in an aircraft carrier's Island during naval combat in the Pacific. Hose lines are stretched across the flight deck and smoke envelopes the ship. Injured are carried to place of safety. Another scene aboard a U.S. Navy ship in World War 2, shows a Navy Chaplain praying over sailor who was killed, followed by a ceremonial burial at sea for the dead. U.S. Marines fire rifle salutes as coffins slide out from under American flags to carry the fallen sailor into the sea. As the nation demobilizes after the war, various "rabble-rousers" begin to cause trouble. One is seen speaking before a group of women, who seem influenced by his remarks. Scene shifts to aerial views from a low-flying airplane revealing the total destruction and rubble over miles of a German city, probably Berlin, from Allied bombing and shelling during World War 2. Views of suffering survivors of World War II (especially children) in various parts of the world. Emaciated and starving children in a war-torn area.
American people honor sailors of the U.S. Navy; views of towns, cities, people in the United States right after World War 2.
A film intended for U.S. Navy personnel about the return to civilian life after World War 2 and the better life of Americans in the United States as a result of their service. Film created immediately after the end of World War 2. A boy practices baseball, hitting the ball and running. View of the baseball diamond with a New York City bridge in the background. Women with children walk around in a park. A man greets a sailor of the U.S. Navy, shakes his hand and thanks him for his service. A mother talks to a child that is sitting on her lap as they read a book. Fishermen raise up fishing nets at a dock and process a catch of crabs. A man works in a laboratory. Dignitaries salute as soldiers march carrying the American flag. Two boys walk directly behind two U.S. Navy sailors and try to copy exactly how the sailors are walking. An elderly woman prays, kneeling in a church. People stand in a baseball stadium as the U.S. National Anthem begins to play. A sailor raises the American flag as other sailors stand at attention. Aerial view of a field in the U.S. Cattle graze on field. A man rides a bicycle in a small town, and tips his hat to a woman leaving a house. A boy with a manual push lawn mower cuts grass in the background. Automobile traffic in a small American town of the 1940s. Aerial view of the skyscrapers of a city. View of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. Houses or businesses and small boats and docks along a waterfront in Essex Connecticut. A board reads 'Here was built the Oliver Cromwell Connecticut warship in the Revolution 1776."
James Vincent Forrestal speaks in honor of U.S. navy personnel and welcomes them on behalf of citizens in the United States (WW2)
A World War II film about contribution of the U.S. Navy personnel for better life of Americans in the United States. United States Secretary of the Navy James Vincent Forrestal speaks in honor of men who served in Navy. He states that Navy men will adjust in civilian life as they were in World War II. He welcomes the Navy men on behalf of all civilians.