Three U.S. soldiers read a Daily Express newspaper at Grosvenor Square in London. The newspaper's headline announces the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. American flags can be seen hoisted at half mast on prominent government buildings like the U.S. Embassy, American Red Cross Rainbow building and others. U.S. soldiers and British civilians read newspapers at Leicester Square with Daily News headline, "Roosevelt Dead." American and British flags hoisted at half mast over other city buildings. Two U.S. soldiers look at a paper enclosed in a glass frame, showing picture of President Roosevelt and Vice President Harry S Truman. (World War II period).
Exterior view of the Westminster Abbey (Dean's Yard, London SW1P 3PA, United Kingdom) at Westminster in London. Shows soldiers and civilians leaving and entering Westminster Abbey. American and British flags hoisted at half-mast from a building's balcony, honoring the death of United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt. (World War II period).
Aerial views shows marker rocket smoke over jungle in Vietnam. American F-100D aircraft strafing and bombing targets in jungle. General Purpose (GP) bombs and Napalm bombs are dropped over several targets in the dense jungle. Smoke rises from GP bomb bursts. Cockpit view of the pilot landing on a runway at the An Khe Air Base in Vietnam.
A group of officers and personnel of the President's party, stand on weather deck of USS North Hampton underway in the Atlantic Ocean following a Presidential Fleet Review. A HUS1 (UH-34D Seahorse)helicopter comes in for landing on after deck of USS North Hampton. Spot marked off for helicopters. Officers and men in the foreground of deck watch. Helicopter lands. Officer with baggage walks toward helicopter followed by rest of the party. Some of them board helicopters. (The President had already departed for the USS Enterprise.)
The United States Secretary of War, Newton D Baker during the second draft ceremony for World War I. His eyes are covered with a blindfold and he draws draft numbers from a bowl. The drawn draft number is read. General Enoch H. Crowder oversees the ceremony. A large number of draftees -- men dressed in suits and hats -- passes along a roadside. Men disembark a railroad train at a military training facility. Men march along tracks carrying the U.S. flags in hands. New recruits, including men and a few women practice marching in formation, still wearing civilian clothes.
U.S. 199th Light Infantry Brigade unload supplies from a UH-1D helicopter at their base camp durng the Vietnam War. Soldiers carry marmite food containers to tree line.
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