Newsreel showing highlights of the 65th running of the Preakness Stakes, at the Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Maryland, United States.The race was held on May 11, 1940. After failing to win the Kentucky Derby, Col. Bradley's favored 3-year old, Bimelech, jockeyed by Fred A. Smith, redeems himself before a crowd of 50,000, winning by two lengths. (Note: some intermittent sound is heard but not really discernible.)
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Congress in Washington D.C. President Roosevelt strongly condemns the Nazi invasion of Holland and Belgium. He tells the 8th American Scientific Congress that the Americans are shocked by Hitler's attack. He talks about the Germans surrendering. Members of the Congress clap during President's speech. President Roosevelt promises aid to Belgium and Holland. (World War II period).
Franklin D. Roosevelt seen standing in courtyard of White House, with other officials. The old Executive Office Building is in the background. Democratic National Convention of July, 1920. Roosevelt is nominated as Vice Presidential candidate on ticket with James M. Cox. The two of them campaigning in San Francisco. Supporters parading. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt with their four children and dog, at Hyde Park in New York. Crowds gather to hear Roosevelt campaign speeches. Franklin D. Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park and is greeted by his mother. He speaks there and greets supporters. Roosevelt on chrutches (due to polio) standing with John W. Davis and Alfred Smith. Scenes of the Democratic National Convention of 1924, in New York.
USSR Ambassador, Constantine A Oumansky at Soviet Embassy in Washington D.C. Constantine A Oumansky along with an aide comes down the stairs at the Soviet Embassy. Hammer and sickle emblem on stairs. Constantine A Oumansky converses with the aide.
Soviet Union Ambassador, Constantine A Oumansky at Soviet Embassy in Washington D.C., United States. Constantine A Oumansky with his daughter in one of the rooms at the Soviet Embassy. Constantine A Oumansky converses with his daughter and looks at documents. Picture of General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin on the wall.
Soviet Union Ambassador, Constantine A Oumansky at Soviet Embassy in Washington D.C. Constantine A Oumansky speaks with an aide at the Soviet Embassy. Bust sculpture of Vladimir Lenin, former Chairman of the Council of People's Commissars in the background. Constantine A Oumansky looks at documents.
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