Second D-Day anniversary after World War II celebrated in Washington DC. General Dwight D. Eisenhower seated at a desk addresses the nation on the second D-Day anniversary. He recalls how American soldiers fought on the D-Day against all odds. He also remembers those soldiers who fell on the D Day. “Young men who have not yet done their share must now come forward to help bear the burden. May the memory of what the American fighting man accomplished renew in us a firm resolve to see the job through. We, whose strength did so much to win the shooting war cannot afford to grow laggard now.” Eisenhower said.
Declaration of Freedom ensuring freedom of the European countries after the World War II. General Dwight D. Eisenhower signs the declaration of freedom at a Crusade for Freedom Rally in Denver, Colorado. He addresses the gathering. He condemns the Soviet intentions of controlling the European economies. “The die has been cast in Asia but we are in no limited conflict. Free Europe, struggling for moral and economic recovery, is still a tempting target for predatory military force. We cannot tolerate 'politics as usual' any more than we can tolerate 'business as usual'". We must ... Ladies and gentlemen we must get tough - tough with ourselves" Eisenhower said. Crowd applauds during Eisenhower’s speech.
Entitled "Girls from town go back to school on Hi-Hat farm". A farm in the country side. Girls work at a farm in Auburn, Maine. A girl cuts the hay with a scythe. Girl rides a cattle drawn tractor with a mowing attachment across the farm. Another girl beside her rides a horse-drawn tractor with a mowing attachment. The girls stack hay onto the trailer using pitchforks. Girls sit on hay pile and go for a hay ride.
Aerial camera. A trolley loaded with an aerial camera pulls up near a plane and flight crew along with Lieutenant O S Reading lifts the cover off the camera. Camera loaded into the aircraft. An aerial picture taken from the camera covering 600 square miles at 25,000 feet.
A sand and gravel barge upturns in Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois. A diver climbs down a staircase into the lake to search for dead bodies. Men aboard a rescue vessel. A diver comes aboard the vessel. A boat underway at the lake as the search for dead bodies continues.
President Franklin D Roosevelt at his first inauguration in Washington DC. A large crowd gathers to witness the oath taking ceremony of Franklin D Roosevelt as the President of United states in Washington DC, United States. Roosevelt after assuming the office of the President in his address to the nation expresses hope that America will come out of the Great Depression and will prosper. He states that the primary aim of the government is to provide work to all. He says that he will ask the Congress to grant him broad Executive powers to meet the crisis.
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