The inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC. Parade units pass in review. The U.S. Army Chief of Staff, General George C. Marshall, leads the parade, on horseback. The cavalry passes on the grounds of the Capitol building. People gather in a large number to watch the parade. The cavalry holds flags. Marine bands, tanks, West Point cadets, Annapolis midshipmen, NYA (National Youth Administration) contingents and the Marine Corps band march. President Roosevelt reviews the parade. Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and Captain Philip James Roosevelt join him later. A banner reads: 'Carry on with Roosevelt'. Tanks, other military vehicles and motorcades pass on the grounds.
Wendell Willkie, nominee of the Republican Party ( GOP ), addresses senators in Washington DC. People gather in a hall. Willkie addresses them and urges the passing of the Lend-Lease bill. He urges sending at least 10 destroyers per month to Britain. Cameramen records the event.
A gas explosion in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Destroyed buildings and houses. People watch the wreckage. People take luggage from their houses and walk. Rubble on the ground.
Damage due to a gas explosion in Chicago, Illinois. Interior of a chemical laboratory. Shattered exterior walls of the building. Firemen, people and policemen remove the dead and injured from the building. Rubble on the ground. Wrecked vehicles and equipment.
View of Senate chamber in Washington DC, United States. Senate Majority Leader, Alben W. Barkley, hurries to private phone booth to telephone the news to President Roosevelt. A Senator emerges from the chamber waving newly signed documents passing H.R. 1776 to aid the United States war industry in World War II. Majority Leader, Barkley converses with other Senators. Senator Walter F. George, of Georgia speaking in praise of Lend-Lease, says "We are now ready to forge ahead and to cast the full strength of American industrial power into the struggle against aggression." Non-interventionist Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana, who objects to the Roosevelt administration's lend lease bill, and to direct American involvement in World War 2 in Europe, speaks about continuing the fight to "keep American boys out of the holocaust of Europe's wars."
The Supreme Court Judges of the United States visit the White House in Washington DC. Dignitaries arrive in cars. They arrive to visit President Franklin D. Roosevelt. They pose in front of the White House. Cameramen record the event.
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