Major sports events of the year 1958. Boats underway at sea during America's cup, a yachting event that resumes after 21 years. President Eisenhower looks at the boats through a pair of binoculars. Columbia team representing United States beats British challenger Sceptre in four races off New Port, Rhode Island.
Shows the first atomic bomb explosion in history, on July 16, 1945, resulting from the work of the Manhattan Project. Atomic bomb tested at an experimental station in New Mexico, United States. Bomb explodes and a mushroom cloud forms, seen from cameras 6 miles away. Smoke and fire emerges. (World War II period).
President Franklin D Roosevelt during a vacation at the Little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia. President Roosevelt sits in his personal hand-controlled 1932 Plymouth PA Phaeton open car, outside the little White House in Warm Springs, Georgia. He sits in the car as photographers take pictures. U.S. Marine guard stands at attention , in background. A man sitting in back seat of the open car moves to the front and sits next to President Roosevelt, who then drives the car, with the man, smiling beside him. Front view of the car shows a triple A insignia and license plate displaying the single letter "R." A Secret Service agent jumps on the running board as the car comes past him. Other Secret Service Agents follow in another car. The two cars are seen under the entrance sign to "Georgia Warm Springs Foundation." The President is driving with three passengers in his car, followed by the Secret Service car. They proceed out on the public highway, past a gasoline station with "Standard Oil Products" sign in front. A U.S. Marine guard in uniform, stands beside large sign reading: "This is The Little White House." it asks the public not to intrude.
President Franklin D Roosevelt on vacation in Warm Springs, Georgia. President Roosevelt arrives in Warm Springs and get off a railroad car at the station. A large crowd gathers to welcome him. President Roosevelt smiles and speaks to the people. Many men, women and children gather along the roadside to welcome the President. Children waving to President Roosevelt. Some young men in uniforms of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) are in the crowd. Everyone appears jubilant and waves as President's car drives past them.
President Franklin D Roosevelt on a podium with Eleanor Roosevelt, campaigning for reelection. He is introduced as the President and next President, of the United States. President Roosevelt addresses the audience as friends and neighbors. They respond with cheers.
Manufacturing of ordnance in United States by war production workers early in World War 2. A sign outside a building reads 'Watervliet Arsenal: drive slow' Men at work inside the arsenal. Artillery hoisted in a sling lowered to be piled up inside the arsenal. Artillery lowered and piled up. Pile of artillery.
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