Riots after a clash between the Bonus Marchers and the police in Washington DC, United States. The 3rd Calvary from Fort Myer, the 1st light tank regiment, and the 12th Infantry march down the streets to rout the Bonus Army comprised of World War I veterans during the great depression. A large crowd gathered on the streets. Smoke rises due to the use of smoke bombs and tear gas. Troops are seen wearing gas masks to ward off the smoke. Some veterans are arrested during protests. Shots of bonus marchers shanty town being burned down. Firetruck is seen standing by as the buildings burn.
Locomotive train wheels begin to move. Train driver pulls train horn string. Franklin Roosevelt in great meeting with crowd outside Topeka Kansas State Capitol building (201 SW 8th Ave, Topeka, KS 66603, United States). Franklin Roosevelt smiles at crowd. Large group of mules pulling combine in wheat field in Kansas. A huge crowd of farmers and Democrat supporters at rally with Franklin Roosevelt. Speeding locomotive pours out smoke as train carrying Franklin Roosevelt travels to Seattle, Washington. Crowds gathered in Seattle train station to see Franklin Roosevelt. A Native American Indian chief in the crowd waves at Franklin Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt waves at supporters in train station. Motorcade welcoming Franklin Roosevelt in Seattle.
View of Franklin Roosevelt’s Colonial Revival Little White House (401 Little White House Rd, Warm Springs, GA 31830, United States). Franklin Roosevelt sits at round table with his family- son James Roosevelt, daughter Anna Roosevelt Halsted and wife Eleanor Roosevelt. Roosevelt family sit together in portico of Little White House. Franklin Roosevelt enjoys music as he sits with fiddlers and banjo players of Georgia. He tells the musicians, "I'd like to hear you play a Soldier's Joy." Hand strums guitar. Banjos being played. Old musician plays violin. Musicians play violin. Musical band play folk music as Franklin Roosevelt listens.
German bombers attack British coastal shipping. Aerial view from a German aircraft. The plane flies over clouds. Pilots and a gunner in the plane. AIrcraft flies over the British coast. An airman reads a map. A lighthouse on land. Planes parked on an airstrip on the ground below. British ships off the coast. The German aircraft drops bombs on the ships. Black smoke from the explosions and bombardment. Sunken ship in the water. Plane flies over the ships. (World War II period).
U.S. Paratroopers boarding C-47 aircraft, on June 5th, 1944 during World War 2. Huge naval task force underway in the English Channel. C-47s loaded with paratroopers taking off, the evening of June 5th. C-47s taking off towing gliders. Formations of C-47s and gliders passing over the Naval task force in the English Channel. Three pet dogs with troops on one of the ships.
A Hook and Ladder Fire truck pulls a Firestone tire company truck that has gotten stuck in ditch at side of dirt road. Men push the side of truck to keep it going straight. Sign on Firestone truck: "A tire for every load, road, condition, service". British flags on both trucks.
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