Former President Dwight D Eisenhower visits a church on his birthday in Washington DC. He arrives with his wife on his 77th birthday for the church cornerstone ceremony and a party. People gather in the church to celebrate the party. President cuts the cake.
United States General Dwight D Eisenhower arrives in Brussels, Belgium. Belgian Prime Minister Hubert Pierlot and other dignitaries greet him. He talks to the dignitaries. Soldiers and officials greet him. He places a wreath on the tomb of the Congress Column, also known as the Monument to the Unknown Soldier (Place du Congrès / Congresplein 1000 City of Brussels, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium). Other soldiers salute. Buildings and a car parked in the background. (World War II period).
Paveway I laser guided bomb carried by fighter bomber in Vietnam. Aerial view over wooded terrain of a U.S. Air Force F-4D Phantom jet, from Ubon Air Base in Thailand, descending and, while still at fairly high altitude, releasing a 2000 lb Mk 84 laser guided bomb against Viet Cong ground target.
Views of the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia, June, 1940. The hall is filled with delegates holding signs and placards, many for Senator Robert Taft. Several denounce the New Deal. The Republican presidential nominee, Wendell Wilkie, is seen. (The narrator mentions his untimely death in 1944, at age 52.) Scene shifts to cheering crowds in Times Square, New York and to Hyde Park, New York, where the Roosevelt family and associates stand as well-wishers cheer FDR's unprecedented election to a third term as President of the United States. Seen are Colonel House; President Franklin D. Roosevelt; son, John Roosevelt and his wife, Anne Clark Roosevelt; Ethel Du Pont Roosevelt and her husband, Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.; Sara Roosevelt, the President's mother; and his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt.
The inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a 3rd term as President of the United States. National Youth Administration (NYA) representatives assemble outside a building. They line up keeping one arm distance and march off to join the inaugural parade. Women engaged in preparations for the inauguration. They stitch NYA tags on shirts and sew NYA flags and banners. An NYA flag flutters from a flag pole. Newspaper headlines about the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A newsboy seen by the U.S. Capitol building.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC. President Roosevelt at podium addressing Congress in World War II. He recounts events leading up to the Japanese attack and delivers his declaration of war against Japan. He describes the attack as "unprovoked and dastardly" and asks the Congress to affirm that since the attack on December 7, 1941, a State of War has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire. He speaks about the war and states that the Americans will surely succeed in the war. The officials applaud at the President's statement.
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