North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Naval forces, under SACLANT, on the high seas during Operation Strkeback exercises. Inflight refueling of U.S. Navy aircraft. Planes fly in formation. An F4D aircraft fires an air-to-air missile from under its wing. Views of missiles striking and destroying airborne targets. U.S. guided missile cruiser underway with missiles pointed up vertically. A missile is launched, as a helicopter flies low behind the ship. A missile is seen striking left wing of a large 4-engine aircraft, setting it on fire. (Two objects, with small parachutes, appear to eject from the aircraft.) A destroyer underway in heavy seas. Brief glimpse of flight deck on aircraft carrier USS Oriskany (CV-34),while underway in heavy seas.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses a gathering at the 200th anniversary of the University of Pennsylvania in the United States. President Roosevelt is the guest of honor at the university's anniversary. The President is flanked by dignitaries, academicians and professors at the university. A large crowd of students gathered for the event. President Roosevelt addresses the crowd on the occasion. He begins by thanking the university for the honor. He says that, instead of having chosen 1740 for the foundation of the university, if the year was 1739, the 200th anniversary would have fallen in an election year. A huge applause from the crowd. The President says that even the period in which the university was founded was a strange period of relapse in the history of civilization of the world since in some lands it had been a custom to burn books of scholars and use government decree to derive morality and culture and education. And how, in the world today, people think clearly of the hard work their predecessors put in to attain the liberty and freedom they enjoy today.
Secretary of State William Jennings Bryan with his grandson, John Bryant Leavitt, at his Winter home, "Villa Serena," Miami, Florida. Bryan , seated on dock, fishing with his grandson, also fishing, beside him. In unrelated sequence, U.S. Assistant Secretary of Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, is seen aboard a vessel in winter. The snow falling. Franklin Roosevelt with other men on the deck of the snow covered vessel.
A street dedicated to former U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in Paris, France. U.S. Ambassador to France Jefferson Caffery shakes hands with French officials. Several men and women gathered along a street. U.S. officials including the U.S. Army and Navy personnel stand outside a building. The officers salute. French Honor Guard. Women in the balconies of the building watch the proceedings. M. Le Trooquer, President of the Municipal Council, standing on a platform, speaks to the gathering. View of the women on the balconies. The women in the large gathering applaud. The street nameplate on the building being unveiled. 'Avenue Franklin D.Roosevelt' written on the nameplate. U.S. Ambassador and the officials watch. American troops march during the parade through the streets. French troops follow them. The officials and people on both sides of the road watch the parade.
U.S. President Dwight D Eienhower in a car with Mexican President Adolfo Lopez Mateos during his visit to Ciudad Acuña, Mexico, just over the Rio Grande river from Del Rio, Texas. Banners on streets. President Eisenhower stands in a balcony and waves to people. The flags of Mexico and America. President Eisenhower receives a popular ovation on announcement of an international dam to be built by both countries nearby (The Amistad Dam on the Amistad Reservoir). President is presented with the keys to the city. Large crowd.
President Franklin D Roosevelt at Town Hall to vote during the 1935 elections in New York. President Roosevelt meets with a man. President's mother and President Roosevelt vote. President stands with his wife Eleanor Roosevelt after voting. From UN newsreel 25 year retrospective, dated October 27, 1960.
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