Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D Roosevelt in Miami. Sikorsky S-42 Pan Am Clipper flying boat aircraft lands on water. The First Lady comes out of the plane as she returns from an inspection of Puerto Rico. People at dock. A man welcomes Mrs Roosevelt. Large crowd gathers to welcome her. Mrs Roosevelt enters a van as she hurries to catch the train for Washington.
Exterior of the Buchenwald Concentration Camp in Ettersberg, Germany, soon after its liberation by American forces in World War 2. The American flag lowered to half-mast in memorial of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's death. German people enter the Buchenwald Concentration Camp. German civilians walk in lines at the liberated Concentration camp, entering to view atrocities committed by Nazi German forces.
A ship blows up at sea (presumably torpedoed by a German submarine). Newspaper of April 2, 1917 announces the United States and Germany at War. U.S. Secretary of War, Newton D. Baker, speaking on a public platform, outdoors.. General John J. Pershing, Commander of American Expeditionary Forces in World War 1, is seen seated behind Secretary Newton. Scene shifts to U.S. President Woodrow Wilson signing papers his his desk at the White House, Washington, DC. Next, Red Cross women are seen serving coffee into the mess of American soldiers about to embark for Europe. Another Red Cross woman carries a basket of baked goods. The soldiers are checked off by officers at the pier, and then embark on a troop ship. View of the troop ship in camouflage paint, moving away from the pier Scene shifts to glimpse of a town in France, where an American officer and some soldiers are seen walking past French inhabitants on a street corner Other American soldiers stand near a large canvas covered army truck. They salute as the American officer passes them.
U.S. Army Air Forces VIII Fighter Command Operation in the European Theater during World War II. An attack on German fighter aircraft Messerschmitt 109 (ME-109) by Capt. D W Beeson from 334 Sqdn., 4 F.G. Rough terrain in the background. Grasslands and a pond seen. Strafing on the ground and a locomotive on a track.
U.S. Army Air Forces VIII Fighter Command Operation in the European Theater during World War II. Gun camera footage from P-51 flown by Capt. D W Beeson of 334th Squadron, 4th Fighter Group. Flying almost at ground level, he strafes targets of opportunity, ending with attack on German airfield and an HE-177 airplane parked in front of a hangar.
U.S. Army Air Forces VIII Fighter Command Operation in the European Theater during World War II. Capt. D Beeson from 334 Sqdn., 4 F.G. strafes the German multi role aircraft Junkers JU 88s and Liaison aircraft Fieseler FI 156. Smoke arises.
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