U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt in a car in a motorcade in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. A huge gathering around the motorcade. President leads the country wide observance of Memorial Day. In Washington, Codos and Rossi, the French fliers, lay a wreath on the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in an impressive ceremony. A huge parade along Riverside Drive in New York City.
Shot of packed stands at Griffith Stadium in Washington, D.C. on opening day of 1929 baseball season. American flags hang from second deck. U.S. President Herbert Hoover arrives at his seat. Mostly male crowd, along with a few women, dressed in 1920s style overcoats and hats. Players of home team Washington Senators and the visiting Philadelphia Athletics line up on the field before the game. Senators manager and Hall of Fame pitcher Walter Johnson gives baseball to the president for the ceremonial first pitch. President Hoover releases strong throw; he and the crowd sit down.
U.S. Nurses from wartime service units parade on Red Cross Day, in May, 1918, Washington, DC. Views of nurses in white uniforms and others in black, parading on the streets, accompanied by military bands. Red cross flags fly from various places along the streets. A mass of red cross flags near a reviewing stand. Secretary of the Navy, Josephus Daniels, walking with Naval officer and Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Franklin D. Roosevelt, inspecting rows of uniformed U.S. Navy women Yeomen (F) on a field in Washington DC. Behind Roosevelt, is Admiral William Shepherd Benson, the first Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), accompanied by Major General George Barnett, Commandant of the U.S. Marine Corps. The tower of the Post Office Building is visible in background. The women yeomen parade on the field, watched from the sidelines by Secretary Daniels and Assistant Secretary Roosevelt, who is conversing with Admiral Benson. The sequence closes with women U.S. Marines, in uniform, on parade. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Victory Day parade in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. Allied troops during the parade. Armored vehicles moving on a road during the parade. British soldiers march past a reviewing stand. People gathered on the sides of the road. Flags on the side of the road. Armored tanks and trucks in the parade. Troops on tanks moving in the parade. People standing on the sides of the road watch the parade. U.S. Army General Dwight D Eisenhower and a French General seated in an open car moving in the parade. British, French and American flags fluttering in the wind.
Victory Day parade in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. Troops of Allied nations march during the parade. Robed French soldiers marching in the parade. U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower and a French General salute as the troops pass a reviewing stand. Other officers behind the Generals salute. Soldiers holding guns march. Aircraft flying in formation above the parade ground. The soldiers marching past the crowd. American, French and British flags hoisted on poles at the roadside. The Generals and the officers on the reviewing stand in the background.
Victory Day parade in Tunis, Tunisia during World War II. Armored vehicles of Allied nations in the parade. Soldiers on tanks saluting. U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower and a French General with other officers on a reviewing stand. Troops on tanks moving during the parade. The Generals and officers on the reviewing stand saluting. The troops march past the reviewing stand. American, French and British flags on poles beside the reviewing stand. Armored vehicles moving in the parade. Troops on foot following the vehicles. Troops on vehicles moving in the parade. The officers salute as they move past the reviewing stand. A few aircraft in formation flight in the parade.
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