Shellback Initiation ceremonies aboard the U.S. Navy ship USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the Atlantic Ocean. The USS Indianapolis is on its way to South America, carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt on a "Good neighbor" cruise for state visits. The captain of the ship, Captain Henry Kent Hewitt, walks along with sailors dressed in costumes. Neptune's court in session. A sailor reads from a "subpoena" of the court. The subpoena reads "In the Royal High Court of the Realm of Neptune, In and for the District of Equatorius."
Shellback initiation ceremonies aboard the U.S. Navy ship USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship is en route to South America carrying President Roosevelt on "Good Neighbor" state visits. Ambient sound and music is heard periodically during the clip. Sailors dressed in costumes perform on the ship deck. Sailors in uniform salute an officer. Actors perform on a stage. A pirate flag on the mast of the ship. King Neptune speaks to the captain (Captain Henry Kent Hewitt). A group of sailors play a band. Spectators watch the act. In second half of clip President Franklin Roosevelt is seen watching the ceremonies and at the end King Neptune decrees that President Roosevelt, the Commander In Chief of the U.S. Navy is now a Shellback himself (having crossed the equator for the first time with the sailors of the USS Indianapolis.
King Neptune shellback initiation ceremonies aboard the U.S. Navy ship USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the Atlantic Ocean. Sailors dressed in costumes perform on the ship deck. Doctors perform mock operation on a patient lying on stretcher. The sailors perform a mock beheading act. A sailor points at a spinning board that decides each initiate's fate. Initiate sailors thrown into a small water pool. They play games aboard the ship. USS Indianapolis underway to South America, carrying President Franklin Roosevelt on a "Good Neighbor" trip for state visits.
Governor of Kansas Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon walks towards his house. He holds his son on his shoulder. His wife and daughter follows. Wife gives food to the children. He sits with his family. Children play with their toys. He sits on the chair in his office and gives speech.
Governor of Kansas Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon walks in the garden. Two boys play in the garden. He asks them to play with him. He takes the ball and plays with them.
Governor of Kansas Alfred "Alf" Mossman Landon walks in the garden. He plays with his children Jack and Nancy Jo. His wife and another lady arrive and play with children. Both the children sit on a sea-saw and the ladies play with them. Thereafter all of them rush towards their home.