Activities in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, United States during Armistice Day commemorations on November 11, 1936. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Arlington Cemetery, standing beside U.S. Navy Admiral Arthur J. Hepburn. A large crowd gathered at the amphitheater near Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. U.S. Army General John Pershing speaks at amphitheater in Arlington.
Damage caused due to hurricanes on the East Coast of the United States in 1936. The roads flooded with water. Damaged electric poles. Cameramen stand in a line taking pictures in the rain. A car stuck in water. Dramatic scene of a boy and a policeman riding their bicycles in very high water. wind damaged and flood damaged buildings and houses. Men walk near the rubble and look at a damaged house. In Texas, views of flooding from rivers. A damaged railway track. A wrecked car. Men at the railway station board a train. American industrialist and billionaire John D. Rockefeller makes his annual trip to the South. He gets out of a car and boards the train. At age 97, John Rockefeller is escorted by his personnel.
American Olympians of the 1936 Berlin Olympics welcomed in New York, United States. People gather in a stadium to welcome the Olympians after their outstanding performance at Berlin Olympics. Spectators seated at the stadium to watch the Olympians honored for their success at the games.
United States Coast Guard helicopter lands on ground. Guards rescue civilians and save property in Miami, Florida. View of Coast Guard Miami Score board. Helicopters parked in line at Florida Air Station. Board of 'Busiest Air-Sea rescue Unit in the World' with United States Coast Guard insignia on top. Coast Guard helicopter patrols above the city. Helicopter lands on water surface to rescue during a training session. A Coast Guard rescues a man and puts him aboard the helicopter. Pilot checks the aircraft before flight. Engineers inspect helicopters inside hangar. Coast Guard operator speaks over phone. Technician draws diagram on paper. The pilot and Coast guard rescue team rush to board the helicopter. Helicopter taxis and takes off.
Crowds of delegates and citizens gathered in Philadelphia for the closing, nomination acceptance speech of the Democratic National Convention during the 1936 presidential campaign. Spotlights sweep across the gathered crowd listening to the speakers including United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for his second term. President Roosevelt accepts his nomination at Franklin Field (South 33rd and Spruce Streets Philadelphia, PA 19104).
View of The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge (San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco, CA, United States) over San Francisco Bay at the Pacific Ocean. Ceremonies where the bridge was opened to general traffic after completion of construction in 1936. California Governor, Frank Finley Merriam, uses a blowtorch to cut a chain, officially opening the bridge to vehicle traffic. Cars are seen massed, ready to commence the crossing. Cars pass through lane dividers and drive on the bridge. View of the towers and suspension cables from a car passing underneath. Buildings seen from the bridge. Traffic on the bridge. (From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.)
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