Waterfront views of the San Francisco: Oakland Bay Bridge (Aka "Bay Bridge"). U.S. Navy warships can be seen in the distance, along with passenger ferry boats. Yerba Buena Island can be seen. Views of a Japanese freighter, a smaller ship, and a ferry boat heading into its terminal at the San Francisco Ferry Building on The Embarcadero.
U.S. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, is seen in American Red Cross uniform speaking to an audience (unseen) during World War 2. She tells a joke about an American soldier fighting in in the Pacific, against the Japanese. Montage of unconnected scenes. Eleanor Roosevelt entering a building displaying a large American Flag; conversing with Vice President Richard Nixon;in a gathering outdoors with Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru;meeting with children in a school; speaking at a Democratic National Convention. Pictures of Anna Eleanor Roosevelt, as a child, circa 1891; with her father in 1892; At the home of her Grandmother, with a pony; Visiting the home of her Uncle, Theodore Roosevelt, at Sagamore Hill, Long Island. Theodore Roosevelt rowing a boat. Photograph of Eleanor Roosevelt in 1902. Franklin Delano Roosevelt (her 5th cousin) in a top hat. The two of them courting. Picture of Sara Roosevelt, Franklin's mother, with Franklin and Eleanor in 1904, the year of their engagement. The couple's formal wedding picture. President Theodore (Teddy) Roosevelt, at their wedding in 1905. Scenes of Eleanor Roosevelt with her mother-in-law, Sara Delano Roosevelt, in the early years of Eleanor's marriage to Franklin Roosevelt.
Aerial views of a U.S. Naval task force underway, off the coast of Iwo Jima, as it makes a coordinated 180 degree turn to starboard. The task force, comprising numerous warships is seen at anchor, off the coast of Ulithi Atoll, in the Carolina Islands, Western Pacific Ocean.
An American Cruiser USS Chester (CA-27) prepares to launch a scout plane in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A close up of the U.S. Navy OS2U Kingfisher floatplane in catapult ready for launch. U.S. sailors stand under the wing of the floatplane. A sailor climbs up a ladder. Aerial view of the USS Chester underway. Aerial view of Ulithi Island. Aerial view of Ulithi anchorage. Ships anchored at Ulithi. Aerial view airfields and ground installations at Ulithi.
The U.S. Cruiser, USS Chester prepares to catapult a scout plane. An OS2U Kingfisher float plane OS2O Kingfisher on a catapult. U.S. sailors on the deck. Guns mounted on the deck in the background. A pilot in a the cockpit. The float plane is catapulted and makes a low pass by the ship. An island in the background. Several U.S. warships are seen including an Amphibious Force Command Ship (AGC).
Statues of Bolivar and of Artigas. The statue of Benito Juarez in Washington DC with the Watergate buildings behind. The statue of Winston Churchill at the British Embassy in Washington DC. Brief view of Winston Churchill waving to a ship and then seen in a car touring ruins of London following a German Blitz attack in World War 2. People wave to Churchill. Winston Churchill in a car waves back to them. A close up of Churchill. Pilots walk towards the aircraft parked at a field. Explosion blast of swastika at Zeppelinfeld Nazi Party Grounds at end of World War 2. British soldiers greet Churchill during World War 2 as he rides by on an armored car beside a machine gun, tips his hat and waves to soldiers. A French dignitary (appears to be President Rene Coty?) greeting and presenting an award to Churchill. Churchill waves to onlookers from a boat passing under a bridge. Churchill looks out of a window. African American woman sits on a park bench in Washington DC. A close up of a pigeon. An African American man reads a newspaper. The statue of Henry Longfellow at Connecticut Avenue. The statue of Taras Shevchenko. Aerial view of Kennedy Center in background and grounds of Teddy Roosevelt Island Park. A woman and a dog walk in the park. A branch of a tree. The statue of Theodore Roosevelt at the park and the trees in the park. Footage of Theodore Roosevelt speaking to people. View from Virginia side of Potomac River looking at Georgetown University and, beyond, at the Washington National Cathedral. The tomb of Woodrow Wilson at the National Cathedral. A close up of stained glass windows and architecture in Washington National Cathedral. View of Woodrow Wilson wearing a top hat and speaking to the people. A montage of scenes from World War 1. People crowd on a street in jubilant celebration for the Armistice Day in World War 1. Woodrow Wilson in a car tipping his hat to a parade crowd.
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