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U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt christens aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10) during World War II
U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt launches the new aircraft carrier USS Yorktown (CV-10), successor to the earlier Yorktown (CV-5) lost in the battle of Midway during World War 2. The First Lady holds a bouquet and talks to an officer. People crowd at a shipyard for the launch and cheer. The ship begins to move down the ways prematurely, so Mrs. Roosevelt has to hurry with the Christening. View of the ship going down the ways and entering the water, at the Newport News Shipbuilding shipyard in Virginia.
USN bomber aircraft carry out low level bombing attacks on Wake Island during World War II.
The U.S. Navy attacks Wake Island during World War II. A United States Navy (USN) aircraft in flight. USN aircraft parked at an airfield. Crew at work. A tug tows a USN aircraft. The crew carries bombs in a small elevator. A naval ship underway in the Pacific Ocean. Bombers in flight. Aerial view of ships underway. The aircraft in formation flight. A map of the Pacific Ocean. The aircraft in flight above the clouds. The bomber aircraft carry out low level bombing attacks on Wake Island. A Japanese ship is set on fire. United States Navy F6F Hellcat fighter aircraft drop bombs. Another Hellcat aircraft drops bombs. A F6F Hellcat aircraft lands safely at an airfield. Men at the airfield. Smoke rises due to bombardment. Smoking Wake Island. The aircraft in flight. Barrels of guns in the foreground.
Second Sino-Japanese War: Chinese troops feed civilians; Admiral Kiichi Hasegawa aboard flagship Idzumo in Shanghai, China
Chinese troops battle the Japanese for Chapei in Shanghai, China during the Second Sino-Japanese War. A damaged railway station. The Chinese troops carry a wounded on a stretcher. The troops walk on the ruins. Troops walk in trenches. The soldiers fire an artillery. The soldiers advance. An officer with the troops. A injured troop smokes a cigar. The damaged buildings. The broken windows and damaged building. Ruins inside the building. A Japanese flagship Idzumo underway. Japanese Admiral Kiichi Hasegawa aboard the ship. Japanese troops stand on the deck in the background. A close up of Japanese troop. A mast of the ship and Japanese flag on the mast. A Japanese soldier operated a control. The ship underway. The troops stand in a group. The Chinese troop feed the civilians. The wounded troops in a hospital and nurses look after them.
U.S. troops and vehicles move through wreckage of Gemunden, Germany as an MP directs them, near end of World War II in Europe
United States troops move through wreckage of the town of Gemunden, Germany near the end of World War II. U.S. M4 Sherman tanks and tank destroyers loaded with infantrymen of Seventh U.S. Army, XV Corps, 7th Infantry Division move through wreckage of the town. The troops riding on tanks. Damaged buildings in the background. U.S. insignia on the tanks. The tanks cross a bridge. U.S. trucks, DUKWs (amphibious vehicles), ambulances, Jeeps and M4 high speed tractors, tow guns and soldiers cross the bridge and through the narrow streets of the town. Military Policemen (MP) direct the military vehicle traffic. The vehicles move through narrow streets. Heavy bomb-damaged city visible in the background.
A U.S. treadway truck and bridge burns from German artillery strikes in Heilbronn,Germany, in World War II..
Treadway bridge across Neckar River, at Heilbronn, Germany, struck by German artillery fire in World War 2. A Brockway B666 Treadway Bridge Transporter, of the 169th Engineers Treadway Company, is seen burning after being hit by German artillery fire. A burning pontoon on back of the truck.The truck and pontoon bridge burning. Smoke rises due to fire. '7A 196E' written on the bumper of the truck. The tires of the truck burning. A view of of the truck and bridge burning.. A U.S. soldier walks past the burning truck.
Activities of Eleanor Roosevelt in post-World War II period
December, 1945, former First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, now appointed by President Truman, as a delegate to the United Nations, is seen with other members of the U.S. Delegation. She is seen speaking while serving as chairman of the UN Committee Three, dealing with human rights. She recognizes the delegate from the Soviet Union, as the committee addresses issues of refugees. (The USSR insists that displaced persons be returned to their original homelands.) As chairman, Mrs. Roosevelt, rules a USSR proposal out of order, causing the USSR representatives to leave the room. A glimpse of Eleanor Roosevelt at a microphone during debate over the issue with the USSR, before the full General Assembly, where she successfully argues to allow refugees to make their own decisions about repratriation. She is seen sitting next to delegate,Senator Arthur Vandenburg, at the forum. Eleanor Roosevelt being greeted by U.S. Army officers as she steps from an airplane in Europe. She is seen mingling with persons in Europe, displaced by World War II. Back in the UN forum, she extols the International Declaration of Human Rights as an "International Magna Carta of men everywhere," and goes on to compare it with similar charters of history. She is seen at a Pan American World Airways terminal, preparing to board a flying boat (unseen). Several scenes show Eleanor Roosevelt visiting with people in various parts of the world, with particular attention to children. She speaks of her candid nature in a broadcast.
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