Motorcade moves on roads during tour of Western Kentucky by majority leader Alben W. Barkley, in Paducah, Kentucky. Barkley steps out of his car and waves towards a large crowd present to greet the leader. Press photographers take photographs.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Junior and his wife walk out of a hospital with their new born son in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Roosevelt Jr. carries the baby while his wife, former Miss Ethel DuPont accompanies him. They smile at the people and hospital staff outside the 'Lying-In' hospital and sit in their car.
Forty thousand United States soldiers and National Guardsman of the third Army in military combined arms training maneuvers at Camp Shelby,and Desoto National Forest, Wiggins, Mississippi. U.S. Army Air Corps BT-9 Yale aircraft flying over tents and seen flying overhead. U.S. Army written on the wings of the planes. Troops moving in trucks and running across a field. Teams of horses pulling field artillery. Horses cooling off in canal water after the exercise. U.S. Army M2 Light tanks in maneuvers. Gun crews firing machine guns and field artillery pieces.
Girls in swimsuits stand with their slide boards at the Morgans Beach in Enfield, Maine. Girls climb the ramp to reach the toboggans. Girls sit on the slider boards and slide one after the other from a 60 foot incline, dashing into a cold stream pond at 40 miles per hour.
A large crowd gathers to honor aviator Douglas Corrigan after his historic flight from Floyd Bennett Air Field in Brooklyn, New York to Ireland, in Boston Massachusetts. A decorated public procession of cars drives towards a public ceremony venue. Large crowd cheers for him and raises banners. An old woman plays piano. Several streamers and banners hang from buildings. Corrigan addresses the crowd at the public ceremony.wards a public ceremony venue. Immense crowd cheers for him and raises banners. An old woman plays piano. Several streamers and banners hang from buildings. Corrigan addresses the crowd at the public ceremony.
U.S. Army beats U.S. Navy in a traditional football match in Baltimore, Maryland. General George C. Marshall, General Arnold and Admiral King arrive and take their seats. Army and navy troops march marking the start of the traditional ceremony. Large number of spectators from army, navy and other civilians take their seats in the stands. Navy cadets in the ground cheer for the army. Army soldiers sing songs for the navy. The football match starts. Players give a tough competition to each other as referee watches. Crowd watches and cheers. Army wins the match beating navy by 30-7. (World War II period).
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