United States soldiers stand at Parade Rest with their rifles, along the side of the street as the funeral cortege of President Franklin D. Roosevelt approaches. A "V" formation of Washington, DC motorcycle police approach and pass spectators lining the sidewalk. A jeep displaying the flag of the Military District of Washington and the two-star flag of its Commander, Major General Charles Fullington Thompson, who is riding in the back with a Marine officer and a Naval officer. View of large formation of military aircraft flying overhead, seen above trees. The U.S. Marine band, marching (but not playing). U.S. Naval Academy cadets marching with shouldered arms, wearing dress blues and white caps and leggings. The Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States 2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) in the background. A group of U.S. Naval officers watching with other spectators from sidewalk. Soldiers in leggings, marching. A Navy brass band. (World War II period).
A contingent of U.S. women marines marching ahead of the caisson bearing the flag draped casket of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his funeral in Washington, DC. A team of six horses pulling the caisson, surrounded by escorting motorcycle police. A crowd of spectators lines the side of Constitution Avenue. Camera follows the caisson. Three closed black limousines follow close behind a color guard. An open car carrying Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn, and other officials, with Secret Service agents riding on its running boards.
Caisson bearing the flag draped coffin of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, parked in front of an entrance to the White House, during his funeral, in Washington, DC. Marine Guard in the foreground. President Roosevelt's casket being taken off the caisson by military guards and taken into the White House.
United States aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) being attacked by a Japanese bomber in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A United States convoy underway in the Pacific off the coast of Japan. A naval gun being fired and smoke rises. A Japanese aircraft explodes in mid air and spins as it tumbles toward the ocean. Flak bursts in the air. A Japanese dive bomber descends and drops bombs over USS Franklin. Huge explosions and smoke rises from the ship. Crew aboard the ship fight fire as they spray water from hoses. Chaplain Father Joseph O'Callahan prays over a mortally wounded sailor. Injured being transferred onto another ship. A dead American sailor. Rescue ships take away wounded. Smoke rises from the ship. Sailors being transferred onto another ship and the ship pulls away.
Nazi German U boats surrender in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of the United States near the end of World War 2. A German U boat U-858 underway in the Atlantic Ocean off Cape May, New Jersey, as it prepares to surrender to U.S. forces. A barrage balloon in flight. U.S. Navy escort vessels pull along side the submarine. Aircraft in flight. U.S. officers man the U boat and search for weapons aboard the submarine. German crew of the U boat lined up. Off the coast of Portsmouth, New Hampshire another German U boat being taken over by the American crew. A U.S. sailor aboard a ship signals a blinker light. The U boat crew surrenders and disembarks. The crew being taken as prisoners to be taken to a Prisoner of War camp.
The ratification of unconditional surrender by Germany being signed in Berlin, Germany after World War II. Allied officers on the streets of Berlin after the end of World War II. Damaged buildings. A damaged hotel in the city. The Brandenburg Gate. Aircraft lined up at an airfield. Officers including United States Army Air Force General Carl Spaatz and Royal Air Force Air Chief Marshal Arthur Tedder discuss with Soviet officers. German Marshall Wilhelm Keitel arrives for signing the ratification of unconditional surrender. German Army school building where the ratification would be signed. Allied flags outside the building. Officers arrive at the building. Soviet Marshall Georgy Zhukov inside the building. Marshall Zhukov at a table. German representatives Marshall Keitel arrives and takes his place with Commanding Admiral of the Kriegsmarine Hans Georg Von Friedeburg and other officers. Keitel signs the ratification of surrender. Marshal Zhukov also signs for the Allies and shakes hands.
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