Jacqueline Cochran in the garden in front of Mitchell Hall, U.S. Air Force Academy. Cadets marching. Miss Cochran views an airplane in flight. Cadets marching and band is played.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt receiving an honorary Doctor of Law degree from Washington College, located in Chestertown Maryland. View of campus of Washington College, President at stage, dons a cap and gown to receive the degree, a huge gathering at the college. Hiram Staunton Brown, Chairman of the Washington College Board, and Washigton College President Gilbert W. Mead also seen with President Franklin Roosevelt.
A plane lands on a grassy field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Alex Brun an aviator and inventor, exits the airplane and then takes out a small vehicle from inside the plane that resembles a small motor scooter or moped. He drives it to the nearby town where he stops at a gasoline or petrol station to buy a small cup full of fuel for his motorize bike. Alex Brun invented the vehicle to be carried in an airplane and used to reach nearby towns in case of a forced landing.
Cheerleaders and military cadets from the John Marshall High School (located only a few blocks away at 8th and Marshall Street) walk together in front of the new State Theater, at 712 E.Broad Street, Richmond, Virginia. The movie theater Marquee advertises "Fast and frothy musical Romance, My Weakness, with Lilian Harvey." A group of students sings. Employees of the theater pose in front of it with cadets, cheerleaders, and 5 ushers. Bouquets of flowers sit at left of the picture. Cadets escort women into the theater. A dozen of the theater's ushers walk out of the theater and pose, with their chief, in front for the camera.They are all dressed in uniforms with black tie. Several businessmen pose in front of the theater. View from inside the ticket booth as woman sells tickets to patrons. Ticket taker at entrance tears tickes of entering patrons. View from across the street, of theater and traffic and pedestrians.
President Harry S. Truman broadcasts to the nation from a desk in the White House, Washington, DC. on V-E (Victory in Europe) Day, announcing that Germany has surrendered to end World War 2, in Europe. He expresses his regret that the late President Franklin Roosevelt had not lived to see the day. Truman calls it a "solemn but glorious hour" and offers thanks to the "providence that has guided and sustained us through the dark days of adversity and into light."
Newspaper headlines announce U.S. declaration of war on Japan in World War 2, such as 'Japan at war with US'. Supplies moved along a conveyor belt to waiting ships. Arms buildup in the United States as the U.S. enters World War II. Stockpiles of new tanks, Army trucks, and fighter airplanes lined up as U.S. war production increases.
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