Opening scene shows the White House in Washington, DC. Scene shifts to President Roosevelt seated, ready to address the Nation by radio. View of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. FDR with his entire family posing, in front of the family home "Springwood" at Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt, when Governor of New York, seen in a sail boat, in 1929. FDR in his car at his Institute for Rehabilitation in Warm Springs, Georgia. He is speaking with a man associated with the Institute, who then greets several polio victims in wheel chairs there. Crowds celebrating Roosevelt's election, in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, in 1932. Roosevelt, at the Democratic Headquarters at the Biltmore Hotel on November 8, 1932. He is standing, supported by his son James, as he remarks: "It looks my friends like a real landslide this time." Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol. FDR taking the oath of office on March 4, 1933. Brief view of New York Stock Exchange trading floor. A man looking at stock market ticker tape. A group of people raising a National Recovery Administration member flag. Glimpse of "Springwood" and then view of President Roosevelt sitting next to his mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt. Next, as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt sit in the garden, their grandchildren, Anna Eleanor Dall ("Sistie") and Curtis Roosevelt Dall ("Buzzie") come past riding horses, with granddaughter Sara, behind them on a pony. FDR pets the pony and talks with Sara. FDR being nominated for a second term as President, in the 1936 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. President Roosevelt, riding in an inaugural motorcade as he begins an unprecedented 4th term as President in 1941. Glimpse of President and Mrs. Roosevelt in an open car. West point cadets marching in the inaugural parade. Military trucks towing artillery pieces in the parade. President Roosevelt speaking at the dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association at the Willard hotel in Washington, DC, March 15, 1941. He extols the virtues of Winston Churchill and the British people. And he promises that America will supply them with the war materiel they need in World War II (This is known as the Lend Lease Speech.)
An airfield in England, filled with Waco CG-4A Gliders and their C-47 tow planes, in readiness for the invasion of Normandy, France, in World War 2. U.S. Army Air Forces intelligence officer briefing C-47 and Glider pilots and crews about conditions expected in the drop zones of Normandy before D-Day in World War 2. Brigadier General James Gavin,Commander of the 82nd Airborne Division, giving a final briefing to his paratroopers. A military chaplain holding final religious services for troops. General Dwight D. Eisenhower, visiting paratroopers of the 101st Airborne Division, as they prepare to depart on the night of June 5, 1944. U.S.Army paratroopers boarding their C-47 aircraft to depart for Normandy on June 5, 1944. Several are seen tying parapacks of heavy equipment to the aircraft for separate release. Paratroopers of 101st Airborne Division, loading equipment aboard a CG-4A Glider, and getting final briefing from their pilot. Other 101st Airborne troopers don personal equipment on the ramp near their C-47 airplane, which displays paint-striped wings and fuselage. Jumpmaster makes final check of his troopers. The paratroopers boarding their aircraft with heavy loads of equipment. C-47 aircraft take off towing their gliders.
United States Marines during the invasion of Iwo Jima, Japan in World War II. U.S. Navy PB4Y aircraft in flight over the area. LSTs (Landing Ship Tanks) and other vessels off the shore and Mt. Suribachi in the background. Ships in the foreground as smoke rises from the Iwo Jima coastline. PB4Y aircraft in flight. Landing crafts approach the coast. A LVT (Landing Vehicle Tracked) underway towards the coast.
USS Coral Sea underway in the Gulf of Tonkin during the Vietnam War. USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. USS Coral Sea underway in a port turn. Smoke comes out of the stack of the aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy KA-3B aircraft being launched from the deck of the aircraft carrier. Another KA-3B aircraft being launched from the aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy A-4E aircraft taxis and takes off from the catapult. U.S. Navy F-4B aircraft taxis and takes off from the carrier.
USS Coral Sea underway in the Gulf of Tonkin during Vietnam War. USS Coral Sea, an aircraft carrier underway in the Gulf of Tonkin. U.S. Navy A-4E aircraft comes in for landing aboard USS Coral Sea. A-1J aircraft in a landing pattern as it is being recovered aboard. U.S. Navy A-1H aircraft takes a wave off over the deck of the aircraft carrier. U.S. Navy RF-8A aircraft comes in for landing and lands on the deck. U.S. Navy A-1J and C-2A also come in and land one by one. Two U.S. Navy F-4B aircraft land on the deck of the carrier. Aerial view of a destroyer escort underway at sea. A destroyer underway at sea. U.S. Navy KA-3B flies over the wake of USS Coral Sea. Another KA-3B aircraft comes in and lands at the deck.
Development of transportation in Europe after World War 2. An ocean-going ship is seen plying the waters of an estuary. A white tower is seen with moving radar antenna on top. A radar operator works in front of radar screens in the control room. He wears headset and microphone. Narrator notes how radar helps navigation in crowded estuaries like the Scheldt. Captain onboard ship ostensibly speaking to the radar operator. Another radar antenna rotating rapidly. A British European Airways (BEA) Vickers VC. 1 Viking airplane at Schiphol Airport (Evert van de Beekstraat 202, 1118 CP Schiphol, Netherlands) in Amsterdam. Glimpses of European airlines using the Douglas DC-3 aircraft such as the Belgian SABENA, Polish LOT and Scandinavian Airlines (SAS). A TAP Air Portugal (Transportes Aéreos Portugueses) DC-6 parked, and a KLM Royal Dutch Airlines (Koninklijke Luchtvaart Maatschappij) DC-6, named the “Vliegende Hollander”, taxiing. An Air France Sud-Est SE-161 Languedoc 4-engine aircraft, taxiing. View of control tower and related buildings at the airport. A person marking a carton for air delivery. A man loads parcels from his automobile trunk, into a Scandinavian Airlines DC-3 aircraft. Venue shifts to Orly airport (94390 Orly, France) in Paris, France, where a DC-6 airplane sits in front of a terminal building. Airport staff prepare to welcome a dignitary, including uniformed brass band seated at an awninged pavilion, and a military honor guard. A DC-4 aircraft parked in nearby background. A party welcomes the President of France, Vincent Jules Auriol, arriving on an Air France Lockheed Constellation airliner. A large contingent of Army troops are assembled in formation to honor the arriving President. He strolls across the ramp, accompanied by a French general and an admiral, among others. He climbs stairs of the pavilion as the band plays La Marseillaise (National Anthem).
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