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President Franklin D Roosevelt with his wife and Cabinet office-holders see U.S. Armada Parade.

United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt with his wife Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and newly appointed Cabinet aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) to view U.S. Navy maneuvers. U.S. Navy battleships, the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) and other ships in New York Harbor. Officials including U.S. War Secretary George Dern, Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels, Admiral Standley, and others can be seen. Biplane airplanes of the United States Navy fleet in a flight formation pass New York City. Troops on Governor's Island offer a salute. Views of skyline of New York City in the background. Views of large warships passing by with Statue of Liberty in the background. Numerous views of skyline of New York City with tall skyscrapers on Manhattan Island, as seen from ships moving in harbor.

Date: 1934
Duration: 3 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032718
U.S. Army B-10 bombers drop food supplies to flood victims in Pennsylvania.

Aerial view of flooded areas around river in Pennsylvania. Small island protruding out of the flood waters. Cattle and people are gathered on it. Several other small islands in flooded areas with a cattle and people on them. U.S. Army Martin B-10 bombers seen in flight, dropping relief supplies from open bomb bay doors. Flood victims eating in a community dining hall. B-10 bombers flying through hills of Pennsylvania.

Date: 1935, December
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033865
U.S. B-29 aircraft base on Guam in World War 2. U.S. Army soldiers in routine activities.

Animated map indicating routes from Northern Marianas Islands of Saipan, Tinian, and Guam to Japan, and return. Map of the islands and focus on Guam. A village in Guam. Shows natives going down street on a bullock cart. Supply dump showing boxes, tires, and Pilot oxygen containers. Trucks hauling supplies. B-29 on hardstand, with tail code "Z", from the 73rd Bomb Wing, 500th Bomb Group, stationed at Saipan. Several B-29s along the flightline, displaying tail code "O", from the 314th Bomb Wing, 29th Bomb Group, home-based on Guam . Scenes of tent area. Soldiers standing at table, eating. Two homemade washing machines. Two soldiers scrubbing and cleaning fatigues clothing with brushes. Three GIs taking showers.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034499
Bombing and shelling by U.S. forces during the battle of Iwo Jima, Japan.

Animated map of Tokyo, Iwo Jima, and Saipen. Arrows show attack on Iwo Jima. Aerial view of the island. Ships of United States Navy 5th fleet seen in the region. Numerous views of U.S. Navy ships shelling Japanese targets on Iwo Jima Island, with naval guns and rocket barrage. Smoke and explosions seen. View on a U.S. Navy landing craft after it is hit by a Japanese shell. Dead U.S. sailor on the deck of the ship. View of Aircraft Carrier in region. A U.S. fighter aircraft crash lands on the deck of the carrier. A U.S. plane crashes in ocean right beside a U.S. ship and sinks, but the pilot is thrown clear and is seen swimming. Crewmen on a nearby U.S. Navy destroyer ship throw a rescue ring buoy to the pilot of a fighter aircraft that crashed in the ocean. The pilot is returned from the rescue ship to his aircraft carrier via breeches buoy line between the ships.

Date: 1945, February
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675034614
Prime Minister Lester B Pearson lights torch during opening ceremony and starts the Expo 67 in Montreal, Canada.

View of buildings on Notre Dame Island and Saint Helen's Island during Expo 67 opening ceremony in Montreal, Canada. View of the Canada Pavilion. Large crowd gather to watch. Flags of different nations hoisted. Canadian Prime Minister Lester B. Pearson lights torch and starts the Expo. Canadian Air Force planes flyby overhead and perform acrobatics. View of the United States pavilion. Fountain, science exhibition, model, mini train, and other attractions.

Date: 1967, May 2
Duration: 1 min 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035366
America plunged into World War 2. Montage of various World War II scenes over the span of the war years

American Jitterbug dancers seen at a contest in 1938. View of feet in shoes, as wearers tap their feet and beat time to music. View of drummer using wire brush on drum. Stadium of people cheer for a dancing cinematographer who is using a motion picture camera to film the event. In contrast, Nazi troops seen parading by torchlight. Nazi flags everywhere and Nazi party ceremonies, overseen by Adolf Hitler, in Germany. Nazis burning books. "Attention Jews" with skull and crossbones painted on stores and business establishments. Nazi Storm Troopers intimidating Jewish businesses and advocating boycott. Glimpse of Heinrich Himmler, in foreground, and Hermann Goering, in center of group of Nazi officials. Junkers Ju-87 Stuka dive bombers attacking Poland in 1939. German artillerymen firing heavy guns. A German railroad gun firing. German paratroopers jumping from Ju-52 trimotor transport aircraft. In contrast, patrons are seen descending in parachutes on the Parachute Jump ride at Coney Island Steeplechase Park, in Brooklyn, New York. Life Savers company sponsorship sign seen atop the parachute jump tower. People eating hot dogs, and firing guns at the shooting gallery on Coney Island's boardwalk. Germans march Polish prisoners of war. German troops invading Denmark and Norway. German troops passing a road sign for Chemin des Dames in Picardy, Northern France. Bomb exploding at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941. American forces engaged in war against japan in the Pacific and against the Axis powers in Europe. U.S. soldiers throwing hand grenades. American wounded being carried on litters. People cheering liberating Allied forces in a European town. British soldiers on a vehicle displaying cartoon of Prime Minister Winston Churchill. Soviet forces advancing in snow. U.S. steel and war plants in operation. Men and women war production workers in American defense plants and war materiel factories, using drills, lathes, and power tools in the spirit of "Rosie the riveter." C.I.O. Poster to promote voting, during the war. Closeup of Sidney Hillman, President of Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America. Spectators line sidewalks to get glimpse of President Franklin D.Roosevelt (FDR) in a motorcade. Silhouette of two soldiers helping wounded comrade. FDR's funeral cortege. U.S. troops taking a break, in a war zone. American school children run into a field. An atomic bomb explosion.

Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036816