Inauguration Ceremony of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC. Police and cavalry escort President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt to the White House. Police on motorcycles followed by officers on horseback. Huge crowd cheers standing along the road. President Roosevelt along with his wife in a car. President and guests take their seats in the Court of Honor to review the Inaugural Parade. Ongoing parade on the Pennsylvania Avenue take a turn on the 15th Street. U.S. Army band and troops of the 1st Division parade on the street. Troops march with the American flag. The 12th U.S. Infantry marches with rifles in hand. The 13th Engineers take a turn on the 5th Street. Crowd gathered along the road to watch the parade.
American soldiers undergoing weapon identification training in the United States. Soldiers listen to the sound of Flat Trajectory Weapons. Squad lying on ground fires the .30 caliber rifles. Rifleman fire 10to 15 shots in a minute. Soldiers seated in trenches with rifles in hand. Sandbag wall behind them. They carefully listen to the firing and look up from the trench. Firing of bullets on ground. Squad camouflaged with bushes fires the U.S. Rifle, Caliber .30 M1. Riflemen fire the M1 rifles. One of the soldier carefully looks out of the trench and points in the direction of fire. (World War II period).
Sunset Handicap Race in Inglewood, California. Opening scene shows the heavily favored racehorse, "Swaps" (number 5) being readied for the race. View of stands filled with spectators. The horeses entering the track. Close view of spectators. Horses making a turn and entering the final straightaway, with Swaps pulling ahead of the field and crossing the finish line in record time of 2:38 1/5
Slate lists planned flight legs of U.S. Army Air Corps aircraft as: Washington DC to Edmonton, Alberta; Fairbanks Alaska to Seattle Washington; and Washington DC to San Diego California. Another slate explains that under command of Lieutenant Colonel H.H. Arnold,ten B-12 bombers demonstrate their capabilities in an 18,000 mile flight. Lt. Col Henry H. Arnold, U.S. Army Air Corps, stands in front of a large map on which planned flights are charted. Sign behind him identifies "Engineering Office," at Patterson Field. Arnold uses pointer to show the routings to another officer who has joined him. The next sequence shows Arnold describing the flight plans to more participants, using more charts. Camera pans across ten assembled Army personnel. Lt. Col. Arnold poses with 15 aviators in front of a YB-12 bomber (displaying air intake on port side of engine). Camera pans over eighteen mechanics and ground crewmen posed in front of the bomber. Symbol of eagle superimposed over map of alaska, is painted on side of forward fuselage. Arnold discussing the mission with Army officers and civilian officials, as they walk past a YB-10 (with air intakes atop the cowlings). Camera pans across Patterson field ramp, where officials, automobiles, YB-10 aircraft, and local civilian workers, including several women, are seen. Crew chief seen refueling a YB-10 with long hose from an underground fuel tank installed at edge of the ramp.
U.S. military officers make plans following encirclement of U.S. forces in Korea near Chosin Reservoir in November 1950. General Douglas Macarthur gets out of a car and is greeted by an officer. He walks inside a building in Tokyo, Japan. Scene changes to Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. A board reads 'Commander in Chief Pacific and United States Pacific Fleet'. The Commander in Chief of the United States Pacific Command, Admiral Arthur William Radford, sits at a desk in his office and signs a document with orders. Scene changes to Tokyo again, with exterior sign and awning that says "Commander Naval Forces, Far East." Vice Admiral Charles Turner Joy directs support for the imperiled forces in Korea. He places orders for commander of 7th Fleet, Commander Carrier Division 15, Commander of Fleet Marine Air Wing to move forward with maximum support. A board reads 'Far East Navy Forces'. Different boards read '315th Air Division Combat Cargo', '5th Bomber Command' and '5th Air Force'. U.S. Navy Rear Admiral Edward C. Ewen observes rough sea from a ship during a winter storm. A naval officer looks through binoculars. An officer transfers between ships via breeches buoy. Water splashes over the deck of U.S. Navy ship during heavy storm.
View of soldiers with automobiles in an American Motor Transport Corps Reception Park, in France, during World War 1. A general, in a trench coat, is being escorted by another officer as he examines automobiles in the park. atop the main garage, the letters, "M.T.C." and "Motor Reception Park" are painted. The general's car sits with driver, awaiting him. It appears to be a Locomobile touring car, and bears the identification number: 1111. (Note: The American Expeditionary Forces Motor Transport Corps (M.T.C.) was formed out of the Quartermaster Corps on 15 August 1918. As the name implies, Reception Parks were where newly arrived vehicles were uncrated, assembled, and made ready for service.) (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)