Tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge. Overseers, faculty members and staff members of Harvard University attend the tercentenary ceremony. President of Harvard University James Conant speaks at the podium. President Conant talks about the necessary conditions required for the development of a national culture. The crowd applauds. The President says that they must have the spirit of tolerance which allows expression of all opinions. He speaks about the conditions necessary for material and intellectual progress of a nation. Further the President talks about the future of Harvard University. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt can be seen briefly, seated on the stage, during the ceremonies.
Tercentenary ceremonies at Harvard University, Cambridge. Overseers, faculty members and staff members of Harvard University attend the tercentenary ceremony. President of Harvard University James Conant awards honorary degree of Doctor of Letters to Charles McLain Andrew from Yale University. The crowd applauds. The choir sings. Celebrants are seen filing into their respective places at the start of the ceremonies.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt on a fishing trip in Nova Scotia.President Roosevelt and his sons on the chartered schooner, Sewanna, underway. President Roosevelt waves from the helm. His sons and other crew members can be seen moving about the boat. Sea birds line up wing-to-wing, on peak of a roof.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in Nova Scotia. Presidential motorcade arrives at pier, where it is met by several Royal Canadian Mounted Police officers, who walk alongside as U.S. Secret Service agents step from the Presidential and accompanying car. President Franklin Roosevelt seated aboard the presidential yacht USS Potomac AG-25. He motions to a Naval Officer to sit with him. They converse as other guests settle themselves on the yacht. View, from the water, of the USS Potomac at the pier. Spectators gather on shore as the USS Potomac slowly makes its way out from the pier.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt sailing the chartered schooner, Sewanna, in waters of Nova Scotia, with his sons. They set sails and begin to move through the water, with President Roosevelt at the helm. The Presidential yacht, Potomac, can be seen in the background. The crew raises an American flag, as the Sewanna proceeds.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt at the helm of the chartered schooner, Sewanna, as his sons work on lines nearby. The President waves toward camera in nearby boat, and smiles, obviously enjoying himself. His sons and other crew members busy themselves as the schooner proceeds under full sail.