American Olympians of the 1936 Berlin Olympics welcomed in New York, United States. People gather in a stadium to welcome the Olympians after their outstanding performance at Berlin Olympics. Spectators seated at the stadium to watch the Olympians honored for their success at the games.
Church choir seen entering St. Thomas' Parish Episcopal Church (1772 Church Street, NW, Washington, D.C.) President Franklin Roosevelt and and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt arrive in the President's 1937 Packard seven-passenger parade touring car, accompanied Secret Service agents. Views of citizens gathered on streets and sidewalks nearby to see the President arrive. Police monitor the scene. President's motorcade arrives under side awning of stone church. Scene from after service when President Roosevelt stands on church steps together with Rev. Howard S. Wilkinson (Rector of St. Thomas as of 1936) and Reverend Allen O. Miller, Assistant to the rector. . Mrs. Roosevelt is seen behind in a fur coat. The President uses a cane to steady himself. Presidential car departs (bearing license plate with number 101). It is followed by another car carrying Secret Service agents, with license plate "USSS" for U.S. Secret Service. United States President Franklin D Roosevelt attends church service in the United States. Choir members in white robes enter the church from the sidewalk. Men and women watch from the fenced area. President Franklin D Roosevelt arrives in a 1937 Packard 12 convertible automobile. Secret Service accompany him and ride in other cars. After the service, Eleanor Roosevelt stands behind the President. as he speaks with clergymen at the door of the church.
Major events of the year 1953. The first atomic artillery test fired in United States on May 25, 1953. The M65 atomic cannon moving in the Nevada Test Site (specifically Frenchman Flat). A mushroom cloud rises after the M65 Atomic Cannon, sometimes called Atomic Annie, is fired and atomic bomb explodes. The M65 atomic cannon test is done as part of the Upshot–Knothole series of nuclear tests. East German uprising of 1953 (“Volksaufstand vom 17. Juni 1953”). Riots in East Germany against the increase in work quotas and withholding of American food. East German police escort a man away during a riot. People protest in streets as police try to crush the revolt. A stack of StarLac boxes bound for East Germany with sign in front. Sign reads “First Food Relief Shipment to East Germany by M.S.A. United States Lines S.S. American Inventor”. East Germans line up to receive food relief from the United States. An East German woman receives a food aid pack from the United States. The Trieste Crisis of 1953. Sign in front of a house reads “Trsta ne damo”. Officials inspect a car in the United Nations Security Council-controlled Free Territory of Trieste. Students riot in the streets of Trieste over the issue of Adriatic area between Italy and Yugoslavia. (Cold War period.)
Tourists visit the town of Minden, Nevada and Lake Tahoe during a tour in the High Sierra region of the United States. A car turns in front of Minden Inn (1594 Esmeralda Ave, Minden, NV 89423, United States). Car drives up Kingsbury Grade, also known as Nevada State Route 207, connecting the western edge of Nevada to the Lake Tahoe region through the Carson Range. Car passes by coniferous trees. View of Eagle Lake at the foot of Mount Tallac, southwest of Lake Tahoe in El Dorado County, California. An island in Lake Tahoe’s Emerald Bay. A man and a woman get off from a Yosemite Transport System (YTS) stage. View of Lake Tahoe.
Crowds of delegates and citizens gathered in Philadelphia for the closing, nomination acceptance speech of the Democratic National Convention during the 1936 presidential campaign. Spotlights sweep across the gathered crowd listening to the speakers including United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for his second term. President Roosevelt accepts his nomination at Franklin Field (South 33rd and Spruce Streets Philadelphia, PA 19104).
Thousands of delegates gathered in Convention Hall, for the Democratic National Convention in 1936. Many carry banners and signs supporting President Franklin Roosevelt. Some of the banners read, 'Cool Colorado Hot For Roosevelt', 'Roosevelt Friend of the Forgotten Man' and other FDR signs and banners. Several representatives of United States present among the crowd. A banner supporting the U.S. Democratic Party reads, ' Party With A Soul'.
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