Franklin D. Roosevelt in whistle stop campaign for President in 1932. He speaks from rear platform of a rail car, to a crowd of spectators. A bouquet of flowers is handed up from the crowd to Eleanor Roosevelt standing on the train platform. Cheering crowds seen from the moving train, including some sitting on the roof of the train station. FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt each acknowledging recognition from supporters.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt waving and moving through a crowd of women, in March, 1933. She stands with son, James, at entrance to an American Airlines aircraft. Eleanor Roosevelt waving goodbye to a crowd, as she boards a railroad train on a trip across the country. She is seen attending an outdoor picnic event. Wearing a miners hat, she rides, with labor union representatives and members, on a train into a coal mine, where she inspects its interior and conditions. Eleanor Roosevelt visiting a facility for the aged, and speaking publicly about their problems. She is seen engaged in country dancing during one of her visits. Upon her return from the cross country trip, she remarks about enjoying and learning much from it, as she walks from Union station, in Washington, DC, to a waiting automobile. She pauses to pose for a photographer, and then enters the back seat of the car.
Scenes from the beginning of the Roosevelt Administration in 1933 through 1942, in World War II. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt waving with President Franklin D. Roosevelt, from a balcony. In a different sequence, she models different clothing fashions for photographers, and sitting with another woman, as she prepares her daily newspaper column, entitled: "My Day." She is seen horseback riding, with companions, in a wooded park. Crowd fills the area around the Lincoln Memorial and reflecting pool, as African American contralto, Marian Anderson, descends steps of the memorial and begins her famous Easter Sunday concert, on April 9, 1939. This concert and venue was made possible by the intervention of Eleanor Roosevelt, after Marian Anderson was denied the opportunity to sing at Constitution Hall because she was an African American. Narration mentions Eleanor Roosevelt's active support for civil rights for all people. First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt, is seen sitting with Secretary of the Interior, Harold L. Ickes, in the audience. Mrs. Roosevelt speaking as she testifies before a congressional committee regarding care for the elderly. Eleanor and Franklin Roosevelt sitting in a garden where she knits while he works over some papers. Grandchildren run to them. Eleanor Roosevelt with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, in London, 23 October 1942, viewing destruction wrought by the Nazi German Blitz in World War 2. Eleanor Roosevelt in her Red Cross uniform, visiting soldiers at a U.S. Army hospital, during the war.
Celebrities welcome American actress Constance Bennett back to Hollywood. A party takes place on the set of ‘Madame X’. Cameraman filming the party. Constance Bennett smokes a cigarette. Hollywood actress Lana Turner is accompanied by her husband, Robert P. Eaton. An American actress Sandra Dee with her husband Bobby Darin. Mexican actor Ricardo Montalbán talks to an actress. Hollywood film producer Ross Hunter and his friend Mervyn LeRoy at the party. LeRoy greets Bennett with a kiss. Universal President Milton Rackmill meets Sandra Dee. A Japanese American actress Miiko Taka with actor James Shigeta. A Dutch actor John van Dreelen and an American actor John Forsythe stand together and talks to each other.
Behind opening slate, is a closeup of Barrage Balloon with cables attached. Next, a formation of German Ju-87, Stuka dive bombers peels off and begins diving attack against Allied target in Europe during World War 2. Closeup of bombs dropping. A formation of German Heinkel He-111 bombers in flight. A German Dornier Do-215 long range bomber in flight (notable features: twin tail and tail wheel). A German Messerschmitt Bf-109 rolling over to attack a ground target. Low flying German warplanes attacking bases and supply depots. German planes strafing an Allied air base. A fire raging from bombing somewhere in England. Scene shifts to a formation of American barrage balloons creating a maze of wire cables to prevent low flying enemy aircraft from striking important ground targets.
A 1989 production containing 1969 footage of the Apollo 11 mission. 20th Anniversary of NASA Apollo 11 moon landing mission. Closeup aerial view of a Bell XV-15 tiltrotor VTOL aircraft (predecessor of V-22 Osprey) in flight. A NASA astronaut conducting a spacewalk doing maintenance on a space vehicle. Saturn V rocket of NASA Apollo 11 mission on launch pad. The Apollo 11 astronauts exit building on foot and enter a waiting vehicle for transport to rocket for mission. Close-up views of civilians and press with cameras preparing to watch the launch and take pictures. Ignition and liftoff or launch of Saturn V rocket, with smoke and fire. The rocket lifts off. View of rocket stages separating away in flight. U.S. astronaut Mitchell Collins in the command module during mission. The Apollo 11 Lunar lander module Eagle in lunar orbit. U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong talks about landing of Lunar Module on moon. People watching the live pictures of Neil Armstrong in descent from the Lunar Lander on television, including a family watching television at home. View of a television screen being viewed by a crowd of people with on screen text saying "First Live Pictures From Moon." A family seated in a dark living room on couch and floor watching the moon landing event on their television screen. Descent to moon surface by Neil Armstrong with his famous "one small step" words. A boot print on the moon. Neil Armstrong recalls when he decided on those historic words. Collins in the command Module. Collins in Columbia speaks about his major concern when he was in Lunar Module. The moon surface. Armstrong and U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin on moon surface. Technicians at various controls at Mission Control. Armstrong and Aldrin on moon surface. Aldrin speaks about his experience. People welcome the astronauts back with ticker tape parades and crowds. They crowd on either side of the street. Astronauts working on lunar surface in future missions after Apollo 11, including driving a rover vehicle on the moon surface. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins at the Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. A poster of an astronaut holding a U.S. flag while in orbit.
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