The Presidential yacht Potomac underway docked and then underway in Miami, Florida, United States. President Franklin D Roosevelt along with Harold LeClair Ickes, Secretary of interior, James Roosevelt, Hopkins and others on board the yacht named "Potomac". President Roosevelt talks to them as he relaxes. A large number of people gathered at the dock to welcome the president. An official building with the American flag in the foreground.
President Franklin D Roosevelt during his speech at White House in Washington DC, United States declares America's decision to actively resist Adolf Hitler's expansion and to provide Britain full assistance to check Nazi German expansion. Excerpts from his "We choose human freedom" radio address as America nears direct involvement in World War 2. Roosevelt refuses to accept Adolf Hitler dominated world and promises to use armed forces to repel any attack on American republics. He upholds the freedom of all kind as their objective. President Roosevelt declares National Emergency and emphasizes on the need to strengthen their defense and asks all the Americans to cooperate towards the cause. Audiences clap in appreciation after the speech ends.
World War 2, the Pacific Theater. A Japanese Kamikaze suicide plane (Lieutenant Yamaguchi's Yokosuka D4Y3, Type 33,) seen diving and crashing amidships into the United States aircraft carrier USS Essex (CV-9). It explodes with a huge fireball. The Essex quickly becomes engulfed in smoke.
Battle of Wake Island and Santa Cruz Island in Pacific Theater during World War 2. United States sailors on board the USS Minneapolis (CA-36). One of the sailors drinks from a glass and another one scans the sky during shelling of Wake island. 5 inch-25 caliber multipurpose guns trained skyward. Curtiss Scout observation plane (SOC Sea gull) warms up on catapult. Gun crew with helmets and masks, man their guns. Explosions occur from shelling of Wake Island. A ship strafed by aircraft. Smoke rises as shells drop in the sea. Turrets of guns trained to starboard as officer stands on a bridge. Wake Island being shelled and antiaircraft flak seen in sky. U.S. heavy cruiser fires. Main battery, 8 inch 55 caliber guns, firing from turrets aboard the USS Minneapolis as officers stand in the foreground. Antiaircraft guns firing.
Battle of Wake Island and Santa Cruz Island in Pacific Theater during World War II. F4F aircraft take off aboard the United States aircraft carrier Saratoga SBD dauntless takes off aboard Saratoga. A 500 pound bomb under the wing of SBD dauntless aircraft. Planes parked on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier, a TBF avenger pushed backwards by men.
Scene after the riots in Chicago, Illinois, following death of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. United States 4th Battalion 46th Armor troops at encampment area in Chicago. Soldiers outside the tents. Soldier stands in a jeep as other soldiers stand around the vehicle. Soldiers move around the tent area.
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