Crew on deck of a vessel underway in heavy seas, Atlantic. Aircraft passes in the sky. U.S. fleet of battleships including USS Mississippi, USS New Mexico and other battleships underway in formation at a distance. The battleship signals each other using blinkers. View of the stern section of the ship. Crew members on the stern and deck sections. Heavy turbulence in the sea.
Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel (Grossinger Golf Course Liberty, New York, 12754 United States) in the Catskill Mountains, in New York, United States. A sign "Grossingers". Guests arrive at the hotel in cars. They enter the hotel. A man signs in a register at the reception. A woman and a young girl talk to each other. People seated in the lobby. Mrs. Grossinger greets new guests in the hotel lobby. She smiles.
Visitors arrive at the Bronx Zoo (2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx Park, Bronx, New York 10460, U.S.) in New York City. The zookeeper opens the lions’ gate. Lions coming out of the gate. Lions laze around the enclosure of the zoo. A lion drinking from a puddle. A moat keeps them out of visitors' way. Zebras and springbok graze in the zoo. They have their own waterhole. Birds in the zoo. Inauguration of a new elephant house “Pachyderm House” of the Philadelphia Zoo (3400 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States). The Pachyderm House was designed by architect Paul Philippe Cret. Officials cut the ribbon during its inauguration. An elephant walks with the United States flag. Elephants give a performance on stools. Monkeys come out from a barrel. Children watch elephants performing and a man touching the open mouth of a hippopotamus in the zoo.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt addresses youth in the United States. The President seated at a desk in his office in Washington DC. He addresses the youth of the United States outlining the changes that have occurred in American life. He states that the changed conditions require a new approach.
U.S. President Lyndon Johnson's Washington Press Conference address on his new policy for Vietnam. President's wife Lady Bird Johnson and daughter Lynda Bird Johnson Robb in attendance. Members of the press seated in the room and take down notes. President Lyndon Johnson addresses the press. The President says that he wishes to convey to Communist powers in Vietnam that the United States cannot be defeated by 'force of arms or by superior power.' The President states that he has spoken to Commanding General Westmoreland has assured him that whatever his needs are, they will be met. He says that U.S. troop numbers in the Vietnam War will be increased from 75,000 to 125,000. Additional forces will be needed later which will be sent. Brief shots of young men recruits in the United States standing in line for the draft, taking tests, and taking the oath as soldiers. The President says that he welcomes the concerns of any nation.
People gather at Times Square in New York, United States. A large crowd gathers on the street. Buildings along the street sides including theaters Loew's State, Embassy Newsreel, Palace, Mayfair, and Strand. Troops holding U.S. flags as they march. A memorial being dedicated to Father Francis P Duffy, war time chaplain. The Monument of Father Francis P. Duffy (Father Duffy Square 7th Ave. &, W 47th St, New York, NY 10036, United States) being unveiled.
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