View of Senate chamber in Washington DC, United States. Senate Majority Leader, Alben W. Barkley, hurries to private phone booth to telephone the news to President Roosevelt. A Senator emerges from the chamber waving newly signed documents passing H.R. 1776 to aid the United States war industry in World War II. Majority Leader, Barkley converses with other Senators. Senator Walter F. George, of Georgia speaking in praise of Lend-Lease, says "We are now ready to forge ahead and to cast the full strength of American industrial power into the struggle against aggression." Non-interventionist Senator Burton K. Wheeler, of Montana, who objects to the Roosevelt administration's lend lease bill, and to direct American involvement in World War 2 in Europe, speaks about continuing the fight to "keep American boys out of the holocaust of Europe's wars."
Herbert Hoover Presidential Library in West Branch, Iowa. A banner reads Happy Birth Day to Hoover. Large crowd of well wishers gathered for the dedication of the new Herbert Hoover Library, on the occasion of former United States President's 88 birthday. The interior of the library. Few people walk towards the cottage where President Hoover was born. Former Presidents of the United States Herbert Clark Hoover and Harry S Truman arrive at the event. Hoover receives a tribute from Truman. Hoover addresses the gathering and receives Distinguish Service Award from two Universities.
The United States sailors at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States. Sailor sells newspapers announcing Japanese surrender ending World War 2. Newspaper headline says 'Truman receives Japanese surrender'. Sailor buys newspaper and reads the news.
USAF (United States Air Force ) Lockheed C-69 Constellation sets a new record in Washington DC. United States Air Forces C-69 in flight. The aircraft in flight over mountains. The Wright radical engines of C-69. The aircraft in flight.
Activities of the United States secret service agents in Washington D.C., United States. Secret service agent and chief seated in an office. U.E. Baughman, Chief of the Secret Service, hands credentials to a new agent The Chief reminds the agent about the primary job of presidential protection. He briefs about the crime against people. The agent walks down the stairs of the Treasury building.
President of United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson visits the United States Military Academy at West Point in New York. Thomas Woodrow Wilson with First Lady of the United States Edith Bolling Galt. Wilson aboard the USS Mayflower (PY-1). Thomas Woodrow Wilson and Edith Bolling Galt Wilson get into a car. They arrive at the United States Military Academy at West Point. People gathered. The President presents graduation degrees to the cadets.
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