American aviator and businessman Howard Hughes lands in Paris, France. Hughes’ Lockheed Model 14 Super Electra (named ‘New York World’s Fair 1939’) in flight. Aircraft at Le Bourget airfield in Paris, France. People gather in large numbers to give a warm reception to pilot Howard Hughes during his around the world flight. United States Ambassador to France William Christian Bullitt Jr. attends the welcome party. Flags of the United States and France on flagpoles. Hughes speaks to the reporters during his refueling stop. Hughes boards the plane and takes off.
Role of United States Coast Guards. A luxury liner, SS Morro Castle burns at sea as smoke rises from it. United States Coast Guard Cutter Tampa (WPG-48) underway to rescue the people on board the liner. A 75 foot long patrol boat underway to reach the burning vessel. Men aboard life boats. Men swim in the sea as lifeboats rescue them. Men swim towards the beach where beach patrol men save their lives. Smoke rises from the burning ship. USCG Cutter Tampa seen towing the SS Morro Castle after the disaster (but the hawser then broke and the Morro Castle drifted aground). Remains of the charred vessel aground at Asbury Park, New Jersey.
United States Ships en route to France during World War I. United States Survivors from the torpedoed USS President Lincoln boarding the U.S. Army Transport Great Northern, at Brest, France. U.S. Naval Officers wearing life jackets chat aboard the ship. A man looks through a pair of binoculars. Men with binoculars hung around their necks talk to each other.
United States Ships in France during World War I. United states Navy destroyers Burrows (Number 29), Little, Jarvis, Bell, Winslow and Wainwright in the harbor at Brest, France. Transport ships and assorted other craft in the harbor.
President Franklin D Roosevelt in the United States. A calendar shows the date 5th March 1933. Roosevelt leaves in a car after attending church service in Washington DC, United States on 5th March 1933. On March 9th 1933 Senate passes a bill proposed by Roosevelt to address bank crisis. The House also passes the President's proposed bill . Inside the White House, Franklin Roosevelt in his first fireside chat broadcasts on March 12, 1933, and talks about the bank crisis. He asks people to have confidence in the government. He ensures that banks will provide sufficient currency to meet the situation.
Franklin D Roosevelt's election campaign. A large crowd cheers at a public meeting during Roosevelt's election campaign in United States. A train pulls up at a station in New England. Roosevelt along with Alfred E Smith receives a warm welcome at the convention hall in Boston. Franklin D Roosevelt's election campaign. A large crowd cheers at a public meeting during Roosevelt's election campaign in United States. A train pulls up at a station in New England. Roosevelt along with Alfred E Smith receives a warm welcome at the convention hall in Boston.
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