Tennis player Don Budge marries Deirdre Conselman in a wedding ceremony at St. Chrysostom's Episcopal Church (1424 N Dearborn St, Chicago, IL 60610, United States) in Chicago, Illinois. Don Budge kisses his wife Deirdre Conselman outside the church. They pose for pictures.
Shellback Initiation ceremonies aboard the U.S. Navy ship USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the Atlantic Ocean. The USS Indianapolis is on its way to South America, carrying President Franklin D. Roosevelt on a "Good neighbor" cruise for state visits. The captain of the ship, Captain Henry Kent Hewitt, walks along with sailors dressed in costumes. Neptune's court in session. A sailor reads from a "subpoena" of the court. The subpoena reads "In the Royal High Court of the Realm of Neptune, In and for the District of Equatorius."
Shellback initiation ceremonies aboard the U.S. Navy ship USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the Atlantic Ocean. The ship is en route to South America carrying President Roosevelt on "Good Neighbor" state visits. Ambient sound and music is heard periodically during the clip. Sailors dressed in costumes perform on the ship deck. Sailors in uniform salute an officer. Actors perform on a stage. A pirate flag on the mast of the ship. King Neptune speaks to the captain (Captain Henry Kent Hewitt). A group of sailors play a band. Spectators watch the act. In second half of clip President Franklin Roosevelt is seen watching the ceremonies and at the end King Neptune decrees that President Roosevelt, the Commander In Chief of the U.S. Navy is now a Shellback himself (having crossed the equator for the first time with the sailors of the USS Indianapolis.
King Neptune shellback initiation ceremonies aboard the U.S. Navy ship USS Indianapolis (CA-35) in the Atlantic Ocean. Sailors dressed in costumes perform on the ship deck. Doctors perform mock operation on a patient lying on stretcher. The sailors perform a mock beheading act. A sailor points at a spinning board that decides each initiate's fate. Initiate sailors thrown into a small water pool. They play games aboard the ship. USS Indianapolis underway to South America, carrying President Franklin Roosevelt on a "Good Neighbor" trip for state visits.
King Neptune ceremonies aboard United States Coast Guard Cutter in the Atlantic Ocean. Sailors dressed as King and Queen Neptune. Sailors dressed in shorts are sprayed with water. Actors in costumes get on a stage. The King and the Queen speak to the captain. Sailors dressed in uniforms stand in a line. King Neptune on the stage. Three sailors with their heads on a wooden slab.
United States C-47 Aircraft parked in Stuttgart, Germany. U.S. Representative Joseph B Deveroe of the House Arms Service Committee disembarks from the aircraft. He is greeted by Lieutenant General Henry R Hodes, 7th Army and Theodore Hadruba, Consul General. The officials converse with each other. They leave in their respective cars.
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