U.S. military casualties of World War II receive emotional and mental medical aid in Brentwood, New York after the end of the war. Patients standing in front of their bunks after rising in the morning. The medical officer in charge checks condition of every patient under a ten weeks treatment program in Mason General Hospital. A doctor checks up a patient using a stethoscope. A doctor checks blood pressure of a patient. A doctor holding Rorschach test cards as a patient describes what he sees. A patient holds a card which he says shows a figure like two women standing on a rock and waving.
American entertainers of the USO in Kwajalein, Marshall Islands during World War II. Patty Thomas performs a dance on a stage for servicemen. Bob Hope dances with Patty Thomas. U.S. Army soldiers and U.S. Navy sailors watch the entertainers performing.
A training film about Allied invasion of Tarawa during World War II. Troops of U.S. 2nd Marine Division embark onto transport ships in Wellington, New Zealand. An invasion convoy underway in the Pacific Ocean. Troops practice landing. Landing crafts underway at sea. Officers climb down the stairs aboard a ship. U.S. aircraft provide air cover. Marines exercise on the deck of a ship. Ammunition belts being loaded. Weapons being test fired. Blinker signals being sent. A destroyer delivers the message for attack. The Marines are briefed aboard a ship. The Marines attend religious services aboard a ship. The invasion convoy underway at sea.
U.S. Army Air Force fliers being decorated at Bolling Field in Washington DC, United States. Commanding General of the U.S. Army Air Forces, Lieutenant General Henry H (Hap) Arnold, decorates aircrew members who took part in the Doolittle Raid against the Japanese in World War 2. Lt. Gen. Arnold pins the Distinguished Flying Crosses on the airmen. A flier with his wife after receiving the medal.
U.S. President elect John F. Kennedy and U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon meet in Key Biscayne, Florida. Vice President Richard Nixon smiles as he awaits the arrival of John F. Kennedy. Kennedy gets off a car and shakes hands with Vice President Nixon. They meet to restore their cordial relationship. Newsmen gathered around the two statesmen.
The funeral of the former First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York. U.S. President John F. Kennedy and First Lady Jacqueline Kennedy arrive at St. James Church (4526 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, New York, US). Former President Harry S. Truman, politician Adlai Stevenson and Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson also arrive for the funeral services. Chief Justice Earl Warren also arrives. People enter the church. Former President Franklin D. Roosevelt's grave. A casket carrying the body of Eleanor Roosevelt being buried near Franklin D. Roosevelt's grave.
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