Organization of the United States Army during World War 2. Process of forming a unit of Army Air Forces. Aviators during a march. Animated map shows its organization under Commanding General, Chief of Staff, 27 combat groups and 1750 planes. Planes at a base. Map shows Fighter Air Command, Bombers, Air Support and Air Service Commands. Line of new U.S. Army Air Force Airmen in civilian clothing as each of the new recruits raises their right hand to take an oath of service as they join the Army. Map shows flying training schools and technical training schools. Training imparted in 36 weeks to the aviation cadets. Cadets fly in formation. Fighter planes and bombers flying. Navigators, Gunners, Bomb crew, Tech training command, Engineers of planes trained. Fighter planes manufactured. (World War II period).
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses those gathered during his nomination acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention at Franklin Field near Philadelphia's Convention Hall. Brief excerpt at start of clip with Senator Burton K. Wheeler from Montana addressing the convention. Posters of Presidential candidate Roosevelt and vice-presidential candidate John Nance Garner. Garner seated beside Roosevelt as the President speaks. Roosevelt speaks of the value of divine justice which weighs the sins of the cold blooded and the warm hearted in different scales. He extols a government of charity over a government of indifference. Crowd cheers and claps to the words of the President.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his nomination acceptance speech at the democratic national convention in Philadelphia, while running for his second term as President. Clip opens with Roosevelt speaking at Franklin Field the last part of the famous quote "Rendezvous with destiny" from the famous line "This generation of Americans has a rendezvous with destiny." (Full quotation is not on the source film reel.) During the speech, Roosevelt speaks of the ongoing struggles for freedom, liberty, and democracy. Crowd cheers and claps to the words of President Roosevelt. Posters of Roosevelt and VP John N. Garner on stage behind the rostrum.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the conclusion of his nomination acceptance speech to the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia at the Convention Hall, during the 1936 Presidential campaign. Band playing in the background. Posters of President Roosevelt and Vice President Garner on the stage. Roosevelt speaking with Democratic Senate leader Joseph Robinson of Arkansas, after the speech. Roosevelt also conferring with his running mate, Vice-President John N. Garner. The microphones are still on, so the conversation of Roosevelt and those around him can be heard slightly. Also seen is California Senator William Gibbs McAdoo speaking with Roosevelt. The future President wipes his brow with his handkerchief. He turns to his left and says to Missouri Senator James A. Reed, "Jim, get the band to play Auld Lang Syne again" which the band does. Views of the men and women delegates in the convention hall, waving their various state signs.
The base camp of 90th Replacement Battalion of United States Army in Vietnam. Banner written with 'Jet Set Service Club' on a building. Soldiers sit leisurely outside it, some rest against their bags on ground. Buses parked near barracks. Barrack bags lie roughly on ground. Sign board 'Going Home? Report Here, USA Bound'. Soldiers unload luggage, a suitcase and a tunic from a U.S. Army truck. (Vietnam War period).
Democratic National Convention of 1968 held at International Amphitheater in Chicago, Illinois United States. Keynote speaker at the meeting, Daniel Ken Inouye, Senator from Hawaii, delivers his address. Democratic representatives from all States at the convention. Placards displayed for seating arrangements of Democrats from different States. Senator Inouye urges delegates to listen to the concerns and protests of youth demonstrators. He points out that it is a worldwide phenomenon, and not just demonstrations affiliated with the Vietnam War. Senator Inouye says, "The marching feet of youth have led us into a new era of politics, and we can never turn back."
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