The commissioning ceremony of USS Saratoga in New York, United States. A large banner with an insignia and 'USS Saratoga (CVA-60)' written on it. U.S. Navy Admiral Felix B. Stump, Admiral W. F. Halsey and other naval officers and civilians seated near a speaker's stand. Cadets in the background. A flag being hoisted on the mast of the ship. Naval officers and civilians salute the flag. A naval officer speaks into a microphone. The civilians watch the ceremony. A fleet of aircraft fly overhead. Commanding Officer of USS Saratoga Captain R. J. Stroh speaks into the microphone. Chief Warrant Officer Moses, Rear Admiral Roscoe Henry Hillenkoetter, C. R. Brown and Vice Admiral F. W. McMahon. Governor of New York William Averell Harriman speaks into the microphone.
Members of medical emergency defense units gather in a building in New York, United States. Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri introduces United States Secretary of Defense George Marshall to administer the loyalty oath to the Medical Emergency Division of the Defense Volunteers. The members seated in chairs. Secretary of Defense Marshall addresses the members. He swears in the members that they will work for the defense of the country.
Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover in New York, United States. The former President at a press conference in a hotel on his 84th birthday. Hoover seated and a few pressmen beside him holding microphones. Several cameramen at cameras. Herbert Hoover smiling.
Camp Kilmer in New Jersey, United States. Barracks bags lined up outside wooden barracks. U.S. soldiers check tags and place bags in proper order. The soldiers seated on the barracks bags smoke cigarette. Soldiers are wearing helmets and knitted fatigue caps. (World War II period).
U.S. troops prepare to entrain in New York for transportation to the European Theater during World War II. U.S. soldiers toss barrack bags to two sergeants standing on the top of barrack steps. The soldiers rush up the stairs. They take bags from the sergeants and enter the barracks.
United States soldiers on Mount Washington in New Hampshire, United States. Quartermaster testing unit soldiers in new cold-bar suits while climbing the mountain. Weather thermometer on Mount Washington. They float around in an icy pool to test the suit. Soldiers taking off their wet suits.
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