British Prime Minister Winston Churchill arrives in Washington DC, United States during World War II. Churchill seated with U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at a desk. Some officers standing behind them. Churchill and Roosevelt talk and pose.
Canadian air cadets at Mitchel Field in Long Island, United States. The cadets standing at attention. Buildings in the background. Officers inspect the cadets. The cadets inspect U.S. pursuit airplanes. They stand near an aircraft. A man seated in the cockpit of an aircraft.
Launching of ships at Staten Island in New York, United States. A destroyer and a cruiser being launched. The ships get underway. Women stand holding bouquets.
The American Interplanetary Society's first liquid fuel rocket is launched from Staten Island in New York, United States in 1933. George Edward Pendray of the AIS, and his associate preparing for the launch. The 7 1/2 foot rocket is placed on a stand. Other men look on. The rocket, fueled with gasoline and liquid oxygen, takes off. Its fuel tank overheats and explodes moments after takeoff and the rocket crashes to the beach below. (From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier. The world's first successful liquid fuel rocket was launched by Robert Goddard in Auburn, Massachusetts, on 16 March 1926. This film records the first such attempt under auspices of the American Interplanetary Society, in 1933. )
China's Eternal First Lady Madame Chiang Kai Shek arrives in Washington DC, United States. She is greeted by U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor Roosevelt. She sits in a car. Exterior of the U.S. Capitol. Madame Chiang Kai Shek meets officials. She addresses the House of Representatives. The members of the House of Representatives applaud.
U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt's inaugural parade in Washington DC, United States. People gather on either sides of a street. The Presidential car in the parade. A motorcade passing on the street. Buildings along a side of the street. Soldiers aboard trucks. Several airplanes fly in formation overhead. A flag flying atop a building. Troops march holding U.S. flags. Armored tanks in the parade. (World War II period).
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