Dignitaries at the Republican National Convention, Philadelphia. Board outside the building reads: 'Headquarters, Republican National Convention, June 24th'. Republican leaders and delegates from all over the United States arrive to nominate a Presidential candidate. Thomas Dewey, Senator Robert Taft and Wendell Willkie lead the list of nominees. Governor Stassen of Minnesota delivers the keynote address. A large crowd seated inside the hall as per the seating arrangements. They cheer and applaud.
Myron C Taylor on the SS Excalibur. Myron Taylor is President Roosevelt's special envoy to Pope Pius XII. He arrives back in the United States with Mrs Taylor aboard the ship SS Excalibur. Other officials on the ship. Cameramen taking photographs while ship is in New York Harbor. The New York City skyline and skyscrapers of Manhattan are seen behind the couple.
Celebration of the National Tobacco festival in South Boston, Virginia. Contestants for the Queen of Tobacco Festival walking through a tobacco field and picking tobacco leaves. They are holding a contestant up high on a platform shaped like a giant tobacco leaf, and picking tobacco leaves which they scatter on the platform as they walk. Colorful parade for the celebration of the festival. Contestants in decorated floats passing on the street. The first float seen features a giant cigarette held high over a girl contestant's head. Large crowd watching the parade. Buildings along the sides of Main Street in downtown South Boston, Virginia. United States Postmaster General James Farley crowns Miss Martha Scott as the Tobacco Queen. James Farley in a humorous shack is greeted by the line of contenders for the Tobacco Queen crown and kisses a number of them.
Models vying for the crown of Miss America at the Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Models walking on the ramp. People gather in the hall to watch the contest. Frances Burke from Philadelphia is crowned as Miss America.
The inauguration of Franklin Delano Roosevelt for a 3rd term as President of the United States. National Youth Administration (NYA) representatives assemble outside a building. They line up keeping one arm distance and march off to join the inaugural parade. Women engaged in preparations for the inauguration. They stitch NYA tags on shirts and sew NYA flags and banners. An NYA flag flutters from a flag pole. Newspaper headlines about the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. A newsboy seen by the U.S. Capitol building.
The building of the United States Department of Justice in Washington DC. The Federal Bureau of Investigation entrance and lobby in the building. Several men and women entering and leaving in the evening, when lights are turned on. Daytime view of the FBI entrance, with Director J.Edgar Hoover, seen leaving the building.
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