President Franklin D. Roosevelt is being assisted on the seat of a jeep,by a group of men in pith helmets, on a beach. They climb on the jeep with the President. Next, the President and his associates drive slowly in the jeep, reviewing a large formation of U.S. soldiers assembled on the sand. Change of scene shows the President seated in a chair during a break in the Casablanca Conference. Behind him is General George Marshall, the Chief of Staff of the United States Army, Brigadier General William H. Wilbur, and Major General George Patton. The President reads a citation for the award of the Medal of Honor for General Wilbur. General Patton then steps forward and places the Medal of Honor around General Wilbur's neck, as the President adjusts it in the front. General Wilbur wearing the Medal of Honor as he stands with some other officers. View from a jeep driving along a dirt road, past some abandoned airplanes at an inactive air field. Scene shifts to Natal, Brazil, where President Roosevelt is seen seated aboard the USS Humboldt in the Potenji River harbor in Natal, Rio Grande do Norte, where he visits President of Brazil, Getúlio Vargas, on his way home from the Casablanca Conference. Seated on the ship's deck are: Presidential assistant,Harry Hopkins, President of Brazil Getulio Vargas,holding a cane, President Roosevelt, and United States ambassador Jefferson Caffery seated in chairs as Brazilian Navy and Army officers stand behind them. Later, President Roosevelt is seen, wearing a black armband, in a jeep. Brazilian Navy and Army officers stand around the vehicle. The Chief of the Brazilian Army talks at length with the President. Other officers in the vehicle. They finally proceed followed by armed guards on vehicle behind them. (World War II period)
United States Attorney General Robert Kennedy's visit to John F Kennedy Platz in West Berlin, Germany. Berlin street sign reads “John-F.-Kennedy-Platz”. A large crowd gathered at the John F Kennedy Platz. The entrance to the Platz, located in front of the West Berlin Rathaus (Am Rathaus 2, 10825 Berlin, Germany). Robert Kennedy, United States Attorney General and one of the younger brothers of President John F Kennedy, enters with several officials. Robert Kennedy receives an ovation from the crowd. Robert Kennedy, with his wife Ethel Skakel and three children, and other officials. The crowd waves to the group. Robert Kennedy with other officials. Robert Kennedy dedicates the plaque commemorating President John F Kennedy's speech on his last visit to Berlin a year before. The Kennedy plaque is unveiled. The crowd waves and cheers. Robert Kennedy speaks to the people. The large crowd gathered listens. People in the crowd wave U.S. flag. A man with a camera in the crowd. Robert Kennedy moves with other officials. The crowd watches the proceedings.
U.S. President with the Pasadena Drum Corps in Washington DC, United States. The Pasadena Drum Corps march in formation in front of the White House in Washington DC. One of the corps holding U.S. flag. United States President Herbert Hoover, flanked by B.W.Gearhart, The American Legion, Department of California Commander, and James K.Fish, the American Legion, Department of California Adjutant, in front of the corps standing in formation. The corps, with the instruments, in front of the White House.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to readjust national currency via the Gold Reserve Act, conveyed at the Congress in Washington DC. The United States Congress meet at the Capitol in Washington DC. The officials seated in the hall inside the Capitol building. The House leadership and officials seated in the center during discussions related to the Gold Reserve Act of 1934. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr. seated at his desk signing documents. Crates of gold being unloaded from ships as overseas gold exporters sent gold to the United States where it commanded higher prices as proclaimed by the President. Two men stocking gold bars in a bank. Young African American farmers picking cotton in a cotton field. One smiles for the camera. Commodity traders busily trading commodities on on a mercantile exchange floor. Rise in prices, as a result of revaluation of dollar.
A woman miner in a coal mine in Cadiz, Ohio, United States. A man and a woman miner at work in the coal mine in Cadiz. They push a cart of mineral deposits along a track. Ida May Stull, the only woman miner in the United States, shows her soiled hands. Ida Stull works with her co-worker in the mine.
United States Marine Corps drive M422 Mighty Mite jeep in Quantico,Virginia. United States Marine Corps drive M422 Mighty Mite jeep on the rough and rugged terrain. Trees in the background.
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