U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses graduates of the class of 1940 at the University of Virginia, before the U.S. entrance into World War II. Speaking in Memorial Gymnasium, the President speaks into a microphone and addresses the University community and graduates, including his son Franklin Roosevelt Jr., who was graduating with a law degree. He speaks about the United States' decision to aid the Allies by extending to them the material resources of the United States in the war. He says that the U.S. took the decision after Italian Government's back-stab decision to engage in the war, after having earlier worked for the preservation of peace in the Mediterranean area. (Roosevelt had learned that morning of Italy's declaration of war on France.)
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. Honor guards stand in formation. U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, U.S. Army General Earle Gilmore Wheeler and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze on a review stand. President Johnson and other officials get down from the reviewing stand and arrive near soldiers. The honor guards stand in formation. Cameramen record the event.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Secretary McNamara and Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze on a review stand. U.S. Army General Earle Gilmore Wheeler speaks into a microphone. President Johnson speaks after General Wheeler. The President speaking into the microphone. Secretary McNamara stands behind the President. The President ends the speech. People applaud.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. President Lyndon Baines Johnson with other officials at a review stand. Honor guards stand holding flags. Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze makes a speech. Secretary McNamara stands in front of the reviewing stand. Secretary Nitze presents a citation to McNamara.
U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara leaves the office in the United States. President Lyndon Baines Johnson, Secretary McNamara, Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Henry Nitze and U.S. Army General Earle Gilmore Wheeler at a review stand. Other officials present during the ceremony. People stand holding umbrellas as rain is falling.
Office leaving ceremony of U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Strange McNamara in the United States. Rain is falling. Dignitaries and officials depart after the ceremony. Cameramen leave the area with their cameras. Honor guards stand in formation. The U.S. flag flying atop a flag pole.
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