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Part of a newsreel restrospective about U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt, made after his death in 1945

Film opens showing forward port section of the British Battleship HMS Prince of Wales in Placentia Bay, Argentia, Newfoundland. Next, Winston Churchill is seen greeting President Franklin D. Roosevelt as he arrives to meet with him during their Atlantic Conference in 1941. The President is assisted by his son, Army Captain James Roosevelt. The entire ship's company is seen assembled on deck for a church service. Closeup of President Roosevelt, Prime Minister Churchill and their principal advisors. all singing "Onward Christian Soldiers" during the service. Scene shifts to December 7, 1941, showing the American battleship USS Arizona and other battleships being bombed by Japanese aircraft. View shifts to the White House in Washington, DC. on July 19, 1940, President Roosevelt is broadcasting his speech to the Democratic National Convention, accepting nomination for an unprescedented 4th term as President. Views of ordinary Americans in various settings. Legislators congratulating the new Vice President, Harry S. Truman, after inauguration in January 1941. Truman seated and surrounded by staff and well-wishers. View of Truman, his wife, Bess and daughter Margaret, walking across the lawn at their home in Independence, Missouri. View of the three of them, inside their home, opening and sharing congratulatory messages received by the new Vice President. Immediately following FDR's death, now, President Truman is seen assuring the public that he will continue the course set by his predecessor. Glimpses of President Roosevelt seated in front of the White House and at his desk. In Yalta for the Big Three Conference, Roosevelt rides in a jeep as Prime Minister Churchill walks beside. Closeup of Roosevelt and Churchill. Participants gathering for the Yalta conference. Closeup of Roosevelt and Stalin. Churchill arriving and taking his seat. Closeup of the Big Three, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Joseph Stalin. (World War II period).

Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 14 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058022
Mexican American farm laborers load orange crates and ladders on trucks in Farmersville, California.

Mexican American orange pickers in Farmersville, California. Crates of oranges are stacked up. A truck moves in. Mexican American farm laborers load the crates on the truck. A truck loaded with a ladders is driven in the orchard. Workers load ladders on the truck. A man picks oranges from trees. Workers stand on the truck loaded with crates. The truck in front of a stack of crates. Men load crates of oranges and ladders. View of the orchard. Ambient sound is heard including spoken Spanish and some singing in Spanish.

Date: 1968
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058042
303rd Bomb Group personnel read magazines and play croquet in England.

Recreational activities of U.S. Army Air Force 303rd Bomb Group in England during World War II. Building of 'Headquarters COPC'. 303rd Bomb Group personnel read magazines in a lawn in front of the building. Personnel play croquet. Hut type structures. United States Army Air Force Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress on the ground.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058069
Damaged bridges are replaced by pontoons and and semi permanent bridges in Italy.

Repairing of wrecked bridges by earth moving equipment in Italy. Army trucks and equipment move towards front line. Views of damaged bridges. The damaged bridges are replaced by pontoons and semi permanent bridges.

Date: 1944
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058076
Demonstrators form a human chain as they march at Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC, United States.

Scenes from the Moratorium March protest demonstrations in Washington DC, United States against United States' involvement in the Vietnam War. Demonstrator march at Pennsylvania Avenue. They carry anti war banners, Vietnamese and other flags. The demonstrators move ahead forming a human chain. Aerial views of the demonstrators in front of a building. The demonstrators rally in support of the General Electric workers on strike.

Date: 1969, November 15
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058082
Allied soldiers, including liberated prison camp survivors, celebrate end of World War II in the Pacific Theater

Allied soldiers cheer to celebrate the occasion of World War II coming to an end, around the time of VJ Day (Victory over Japan) at the end of World War 2. Allied prisoners liberated from Japanese prison camps are seen arriving by railroad train at stations for transfer to nearby ships. The former POW soldiers greet and embrace one another. A uniformed soldier kisses a woman soldier in uniform. They move in trucks celebrating Allied victory in war. Cheering soldiers hold up an American flag at the front of the truck filled with liberated prisoners. A boat carries some liberated soldiers toward the United States hospital ship USS Benevolence (AH-13), as a former Japanese guards watches from shore, and U.S soldiers look on. Flags of Allied nations are seen, superimposed on images of saluting soldiers, as soundtrack in background plays audio of part of speech by General MacArthur aboard the USS Missouri during the Japanese surrender ceremony.

Date: 1945, August
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058337