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President Franklin D. Roosevelt at Hickam Field and at Alea Naval Hospital in Hawaii, during World War II

Rear view of a car in President Franklin Roosevelt's motorcade driving along the flight line at Hickam Field, Honolulu, Hawaii, during World War 2. Several C-54 aircraft are seen (Navy designation R5D). President's The President sits with Admiral Chester Nimitz, in the back seat of an open 1942 Packard convertible motorcar. (It displays private use "A" gas ration stamp, the most restrictive, on its windshield.) Medics carry a wounded soldier, on a litter,past the car, and the President shakes his hand. A new scene shows the President's VC-54C airplane (Sacred Cow) parked in front of the air base terminal building, which it topped by a sign reading: "Aloha Air Transport Command." Change of scene shows spectators filling the lower level and porch of a building at the U.S. Naval hospital, Alea Heights. Next the President's car is seen surrounded by hospital staff in formation to honor him. Nurses in white stand at attention on the ground, and a large formation of sailors stand at attention on a porch above.

Date: 1944, July 30
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050203
British soldiers advance through German shellfire, in North Africa, during World War II.

British artillerymen load and fire 5.5 inch field gun, under camouflage netting in the North African desert, during World War 2. One soldier talks on radio. A squad of soldiers leaves their trench and moves forward.They march single-file across the sand, and pause to fix bayonets on their weapons, before charging across the terrain. They dive down into prone positions, near a dead German soldier. Shells from German artillery fire explode close in front of them.One shell almost strikes them. They continue to advance with shells bursting all around them.

Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050208
President Franklin Roosevelt makes a speech in Washington DC, USA.

Opening scene shows people gathered in front of the Union Station in Washington DC, following President Franklin D. Roosevelt's reelection. A presidential motorcade moves along the street, as spectators watch from crowded sidewalks. A band can be heard playing "Hail to the Chief." Scene shifts to another street, where the motorcade is headed by a formation of motorcycle policemen. Crowds greet the passing President, enthusiastically. The President remarks briefly, from his car, thanking his supporters and says he hopes to see much of them in the next four years. More scene of the motorcade on streets of the Capital. They stop again and the President expresses pleasure at being back with his neighbors, noting he had been coming to Washington, DC since he was five years old. He extols the virtues of the Nation's Capital.

Date: 1936, November 5
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050231
President Franklin Roosevelt review U.S. Army troops and vehicles at a base in the United States during World War 2.

Entourage of President Franklin Roosevelt passes by troops assembled at attention. President Roosevelt seen seated in front seat of his car, atop drivers seat to view as U.S. Army soldiers and equipment pass in review. Soldiers carrying full equipment march past the President. Horses carrying supplies follow the troops. Trucks carrying equipment and long boats pass. Next are armored trucks & weapons carriers lined up for inspection. Camera view alternates between troops being reviewed and view of the President as he watches and talks to military and civilian staff around his car. Jeeps pass in review with mounted machine guns. Barracks and buildings of the military base seen behind the President's car. President Roosevelt's doctor, Naval officers and aide in conversation. At end of clip is a view from a moving car passing by U.S. Navy sailors assembled and at attention during President Roosevelt's visit.

Date: 1942, September 18
Duration: 2 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050255
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt vacationing with his family at Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada

The Roosevelt family cottage on Campobello Island, New Brunswick, Canada. Group of people on the lawn in front of the house. A car parked outside the main entrance. Flags flying from portico over the entrance. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt seated with friends and family on rocky shore of Herring Cove. Eleanor Roosevelt sitting on a rock above the President, who chats with Allison Dysart, Premier of New Brunswick, as they both light and smoke cigarettes. Mr. J.B. McNair, Attorney General of New Brunswick, also sits on the sand, with the President and the Premier. The president's mother, Sara Roosevelt, sitting with his son Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. and Curtis Dall. John Roosevelt talking to his sister, Anna Roosevelt Dall. Large group of local people gather to watch as photographers take pictures of the Roosevelt party. Later, the Roosevelts and their guests partake of an outdoor picnic from a buffet table set up and prepared by the staff from the Presidential yacht, USS Potomac.

Date: 1936, July 30
Duration: 5 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050261
Tourist bus of Greyhound Lines tours United States.

Documentary titled "Norte America En Autobus" on sight seeing in North America. A map of United States of America. Greyhound passenger touring bus moves along countryside. Point of view (POV) through front windshield of bus as it moves on a narrow mountain cliff roadway. The bus travels on a rural road. The bus driving in Alamo Plaza in San Antonio, Texas, passing by the Alamo Cenotaph monument "The Spirit of Sacrifice." The Gibbs Building is seen in background on one side, and the Post Office, Federal and Courthouse building on the other side. At a differen location, the bus stops outside a small depot building. View of the passengers inside the bus. A woman in a fur coat takes an open seat beside a man. A uniformed bus driver or conductor loads the luggage of a female tourist in bays under the bus. He checks tickets of a couple and lets them enter the bus. 'Greyhound Lines', is written on the bus.

Date: 1942
Duration: 2 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675050314