A training of U.S. OSS ( Office of the Strategic Services) personnel for underwater demolition at Salt Key in Nassau, Bahama Island during World War II. OSS personnel of the Lamberston Underwater Diving Unit as they are being briefed about night problems. Men row a boat to point A and attach swim fins and bay units. They get underwater and swim. They keep a check on a compass to ensure the correctness of the course. The personnel get onto the boat and head for the beach.
Spectators line sidewalks in Washington,DC, to watch the funeral procession of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. Police motorcycle escort surrounds flag-draped coffin of the President, resting on caisson pulled by team of horses. Color Guard and several closed black limousines are immediately behind. Two open cars, with Secret Service agents on their running boards, are seen next. The closest one carries the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn, and other officials. A contingent of Women Marines, in dress blues, marches ahead of the casket. Other military units march ahead of them in the distance. Change of scene with brief glimpse of sailors marching along Delaware Avenue, with Union Station in the background. Shift back to the President's casket continuing to move along. Grass and trees line the sides of the street, where spectators fill the sidewalks. Closeup of an open car carrying DC police chief, Edward J. Kelly and other police officials, followed by motorcycle policemen, and the team of horses pulling the caisson with the President's casket. Closeup of closed limousine carrying mourners. Open car carrying House Speaker Rayburn, and others. U.S. Navy Fleet Admiral Ernest King and an officer salute. People in the background.
United States soldiers stand at Parade Rest with their rifles, along the side of the street as the funeral cortege of President Franklin D. Roosevelt approaches. A "V" formation of Washington, DC motorcycle police approach and pass spectators lining the sidewalk. A jeep displaying the flag of the Military District of Washington and the two-star flag of its Commander, Major General Charles Fullington Thompson, who is riding in the back with a Marine officer and a Naval officer. View of large formation of military aircraft flying overhead, seen above trees. The U.S. Marine band, marching (but not playing). U.S. Naval Academy cadets marching with shouldered arms, wearing dress blues and white caps and leggings. The Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States 2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) in the background. A group of U.S. Naval officers watching with other spectators from sidewalk. Soldiers in leggings, marching. A Navy brass band. (World War II period).
A contingent of U.S. women marines marching ahead of the caisson bearing the flag draped casket of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during his funeral in Washington, DC. A team of six horses pulling the caisson, surrounded by escorting motorcycle police. A crowd of spectators lines the side of Constitution Avenue. Camera follows the caisson. Three closed black limousines follow close behind a color guard. An open car carrying Speaker of the House of Representatives, Sam Rayburn, and other officials, with Secret Service agents riding on its running boards.
Caisson bearing the flag draped coffin of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, parked in front of an entrance to the White House, during his funeral, in Washington, DC. Marine Guard in the foreground. President Roosevelt's casket being taken off the caisson by military guards and taken into the White House.
United States aircraft carrier USS Franklin (CV-13) being attacked by a Japanese bomber in the Pacific Ocean during World War II. A United States convoy underway in the Pacific off the coast of Japan. A naval gun being fired and smoke rises. A Japanese aircraft explodes in mid air and spins as it tumbles toward the ocean. Flak bursts in the air. A Japanese dive bomber descends and drops bombs over USS Franklin. Huge explosions and smoke rises from the ship. Crew aboard the ship fight fire as they spray water from hoses. Chaplain Father Joseph O'Callahan prays over a mortally wounded sailor. Injured being transferred onto another ship. A dead American sailor. Rescue ships take away wounded. Smoke rises from the ship. Sailors being transferred onto another ship and the ship pulls away.
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