PRESIDENTIAL FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT IN HAWAII Part 1

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Signal Corps 111 ADC 2542 ADC SOURCE: AFCF (USN 810) 2542 FILM : ARCH DN & APC MP, 894' ea, Silent PRESIDENT FRANKLIN D ROOSEVELT IN HAWAII Aug 44 MSs, sailors at salute aboard cruiser in Pearl Harbor await arrival of Presidential party. LSs, entourage of cars arrive at Pearl Harbor, MSs, CUs, Pres Roosevelt, Gen Douglas. MacArthur and Adm Chester W Nimitz seated on deck of Cruiser pose for photographers. (Pres Roosevelt wears civilian clothes, Gen MacArthur wears suntans and leather jacket and Adm Nimitz is in full dress summer uniform.) MCU, Presidential flag flies from mast of cruiser. MLS, Pres and party in open sedan passes along harbor. Travel shots, entourage passes along road lined with soldiers at attention. (Soldiers wear summer uniforms, helmets and slung rifles.) MSs, Pres Roosevelt seated in open sedan with Gen MacArthur. Standing alongside car are Adm William D Leahy and Lt Gen Robert C Richardson, Jr. 7th Div troops pass in review. Excellent full screen view, helmeted soldiers in summer uniforms with slung rifles, pass camera L-R. Travel shot from moving vehicle, Presidential car and other vehicles pass lines of soldiers and sailors in Schofield Barracks area, Travel shot, hospital area, patients and nurses stand on sidewalk as Presidential party passes in car, Record Group 111 Accession Number III-NAV-210 ARMY PICTORIAL CENTER, 35-11 35th Ave, LIC 1, NY ERB/amf

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities