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This clip is Part 1 of a 3-part film.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt Touring War Plant Part 1
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1) MS Armored vehicles in plant; the President's open car.2) MCU PRES. ROOSEVELT shaking hands with unidentified person after disembarking from train; train, BG.3) MCU Group of enlisted men (USN) wearing blues.4) MS War plant under construction.5) MS Same as above.6) MS Motorcade moving down road; Secret Service Agents standing on running boards.7) MCU Soldiers pass in review; PRES. ROOSEVELT.8) MCU The President, standing in rear of auto, watching soldiers pass in review.9) MS Soldiers, carrying full equipment, march past the President (SV).10) MS Armored trucks & weapons carriers line up for inspection.11) MS Jeeps, pass in review; machine guns mounted on jeeps.12) MCU Weapons carriers, machine guns mounted, passing in review.13) MCU PRES. ROOSEVELT's doctor & aide; Naval officers.14) MS Infantrymen, loaded in trucks, passing in review; Army band playing, BG.15) MS Light tanks passing in review.16) MS Soldiers lined up for inspection.17) MS PAN President's car driving through huge warehouse; stacked supplies.18) MS President in open Lincoln, driving past B-24, parked inside plant.19) MCU Group of sailors saluting the President as he passes.20) MCU President standing in auto, watches soldiers, carrying full packs, pass in review.21) MCU/MS Ski troopers passing in review.22) MCU Army pack mules, used by ski troopers.23) MS Trailers, carrying pontoon barges, attached to large tractor trucks.
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General Records of the Department of the Navy
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Moving Images Relating to Military Activities
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