PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S TOUR OF WAR PLANTS, SEPTEMBER 18th TO 30th, 1942 Part 3

Description

1) MS GV Hospital patients, some in wheel chairs sitting alongside road to welcome Roosevelt during his tour of inspection. (SV)2) MCU President Roosevelt getting into back seat of automobile.3) MCU President Roosevelt sitting in back of automobile looking at midget Japanese SS.4) MCU President Roosevelt shaking hands with lady.5) MS MCU President Roosevelt in open automobile coming down through shipyard, shipyard workers lined up greeting him enthusiastically; Henry Kaiser in back seat. (SV)6) CU Pres. Roosevelt speaking to civilian. (SV)7) MCU Pres. Roosevelt inside of war plant watching molten model being poured into mold, (scene is a little on the dark side due to UX) (SV)8) MCU Pres. Roosevelt shaking hands with veterans, some able to walk during his inspection.9) MS GV Veterans in wheel chairs lined up alongside road.10) MS GV Japanese, two-man submarine on railroad flat car.11) MS GV Large crowd, shipyard workers greeting President Roosevelt enthusiastically.12) MS GV Platform of sponsoring party, ship launching, breaking bottle of champagne on bow of ship that was built in ten days; ships start sliding down ways going into river. (SV)13) MS LS PAN Shipyard workers watching launching.14) MCU Pres. Roosevelt in open automobile watching shipyard launching of ship that was built in ten days, other ships on ways, like an assembly line.15) MCU Pres. Roosevelt going by waving to shipyard workers from open automobile.16) MCU Pres. Roosevelt shaking hands with civilians.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Moving Images Relating to Military Activities