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President Franklin D. Roosevelt Tour Of War Plants 1942
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keywords: wwii, home front, war plants, pres. franklin d. roosevelt, secret service, liberty ship launch, b-24 liberator bomber assembly line
Synopsis: Unedited footage of FDR touring War Plants surrounded by Secret Service, launching of a Liberty Ship, B-24 Liberator Bombers on an assembly line....(read more)
- Date: 1942
- Duration: 00:08:18
- Sound: No
- Color: Monochrome
- Type: Public Domain
- Language: English
- Location: United States
President Franklin D. Roosevelt - Tour Of War Plants 1942
Unedited footage, FDR tours war plants in 1942. Scene of large crowd at a shipyard for launching of a Liberty ship that was built in 10 days. Sponsor of ship at christening and crowd on platform. Cargo freighter slides down the ways, LS President Roosevelt waves his hat from open car. President Roosevelt in rear seat of open automobile at flag raising ceremony. MS as president's automobile enters Receiving Station, Balboa Park, San Diego, California.
Formations of military personnel filmed from moving automobile. Two barrage balloons over Receiving Station. PBY "Flying Boat" plane outside Consolidated Aircraft plant in San Diego. Shows B-24 Liberator bombers on assembly line of Consolidated Aircraft plant in San Diego, California in 1942. Four Secret Service agents riding on "running board" of President Roosevelt automobile. Repeat of some scenes from different camera angle.
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