25 Years Ago Today
25 Years Ago Today
Various stories from 25 years ago (1930s). Men in top hats walk down pier/dock. Crowds watch several men (politicians) walk along. The men apparently include Pierre Laval (?). Students Protest the War. Ext. day, many cars parked next to buildings, looks like university setting, U.S. flag evident. Crowds of Caucasian young adults (college students?) gather, march in anti-war rally. One young woman speaks to the crowd. Some carry banners or signs, including some signs with political cartoons drawn on them. One sign says, "War Is Hell. Who Wants to Go to Hell?" Demonstration. FDR (President Franklin Delano Roosevelt) disembarks a ship, shakes hands, rides away in a car -- the men running alongside might be Secret Service. Onlookers include a group of Boy Scouts (?). Man speaks at podium labeled NBC into microphone. Crowded streets. Man and woman walk along amid crowd, man (Al Smith?) tips his hat to crowd, smiling. Postmaster General James Farley (?), singer John McCormack (?). Many in crowd are well-dressed. VO says this is Easter parade. Motorcycles escort small plane, taxiing. Amelia Earhart, surrounded by men (reporters?). Another woman, Bernadine King (?), climbs into small airplane. Air to air shots of plane flying upside down. Aerial stunt.