British naval ship H.M.S. Barham is seen from a distance smoking and slowly sinking, lying on its side. Eventually tips further into water and completely explodes. WS V2 rocket, cuts to CU, and then back to WS and launches out of frame. Cuts to tracking shot of V2 flying through the air. Crowds line railroad tracks and mourn President Roosevelt’s death. MS tracking of Roosevelt’s casket being pulled on a carriage down a mourner lined street. WS President Truman taking the Oath of Office. Various shots of President Roosevelt’s burial, including a 21 gun salute and soldiers folding the American Flag that draped his casket. WS of troops running through an unknown battlefield which looks like remnants of a town.
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