Delegates and candidates for the Republican nomination for US president at the 1940 Republican National Convention in Philadelphia

Close shot of Republican Party eagle emblem / VS crowd and traffic outside Convention Hall / boy wearing campaign buttons selling newspapers / VS US Sen. Styles Bridges in crowd entering Hall / MPOV past delegates in Hall / MPOV past state signs / two men next to Wyoming state sign / VS delegates in seats / VS press gallery / rear shot of two reporters / row of cameramen with movie cameras / US Sen. Robert Taft seated at desk with his wife Martha, who is typing / prosecutor Thomas E. Dewey sitting at desk answering phone / Dewey posing for photos / US Sen. Arthur Vandenberg and his wife Hazel in back seat of car / car carrying Vandenbergs driving past camera / close shot of newspaper publisher Frank Gannett / Hazel Vandenberg posing, pan across to Vandenberg shooting picture of her with movie camera / Ohio Gov. John Bricker at train station waving his hat / closer shot of Bricker / candidate Bridges takes off his coat and sits down / closer shot of Bridges / Connecticut Gov. Raymond Baldwin and his wife Edith next to radio / closer shot of the Baldwins / Note: exact day not known