Preserved in an album connected to the aircraft carrier USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CVB-42), this aerial photograph of Rio de Janeiro likely documents a port call or fleet visit to Brazil, part of the extensive peacetime and Cold War-era cruises the carrier and her air group undertook. Aerial photography such as this was often captured by embarked aircraft during transit or liberty visits, providing both a scenic record and reconnaissance-style documentation of foreign ports visited by the fleet. Project: 218371