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PRESIDENT AND PEOPLE GREET WAR HEROES -
Ten British and five American War Heroes were welcomed in New York by Wendell Wilkie and took part in a War Bond Rally. At Washington they were received by President Roosevelt. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection....
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Labor Secretary Frances Perkins at House Labor Committee meeting with Eleanor Roosevelt
Title card: "MADAM SECRETARY FAVORS SHORTER WORKING HOURS" / dissolve to Title card: "Editor's Note: We take you behind the scenes in the capital with Mrs. Roosevelt and Ishbel MacDonald to attend a House Labor Committee hearing. Miss...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt leaves Annapolis, MD, as he starts his vacation
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt sitting in back seat of open car shaking hands with man standing beside car, crowd surrounding them including sailors standing in formation and Navy officers / Franklin's son Elliott with his wife Ruth standing...
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Kids and magician at White House Easter egg hunt hosted by Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt
Title card: "News Flashes" / people crowd south lawn, many children, fountain in fg, White House In bg / people on lawn, kids hunt Easter eggs, branches in fg, White House In bg / MS group shot children, girl in center holds basket; they...
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President Franklin Roosevelt with family and group of people at his summer retreat on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada
Close shot of Pres. Franklin Roosevelt sitting on beach talking to someone out of frame / Roosevelt's mother Sara sitting on beach with her grandson John and his wife Ann on her right, grandson James to her left, grandson Franklin, Jr,...
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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt tours Tygart Valley Homesteads near Elkins, WV in 1937
Title card: "First Lady Tours Homestead with Richest Girl" / First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt exits house, children and three adults stand outside, she is followed by billionaire tobacco heiress Doris Duke Cromwell and other people / MS...
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Coolidge final rites in Northampton
Title card: "Nation pay last tribute to Coolidge - Led by President Hoover, thousands attend rites at Northampton" / VS a crowd of thousands with the motorcade slowly inching through; doors to the church with the exterior draped in black...
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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt rides in cable car over Clinch River at site of construction of Norris Dam in Tennessee
Dr. Arthur Ernest Morgan, Chairman of Tennessee Valley Authority, talking to Eleanor Roosevelt as they stand with other people on railroad tracks / Eleanor being helped onto cable car / two shots of Eleanor and others riding in car /...
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Official Washington attends memorial service for King George V
Diplomats and wives wait for cars following service in National Cathedral / WS and LS National Cathedral through trees / British diplomats awaiting cars under awning on EXT Cathedral / car pulls up to waiting diplomats / draped in cloak,...
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President Franklin D Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt on beach at summer retreat Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada
Indistinct shot / two shots of Pres. Franklin Roosevelt sitting next to First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt to his left talking to New Brunswick Premier Allison Dysart sitting on his right, Eleanor talking to another man / two closer shots of...
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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt on the beach at the family's summer retreat at Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada
Close shot of Eleanor Roosevelt talking to people out of frame
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor on beach with others on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada
Three shots of Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and other people on beach
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Washington charity fete for child welfare features gowns of First Ladies and British Queens
Title card: "Charity - History pageant aids child welfare" / An elevated shot of women in formal attire walking a platform runway in the ballroom of the Mayflower Hotel / Laura Wolcott Tuckerman as Queen Philippa; Mary Virginia Mallon as...
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NEW UN SESSION -
In New York, the new building for the United Nations General Assembly was used for the first time at the 7th Plenary Session. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or...
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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt holds flowers, waves and smiles at the doorway of an airplane.
First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt holds flowers, waves and smiles at the doorway of an airplane.
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During campaign tour, Pres. Franklin Roosevelt and James M. Cox speak from railcar
Franklin Roosevelt speaking from back platform of railcar, can see Eleanor Roosevelt behind him and men beside him including former Governor James M. Cox taking off hat / Cox speaking, heads of people gathered on ground in fg / Cox...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt delivers campaign speech in Buffalo, NY
Side view Pres. Franklin Roosevelt at podium behind microphones speaking, people seated behind him, shoulders in fg; man turns head looking into camera / Roosevelt speaking, building in bg, back of man's head in fg; he turns / crowd in...
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President and Mrs. Franklin Roosevelt welcome Gov. General of Canada and Lady Tweedsmuir at the White House
VS street scene official auto escorting Lord Tweedsmuir, Governor General of Canada who is to be a guest at the White House / MS Lord Tweedsmuir's auto arrives at the White House/ CU President Franklin D. Roosevelt holding the arm of...
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Luncheon at President Franklin Roosevelt's summer home on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada
People standing at tables on lawn dishing up plates at table / First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt standing at table with other people getting something to eat
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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the Roosevelt summer home on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada
Eleanor Roosevelt standing at table with other people at luncheon on lawn getting something to eat
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Former Pres. Truman returns to Washington DC to attend dinner honoring Sam Rayburn, Speaker of the House
Title Card: "Mr. Truman Returns to Washington" / Back shot of former US Pres. Harry Truman's feet walking along sidewalk / Back shot Truman's back as he walks along sidewalk flanked by two men /MS Truman and men crossing street / CU...
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US Elections:
At his country residence, Hyde Park, President Roosevelt works whilst voting takes place. The Roosevelt family vote at their local Polling Station. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions...
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MADAME CHIANG KAI SHEK -
China's First Lady visits Washington where she addresses the House of Representatives. Disclaimer: British Movietone is an historical collection. Any views and expressions within either the video or metadata of the collection are...
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Parade in Washington, DC, following Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's third inauguration
VS airplanes flying in formation over United States Capitol dome; cameraman / motorcade with motorcycles in formation on Pennsylvania Ave / Army trucks with anti-aircraft guns, tanks passing / VS on balcony: Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, VP...