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Elliott Roosevelt looks through mail
A man in blue jeans and a cowboy hat hands Elliott Roosevelt a large sheaf of letters; he and his friend Ralph Hitchcock look them over; a closer view of Roosevelt / Note: exact month/day not known
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Portrait of Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, compiled after he was killed in attempt on life of President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt
Title card: "Special" / title card: "Cermak Chicago's martyred mayor" / title card: "Editor's note: Felled by madman's bullet which missed Roosevelt, the death of Mayor Cermak has shocked the nation, An intimate of the President-Elect,...
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Members of incoming US President Franklin D. Roosevelt's new cabinet
Title card: "New members of Roosevelt cabinet" / title card: "Editor's note: Joining the President's official family with Hull, Woodin and Farley, these Americans will be Roosevelt's advisers for the next four years, Here is the new...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt on boat somewhere off coast of US
Man sitting on dock fishing (might be Franklin Roosevelt), boy standing behind him // Roosevelt standing on a small boat as snow falls; men in rain/snow gear stand with him / boat sailing past and away / Note: exact year not known;...
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Political writer William Hard
William Hard discusses the new Franklin Roosevelt administration (no audio) / Note: exact month/day not known
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English bulldog "General Grant," a gift for the Roosevelt family, stops at Newark Airport
Title card: "News Flashes! First White House Pet for Roosevelt flies US" / VS Miss Jane Vance and a white bulldog, "General Grant," exit a United Airlines airplane at Newark Airport; the dog trots along, and she sits at airplane with the...
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Franklin Roosevelt yachts with friends weeks prior to taking oath of office
Title card: "ROOSEVELT RESTS! President-Elect cruises with close friends on Astor yacht" / MS President-Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt stands with group of men looking over side of yacht Nourmahal (later commissioned by the US military as...
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President-Elect Roosevelt's Treasury Secretary and Postmaster General
Title card: "Big Three in Roosevelt's Cabinet" / title clip: "William H. Woodin of New York, next Secretary of Treasury" / interview of Senator Woodin on appointment to President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt's cabinet / CU Woodin / title...
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President Franklin Roosevelt's Cabinet appointments include first woman to serve
Title card: "First Woman in Cabinet!" dissolve to title card: "Editor's Note: President Roosevelt's appointment of Miss Frances Perkins marks the first time American womanhood has received recognition in the Cabinet. And now meet our new...
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1933 world leaders
Title card: "World's Fate Depends on Five Men!" / Benito Mussolini and Italian officer talk among Italian military officers / CU Mussolini // British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald // Adolf Hitler, in car, returns Nazi salute from...
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Funeral for Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak, killed during attempted assassination of Franklin Roosevelt
Title card: "50,000 March For Cermak in Chicago Rites - Impressive tribute paid to martyred Mayor by city he loved so well" / funeral cortege led by hundreds carrying American flags / VS horse-drawn flag-draped caisson through streets...
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Franklin Roosevelt's bodyguards and security detail
Title card: "Human Wall Guards Life of Roosevelt! Solid line of bodyguards and police to protect President-Elect on all trips" / high angle shot large group of NYPD police officers / New York Police Commissioner Edward Mulrooney and...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt delivers State of the Union address before Joint Session of Congress
People stand behind a rope line dressed for the cold / VS Interior shots of Pres. Franklin Roosevelt at a podium in the House Chamber / Note: exact year not known; documentation incomplete
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Former NY Gov. Al Smith urges support for Franklin Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration
Title card: "AL SMITH ASKS YOU TO SUPPORT NRA!" / MCU Former New York Governor Al Smith addresses camera; SOT Smith: encourages viewers to support Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration / CU Smith / Note: exact...
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In raid on office of National Independent Party in Boston, police discover fake bombs
Sign painted on door of office saying "The National Independent Party" / pan across interior of office / three fake bombs on table addressed to former President Herbert Hoover, current President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and politician...
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Five governors of farm states present a farm program to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt in Washington, DC
Title card: "Success of NRA Lies in Unity!" / beauty shot US Capitol, framed by cherry blossoms ruffling in breeze / closer view Capitol dome / standing outdoors for photo opportunity, a group of five governors who've presented a farm...
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Workers build bleachers and stage for Franklin D. Roosevelt's first inauguration
Title card: "News Flashes! Washington prepares for Inauguration of Roosevelt" / pan rows and rows of wooden frames in front of Capital / workmen handle lumber / worker and men in business suits look over blueprints under scaffolding / MS...
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US Navy ship "Houston," the ship that will carry President Franklin Roosevelt on his vacation
Two shots of USS Houston sitting at dock / shot of desk in room / shot of bed in bedroom / chair and lamp next to bookshelf filled with books / chair next to radio / books on shelves / close shot of books / ship sitting at dock / Note:...
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Boy fisherman shows off prize catch he plans to send to President Franklin Roosevelt
MLS 11-year-old Harland Wagenfeit casts his line while fishing from dock, reels in a fish / MCU fish splashes around on end of line as he's pulled to the surface / MWS Harland pulls fishing line in as man scoops fish up with net,...
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Mourners file by Henry Rainey's coffin; Pres. Franklin Roosevelt arrives
Title card: "Nation's Tribute to Rainey" / maybe Carrollton courthouse with front draped with bunting, crowd outside, American flags at half-mast / CU clock tower, flag and statue, tree branches on side / inside mourners file by open...
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Reporter George Homes outside White House
MCU George R. Homes, Washington correspondent, speaking outside the White House after advisors meet with President Franklin Roosevelt about the National Recovery Administration
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Advisors to President Franklin D. Roosevelt confer with President in Washington, DC, on plans for National Recovery Administration
Two shots of advisors standing on steps of White House posing for photo opportunity after conferring with President / closer shot of three advisors, from left to right Senator Joe T. Robinson, Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings and...
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Roosevelt delivers the State of the Union address in 1936
President Franklin Roosevelt at podium before joint session of Congress. with President giving his annual message; NBC and CBS microphones stand nearby; cutaways applauding Congressmen / speech ends, Roosevelt uses a cane to move away...
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Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt at opening of Maryland's new swing span Emerson C. Harrington Bridge
Title card: "Maryland's New Span Opened"/ MS cars and people on new Emerson C Harrington swing span bridge that has bunting draped on it / MS Governor Harry Nice and two little girls, Mary Noble and Barbara Sherman, cut ribbon / Nice...