Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Religious service on board HMS Prince of Wales during Atlantic Conference
British sailors pass stacks of small boxes to each other, on down a line / 8/9/41: QS British PM Winston Churchill and US President Franklin Roosevelt shake hands on board the USS Augusta // 8/10/41: British Naval white ensign flutters...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Roosevelt attends testimonial dinner for Postmaster General Farley in Washington, DC
Overhead shot of guests at dinner / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt sitting at banquet table (wearing black tie), Postmaster General James A. Farley to his left, officials standing behind them, other officials sitting at table in front of them...
Hearst Metrotone News
Allied Leaders meet during World War II.
Allied Leaders meet during World War II.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US farmers give their opinions of the Agricultural Adjustment Act
Title card: 'The Voice of Our Farmers' / newspaper story headline 'Roosevelt refuses to surrender' superimposed over EXT US Capitol / wipe / newspaper story 'New Bonus Plan to be Pushed At Once if Veto is Upheld' concerning Bonus...
Hearst Metrotone News
American citizens listen to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chat concerning America's banking system.
American citizens listen to U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chat concerning America's banking system.
Hearst Metrotone News
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's delivers his humorous Fala speech at a Teamsters Union banquet.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's delivers his humorous Fala speech at a Teamsters Union banquet.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Eleanor Roosevelt speaking in Washington, DC, on behalf of annual drive for National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis
Title card: 'Dime Plea - First Lady Urges Aid For Paralysis' / two shots of Eleanor Roosevelt, wife of President Franklin Roosevelt, sitting at desk in room in White House urging people to contribute to National Foundation for Infantile...
Hearst Metrotone News
In 1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his famous Day of Infamy speech before Congress.
In 1941 U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his famous Day of Infamy speech before Congress.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's first fireside chat urges confidence in banks
Title card: "Extra" / title card: "Roosevelt Plea Urges Faith in Banks" / title card: "In this important message the President explains action in crisis and asks you to have confidence in our banking system" / SOT Pres. Franklin...
Hearst Metrotone News
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Day Of Infamy speech on the destruction of Pearl Harbor.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his Day Of Infamy speech on the destruction of Pearl Harbor.
Hearst Metrotone News
Soldiers crowd into a landing craft on D-Day and land on Normandy beaches as the wounded are carried by their fellow soldiers.
Soldiers crowd into a landing craft on D-Day and land on Normandy beaches as the wounded are carried by their fellow soldiers.
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Joseph Stalin, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill meet at the Yalta Conference in 1945
[GHOC Episode L-06] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "Big Three Meet at Yalta" / Pan Black Sea shoreline to resort town of Yalta, where a conference to discuss post-World War II reorganization is to be held...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Crash Course Us History: The New Deal
In which John Green teaches you about the New Deal, which was President Franklin D. Roosevelt's plan to pull the United States out of the Great Depression of the 1930's. John will teach you about some of the most effective and some of...
Center For Civic Education
60 Second Civics: Role of President Pt. 12: Franklin D. Roosevelt
Franklin D. Roosevelt was a significant figure in strengthening the power of the presidential office. He guided the United States through the Depression Years and World War II. Two of the methods he used to garner support were his famous...
Ibis Communications
Eyewitness to History: The Funeral of Franklin Roosevelt, 1945
Students learn about the funeral of Franklin Roosevelt. The resource consists of an audio clip of Arthur Godfrey describing the funeral procession of Franklin Roosevelt.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Music, Radio and the Southern Union Movement
Interesting article and a picture gallery on the textile workers' strike in 1934. The 500,000 workers were brought together through radio and music. You can listen to some of this music as well as a FDR Fireside Chat.
Other
Reading Through History: History Brief: Eleanor Roosevelt
This video gives a brief description of Eleanor Roosevelt's time as First Lady of the United States of America. [3:41]
Other
Reading Through History: History Brief: The New Deal
Video provides a short introduction to Franklin Roosevelt's "New Deal" programs which he put in place after winning the presidency. [4:30]
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Strobe Talbott on the Beginning of the Cold War
Former Deputy Secretary of State Strobe Talbott discusses how the Cold War developed after post WWII peace summits and the strategic patience that stopped the expansion of Soviet communism. [6:36]