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During Great Depression, Chairman of Federal Home Loan Bank Board William Francis Stevenson speaks to camera about new home loan law
Title card: "What new home loan law means! Chairman Stevenson of Bank Board explains limits of bill signed by Roosevelt to help home owners" / Stevenson standing outside speaking to camera / Note: exact day not known
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Man-on-the-street opinions of new US President Franklin Roosevelt
Man standing outdoors talking to camera, praising new Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's efforts to bring nations together / man standing in front of building talking to camera / two shots woman sitting in chair next to woodpile talking to...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a fireside chat before leaving on vacation in 1934
Wearing a bow tie and pince nez, Pres. Franklin Roosevelt speaks to camera while seated at a desk; he removes his pince nez, continues to speak; microphone sits nearby
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt dedicates Shenandoah National Park, speaks at Monticello
Title card: "Roosevelt and Jefferson" / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's motorcade arrives at Big Meadows, VA with cars raising dust as a huge crowd watches / Roosevelt sits in the back of his car; an elderly man stands by / Expansive view of...
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Author Upton Sinclair speaks to camera in Pasadena while running for governor of California as Democratic candidate
Title card: "Upton Sinclair explains his 'epic plan'" / close shot of gubernatorial candidate Upton Sinclair standing outdoors speaking to camera explaining his plan to end unemployment in state and affirming his support of New Deal and...
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During Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Mobilization of Human Needs Conference
Title: "Be a good neighbor" / superimposed over Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt standing at podium getting ready to speak to the Mobilization of Human Needs Conference / wider shot of Roosevelt standing at podium on the South Portico of the...
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US and Soviet Union normalize relations
[Shaky footage at times] Title card: "What Russian Recognition Means to U.S." / SOT Soviet Commissar Maxim Litvinov saying happy to have normal relations with US after sixteen years / CU Ambassador William Bullitt / CU trade advisor...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt attends rowing race in which his son is an oarsman
Title card: "No New Deal For Harvard Against Yale! Roosevelt, '04 and J.P. Morgan, '89 see Crimson oarsmen, including the President's son, lose to Yale crews" / WS & MS "Referee" boat with President Franklin D. Roosevelt sitting in chair...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt throws out first pitch at Senators-Red Sox game at Griffith Stadium on opening day, 1934
[Intermittent shaky footage] Title card: "News Flashes!" / VS Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, seated in stands at Griffith Stadium, banters with men prior to the Washington Senators' home opener against the Boston Red Sox; man in hat at left...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt tours mountainous Montana, receives gifts from Blackfoot Indians
Title card: "Roosevelt Tours West - Thrilled by its Beauty" / [8/5/1934] Beauty shots: picturesque views of majestic mountains in Glacier National Park in Montana / Cars climbing a steep road / motorcade of open cars approaches / POV...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt at Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1934
Title card: "Roosevelt Inspecting Ft. Peck Dam" / Crowded sidewalks at business district; some buildings with false fronts / Numerous Blackfoot Indians wearing elaborate eagle-feathered headdresses and others face a train with Pres....
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During Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks to a group of farmers from the South Portico of the White House
Title card: "Roosevelt defense of AAA" / man standing on balcony of South Portico introducing Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, crowd below listening / Roosevelt waving at crowd / people in crowd waving hats, cheering / Roosevelt speaking in...
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During Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC, promotes "baby bonds"
Title card: "News flashes!" / Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt sitting at desk, Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., sitting on his right, Postmaster General James Farley sitting on his left; model ship on credenza behind / close shot...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt visits Boulder Dam for its dedication
Title: "Boulder Dam a Symbol - Roosevelt" over black screen then superimposed over WS of Boulder Dam (later renamed Hoover Dam) / Aerial of dam with lots of cars and people on it / SOT President Franklin Roosevelt speaking at microphone...
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Adjusted Compensation Payment Act for US veterans
EXT US Capitol bldg, traffic in foreground / INT US House of Representatives with Congress in session / VS sailors wave enthusiastically from departing ship with American flag / CU late Rep. James Gallivan (D-MA) talks while holding two...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt campaigns in Vincennes, IN and Dallas, TX
Title card: "Roosevelt Takes the Limelight" superimposed over Pres. Franklin Roosevelt speaking from platform / [Vincennes, IN, 6/14/1936] PAN of crowd of 30,000 where Roosevelt gives speech during the presidential campaign / Tilt down...
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From Washington, DC, Pres. Franklin Roosevelt gives signal to close sluices during opening of the Norris Dam
Title card: "News Flashes!" / Aerial people walking across top of Norris Dam / Pan across and down dam / VS CU water flowing and churning / MS water flowing through dam / CU President Franklin Roosevelt sitting at desk in DC hits button...
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McIntyre leaves to meet USS Potomac
Title card: "News Flashes!" / Marvin McIntyre, secretary to President Franklin Roosevelt, poses with and shakes hands with men as he boards seaplane to meet the President in the Bahamas / plane takes off / plane interiors / McIntyre...
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Arlington National Cemetery Memorial Day 1936
Crowd at Arlington National Cemetery's Memorial Amphitheater for Memorial Day observance / VS side view of President Franklin Roosevelt standing next to naval aide Captain Paul Bastedo (and holding his arm) / profile of Roosevelt /...
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1936 GOP & Democratic conventions
Title card: "Campaign Keynoters" / Views of the exterior of the Cleveland Public Auditorium, site of the Republican National Convention / raucous delegates inside / Sen. Frederick Steiwer of Oregon speaks (no audio) / Exterior of the...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt visits Mount Rushmore for unveiling of Thomas Jefferson carving
Title card: "ROOSEVELT TRIBUTE" superimposed over fade in to partially completed carving on Mt Rushmore / MS Pres. Franklin Roosevelt looks up at carving from inside open top car, sculptor Gutzon Borglum, who made the carving, stands...
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President Franklin Roosevelt takes oath of office at his inauguration in Washington, DC at start of his second term
Crowd gathered before inaugural stand in front of US Capitol, many holding umbrellas / Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes administering oath of office to Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt / shot from behind as Roosevelt recites oath of office...
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Some senators see Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's court-packing proposal as a threat to the Constitutional separation of powers
EXT Supreme Court Building in Washington, DC / CU frieze of the Supreme Court – "Equal Justice Under Law" / CU Pres. Franklin Roosevelt saying "We must act now" (no audio); he wears black tie / LS inaugural stand where Pres. Roosevelt...
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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...