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Edward Armstrong with seadrome model, details pointed out
MS inventor Edward Armstrong standing beside another man behind model of his seadrome for the Trans-Atlantic Airway Service, map behind them / CU seadrome model as hand with pen points out details / CU pen pointing to details / model and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pennsylvania Railroad plans for extensive railroad work with Public Works Administration loan
Title card: "Railroad work adds 25,000 jobs! President Atterbury of Pennsylvania Railroad, explains how 77 million dollars from PWA will be spent" / SOT William Wallace Atterbury, holding a lit cigarette in a holder, talks about his plan...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
During Great Depression unemployed men work on CWA project creating Ravine State Gardens in Palatka, FL
Two shots of men carrying shovels moving forward in line / men carrying shovels walking in line down slope / overhead shot of men digging among trees / overhead shot of men standing next to body of water / four shots of men planting...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
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...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
During Great Depression, members of Ohio National Guard arrive in Youngstown, OH, to maintain order in strike by steelworkers
Title "Keep peace in labor crisis - Youngstown, O." superimposed over shot from moving camera of National Guardsmen marching in formation down street towards camera / two shots of Guardsmen getting off train / Guardsmen marching away...
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During Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers "fireside chat" radio broadcast from White House in Washington, DC
Title card: "Spending - FDR asks more relief billions" / two shots of Pres. Franklin Roosevelt sitting at desk speaking to camera, saying that democracies have disappeared throughout world because of weak government action in solving...
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Canadian Prime Minister R. B. Bennett speaks on ship headed for Canada
Title card: "Premier Bennett of Canada: Southampton, Eng.-- Premier R. B. Bennett of Canada sails from Southampton for home after visit to England. (Late Dec 1932)" / Prime Minister Richard Bennett on ship deck speaking with ship captain...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt and Rex Tugwell arrive to tour Greenbelt, MD, a government Resettlement Administration town
Title card: "News Flashes!" / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's motorcade preceded by policeman on motorcycle drives toward camera, people on side of road wave / MS Packard car with Roosevelt and Resettlement Administrator Rexford Tugwell...
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Postmaster General Jim Farley speaks about Postal Service plans
CU Postmaster General Jim Farley / Farley sitting behind desk in office; SOT he begins speaking about strides made by Postal Service including expanding airmail service across Atlantic Ocean / Note: exact day not known
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Secretary of State Cordell Hull speaking about peace and prosperity
CU Secretary of State Cordell Hull SOT saying economic prosperity and world peace interrelated / Note: exact day not known
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During Great Depression, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt explains and signs Social Security Act
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt sitting at small table signing Social Security Act, Congressmen standing around him / SOT Roosevelt speaking about bill before signing / closer shot of Roosevelt continuing so speak, then signing bill
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Social Security Act during the Great Depression
Title card: "Paramount News Special!" / title card: "FDR signs security bill" / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, sitting at small table, signs act, with congressmen standing around him looking on / two shots of SOT Roosevelt speaking,...
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Migrant workers in California
Title card: "Nomads - U.S. Faces Problem of Migrant Workers" / car loaded with mattresses, sacks, and furniture on highway / second car with sacks and furniture in trailer on highway / migrant worker camp / children sitting in makeshift...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
During Great Depression, Georgia Governor Eugene Talmadge speaks out against New Deal in Macon, GA
[Shaky footage throughout] Two shots of Georgia Gov. Eugene Talmadge standing on stage, VO cheers and applause; SOTs "...the federal government is working consistently to tear down states' rights. If the present program is continued for...
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Gun-toting soldiers wearing gas masks burn Bonus Army shanties in Washington, D.C.
Gun-toting soldiers wearing gas masks burn Bonus Army shanties in Washington, D.C.
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Head of AFL proposes gold mining for unemployed
[Audio not synchronized] Title card: "Editor's note: President William Green of the American Federation of Labor urges Pathe News grubstakes plan, originated by Randolph Walker, to put thousands more to work" / VS SOTs Green supports the...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
During Great Depression, President of American Federation of Labor William Green speaks to Congressional Committee in Washington, DC
Title card: "President Green speaks for the American Federation of Labor" / American Federation of Labor Pres. William Green, standing at table where members of Congressional Committee are sitting, speaks to Committee, US Senator David...
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Bonus Army members on Capitol steps and grounds
PAN Bonus Army members covering US Capitol steps waiting for Senate vote results / PAN men by cars, man with camera stands on car roof; men walking behind cars on grounds including small group of black veterans, people in bg, can see...
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Dust Bowl in Texas
Title card: "Dust more dust" / three shots in dust storm of dust-covered fields / farmhouse surrounded by dust-covered field / shed with dust piled up against it / WS man running across dust-covered field in dust storm / man coming out...
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Bonus Army leader Waters speaks to members
Walter Waters speaks forcefully with arm raised amid Bonus Army group on US Capitol grounds; people clap / quick shot tree branches / group waving to camera, some with hats, Waters in center speaking / Note: exact day not known
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Citizens clamor to reclaim their savings after the 1929 stock market crash.
Citizens clamor to reclaim their savings after the 1929 stock market crash.
Curated Video
How Violet T. Lewis Started A College With Just A $50 Loan
Violet T. Lewis bought several used typewriters, and started the Lewis Business College in Indiana in the midst of the Great Depression.
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Unemployed workers accept charity during the Great Depression.
Unemployed workers accept charity during the Great Depression.
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Scraps of paper cover the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the 1929 crash of the stock market.
Scraps of paper cover the floor of the New York Stock Exchange after the 1929 crash of the stock market.