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Pres. Dwight Eisenhower vows to end segregation in the federal government and military during his 1953 State of the Union address
VS President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers State of The Union address from podium in the well of the US House of Representatives chamber; behind him sit Vice President Richard Nixon and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA);...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
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...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Secretary of State Cordell Hull defends trade agreement at Congressional hearing
VS meeting of the US House Ways and Means Committee / CU SOTs US Secretary of State Cordell Hull, wearing pince nez, reading statement on international trade agreements / Note: film has nitrate deterioration
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US Congressional hearings: Senate holds hearings on plane contracts and House holds hearings on Communist influences in Hollywood
Page in Paramount News synopsis book reading "Washington hearings hold headlines" / sign over door saying "Caucus Room" / members of Senate committee inside room / close shot of Senator Owen Brewster / business magnate Howard Hughes...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Franklin D. Roosevelt comments on national defense readiness in his State of the Union Address to Congress
Title "On US defense problems" superimposed over overhead shot of Congress in House Chamber applauding / close shot of Pres. Franklin Roosevelt standing on rostrum in House Chamber, SOT saying he is not satisfied with progress made so...
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US Capitol
US Capitol on a bright sunny day from US House of Representatives side. Dome NOT under restoration - exteriors
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Immigration Reform - Speaker Boeher
Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives John Boehner says the House will write its own immigration reform bills no matter how the Senate votes (They passed the bill overwhelmingly) Immigration Reform - Speaker Boeher at US Capitol -...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Repeal of Prohibition fails in the US House of Representatives
Title card: "Congress in Action! Here is dramatic scene when repeal revolution was broken" / VS the House of Representatives chamber with hundreds of men / VS the Speaker of the House greets another; and the session is gaveled, the men...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
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...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US House Majority Leader Charles A. Halleck speaking to people in Rensselaer, IN, about farming issues
Title card: "Farm program - A message from Rep. Charles A Halleck" / downtown street in Rensselaer / sign on train station / shot of exterior of Halleck's home / mailman walks up to front porch and hands Halleck his mail as he comes down...
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83rd Congress adjourns and Pres. Eisenhower takes vacation in Colorado
Title: "Focus on Washington And The President" superimposed over the US Capitol: CU dome / VS CU Richard Nixon, US Vice President, signing bills / CU signing / MS pose L to R: Sen. William F. Knowland, R-CA and Senate Majority Leader;...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
US House of Representatives floor during joint session
VS floor of the US House of Representatives with Congressmen gathered for speech of Mexican president Miguel Aleman Valdes / procession down center aisle
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Platinum medal for 200th birthday of Washington
Title card: "First Washington Bicentennial Medal Struck at Mint - Representative Sol Bloom supervises making of platinum token for President in Philadelphia" / SOT Bloom says that medal is first in platinum made in US, woman and man...
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Will Rogers and US House Speaker John Nance Garner talk and laugh together
Title card: "Will Rogers Sets Congress Right On Wrong Questions - Noted humorist discusses vital subjects with Speaker Garner on visit to Washington" / VA Humorist Will Rogers (on right) and Speaker of the US House of Representatives...
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US Navy Commander William Martin testifies before the House Armed Services Committee
MS Commander William Martin, seated at table before the House Armed Services Committee, SOT testifies about the need for precision in dropping atom bombs, despite popular opinion that accuracy is not necessary due to the bomb's...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Congressman Fiorello La Guardia speaks during campaign for Mayor of New York City
Title card: "LA GUARDIA SPEAKS FOR FUSION RULE!" / CU SOT Rep. Fiorello La Guardia (R-NY) addresses camera while campaigning for New York City Mayor, discussing the possibility and effects of city bankruptcy appealing to citizens "with...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Dwight Eisenhower begins his first State of the Union Address
Pres. Dwight D. Eisenhower entering House Chamber and being greeted by members of Congress; he steps onto rostrum and acknowledges applause of members, pan across members applauding / members on their feet applauding / members rising to...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Dwight Eisenhower delivering his first State of Union Address to Joint Session of Congress in Washington, DC
High angle EWS House of Representatives chamber, with Pres. Dwight Eisenhower at podium in center bg, delivering his State of the Union address / VS First Lady Mamie Eisenhower and others in gallery / seated members of Congress rise from...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
President Dwight Eisenhower speaks on defending civil rights and fighting discrimination in 1953 State of the Union address
VS President Dwight D. Eisenhower delivers State of The Union address from podium in the well of the US House of Representatives chamber; behind him sit Vice President Richard Nixon and Speaker of the House Joseph W. Martin, Jr. (R-MA);...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's State of the Union Speech, 1934
Atop the rostrum, VP John Nance Garner at left / Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt reads his speech (no audio) to a joint session of Congress; VS cutaways to shots of the gallery and members on the floor
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Joint session of US Congress; Franklin Roosevelt and his Cabinet
(No audio) Title card: "Congress convenes! Will Support Roosevelt" / VS the US Capitol Dome seen through bare branches in the snow / The House chamber filled with Representatives and Senators / seated Franklin Roosevelt speaks from...
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House Speaker Henry Rainey calls the US House of Representatives to order
Speaker of the House Henry Rainey calling United States House of Representatives to order / interiors of the House chamber / United States Capitol / United States flag superimposed over face of President Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt attends funeral for Speaker of the House Jo Byrns of Tennessee
MLS low angle view of US Capitol dome with American flag flying at half staff / MLS flag-draped coffin carrying body of Rep. Joseph W. Byrns Sr. (D-TN), Speaker of the US House of Representatives, is carried down steps of Capitol / MLS...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
British PM Clement Attlee concludes speech to US Congress and receives standing ovation
MLS well of the House of Representatives chamber as British Prime Minister Clement Attlee speaks with House Speaker Sam Rayburn before returning to podium with Rayburn and VP Alben Barkley looking on / VS high angle shots of the floor of...