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Sara Roosevelt, President Roosevelt's granddaughter, weds classical pianist Anthony Di Bonaventura
Title: "Cinderella in Reverse - Barber's Son Weds FDR's Granddaughter" superimposed over heart / MS crowds waiting on street in New York's East Side / Pan down people watching from fire escapes to crowd standing behind barricade / CUs...
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Dr. Jonas Salk announces results of polio vaccine tests at a University of Michigan press conference
Dr. Jonas Salk, standing at a podium at a press conference at the University of MI, SOT discusses the first phase of field tests and ongoing tests / cutaway audience / SOT head of the polio foundation Dr Basil O'Connor speaks at podium /...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's role in the fight against polio
[Shaky footage throughout] VS Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt at desk at the White House / SOT from 1/29/1944 Roosevelt radio speech: "On behalf of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis I with to express heartfelt thanks to all of...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt announces first drawn draft number to be called for selective service
CU Fingers open tiny draft capsule, hand taking out paper out of capsule / CU paper reads title "Paramount News: Conscription Lottery Voice: Gregory Abbott" / CU hand holding tiny capsule, capsule being pulled open, paper inside being...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt addresses remarks to new military conscripts selected under the selective service in Washington, DC
SOT Franklin D Roosevelt, President of the United States: "You have the confidence, and the gratitude, and the love of your countrymen. We are all with you in the task which enlists the service of all Americans - the task of keeping the...
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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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Gen. Dwight Eisenhower takes inactive status with the US Army
Title card: "Eyes on Ike - General Maps His Future Course" / General Dwight Eisenhower walking toward microphones and podium / CU Eisenhower smiling / General saluting superimposed over marching troops / World War II / Eisenhower in jeep...
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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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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt arrives in Washington, DC as she returns from trip to the West Indies
Title card: "First Lady flies home! Washington - Mrs. Roosevelt ends 10-day air trip to West Indies! President greets her at the station on their 29th wedding anniversary" / seaplane carrying Eleanor Roosevelt landing / Eleanor stepping...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt comments on military aid to democracies in his State of the Union Address
Title "On dictators' view of US action" superimposed over overhead shot of Congress in House Chamber listening / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt standing on rostrum, SOT saying the US will not be intimidated by dictators in giving aid to...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt asks Congress to approve foreign aid during his State of the Union Address to Congress
Title "On aid for democracies abroad [Britain, Greece, China]" superimposed over overhead shot of Congress in House Chamber applauding / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt standing on rostrum, SOT asking Congress for authority and funds to supply...
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In his State of the Union address. US Pres. Franklin Roosevelt comments on increased taxation to improve US national defense
Title "on increased taxation" superimposed over overhead shot of Congress in House Chamber applauding / SOT Pres. Franklin Roosevelt standing on rostrum, SOT saying he will ask for increase in taxation to pay for US defense program
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers State of the Union Address to Congress in Washington, DC
During his State of the Union Address, Pres. Franklin Roosevelt stands on rostrum in House Chamber speaking, SOT "Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety"; VO...
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Scenes from the 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, with Franklin Roosevelt, Will Rogers, Amos N Andy, and William McAdoo
Title card: "Gov. Roosevelt Rouses Democrats to Fighting Pitch!" / Title: card: "Editor's Note: Here are dramatic moments in Chicago which stirred nation and focused limelight on leading Democratic personalities in Presidential...
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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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Congressional Democrats join Pres. Franklin Roosevelt for a picnic at the Jefferson Islands, MD, 1937
Title card: "Congressmen 150 Strong at FDR Frolic" / congressional democrats boarding boat / Senators Burton Wheeler and William King signing in / Senators Henry Ashurst, William Gibbs McAdoo, Joseph O'Mahoney, and John Murdock pose for...
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Paramount News receives thanks from Pres. Franklin Roosevelt
Title card: "Thank You, Mr. President" / WS White House / VS letter on White House stationery from Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt to editor of Paramount News A. J. Richard on the occasion of the company's tenth anniversary / WS Roosevelt at...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt at the Bonneville Dam
Title card: "Bonneville Dam, Ore." superimposed over beauty shot of dam / large crowd applauds / various views of dam, including the Columbia River and construction activity atop dam / model of dam and surrounding area / crowd applauds /...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt joins the National Press Club
Title card: "F.D.R., Cub Reporter! Washington - Pres. Roosevelt accepts National Press Club honor at Silver Jubilee meeting - and tells 'inside' story of White House pay check" / president of the National Press Club, Raymond P. Brandt,...
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1937 Boy Scout jamboree
Title card: "26,000 Scouts in Final Show for President" / aerials of Washington, DC park / presidential motorcade drives past boy scout-filled streets / MPOV boys wave from curb / Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt waving his hat at crowd /...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt at Yellowstone National Park
Title card: "F D R gets to Pacific" / at Yellowstone National Park, friendly bears block the presidential motorcade / WS President Franklin D. Roosevelt / First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt with daughter Anna Roosevelt Boettiger / Roosevelt's...
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Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., and Ethel Du Pont are married
Roosevelt family - Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, and sons Elliot and John, posing for picture at wedding of Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., and Ethel Du Pont; the President holds the arm of son John and holds an...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt appears at the 1937 President's Cup Regatta; John Roosevelt plays softball
Title card: "With the Roosevelts" / WS area surrounding Potomac River and river with contestants for President's Cup Regatta / photographers on boat / President Franklin Roosevelt waves from the presidential yacht Potomac / boats on the...
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Arrivals at wedding Ethel du Pont and Franklin Roosevelt, Jr., in Delaware
Title card: "Roosevelt Jr Marries Miss Ethel Du Pont" / "Wilmington, DE" superimposed over WS Christ Episcopal Church steeple and trees where Franklin Roosevelt, Jr. will be married / long line of cars with wedding guests pass crowds of...