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A look back at President Franklin D Roosevelt's first year in office
LS-TILT UP elevated rear view of crowd in attendance in front of US Capitol bldg for the first inauguration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt / MCU Roosevelt at desk, addresses camera / MCU Roosevelt at desk, signs the Cullen-Harrison...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt speaks at campaign event at Chicago Stadium
President Franklin D. Roosevelt at podium, audience behind him applauding, maybe press people below stage; he waves; man pours glass of water at side of podium / same shot; people take their seats and Roosevelt begins speech saying he...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks at the Jackson Day dinner in Washington, DC
At the Mayflower Hotel during the Jackson Day dinner, Eleanor Roosevelt chats with Vice President John Nance Garner; Pres. Franklin Roosevelt motions for the attendees to sit / WS SOT Roosevelt, wearing pince nez: "in our nation today we...
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President Franklin Roosevelt and his family on beach at Roosevelt's summer retreat on Campobello Island in New Brunswick, Canada
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's mother Sara Delano Roosevelt sitting on beach with her grandson John and his wife Ann on her right, grandson James to her left, grandson Franklin, Jr., smoking behind his grandmother / two shots of Pres....
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Franklin Roosevelt and members of his administration
Title card: "Blue Eagle wings way over nation" / two-shot Franklin D. Roosevelt, wearing a light-colored hat, with Eleanor Roosevelt; cameras flash, both smile / General Hugh S. Johnson / VS Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins, wearing a...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt signs repeal of Prohibition
Title card: "News Flash!" / President Franklin D. Roosevelt at desk reviewing document / Roosevelt signing document and blotting his signature / CU bill to repeal Prohibition and signatures of Roosevelt, vice president/Senate president...
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Eventful 1945 sees the passing of President Roosevelt and unconditional surrender from the Germans
(Washington, DC 1/20/1945) LS White House with a few MPs guarding on snowy lawn / MS side view Pres. Franklin Roosevelt swears in on White House portico / rear WS large crowd / VS Roosevelt waves, son Elliot behind him smiling / MS...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt receives honorary law degree at Washington College in Chestertown, Maryland
Title card: "ROOSEVELT SPENDS DAY WITH FRIENDS!" / MLS yacht afloat / MS rear view of men boarding yacht / MS President Franklin D. Roosevelt (standing with hidden brace) shakes hands with man as First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and Maryland...
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Scenes from the first Birthday Balls for Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's birthday in Washington, DC and New York City, 1934
Title cards: "Roosevelt's happiest birthday" / Washington, DC: a pyramidal cake featuring the Presidential Seal stands on a table, with former First Lady Edith Wilson, second from Left, and current First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, second...
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Franklin D. Roosevelt campaigns in Ohio and New York State
[Dayton, OH, 1936] Eleanor Roosevelt on railcar back platform as she is handed up big bouquet / woman on ground among crowd handing up bouquet to Eleanor Roosevelt who reaches down and shakes hands, men behind her, policeman by car / VS...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt opens the Mark Twain Bridge in Hannibal, MO
Title card: "Mark Twain Bridge opened by President" / A riverboat cruises up the Mississippi River and three men cross an empty bridge / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, seated in his open limousine, cuts the ribbon / VS his motorcade crosses...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs one of the New Deal's historic programs
LS occupied floor of US Congress in session / MS good shot of U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt signing New Deal document, seated at desk with US flag behind / MS Americans walking on street outside Congressional building / CU FDR...
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Torch light parade for presidential candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt in Chicago, 1932
Title card: "Roosevelt For Action! - Chicago's rousing torch-light parade marked climax of country-wide tour" / NIGHT crowd with torches line street, lots of smoke / MS car with Franklin D. Roosevelt drives down street, Franklin...
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Animation showing how much taxes could be reduced by ending official corruption
Title card: "CUT TAXES BY ENDING CORRUPTION!" / ANIMATION starts with black screen with "INCREASE IN TAXATION" written at top, bar graph reveals gradually the rise in taxes from 1913 to 1933 by comparing tax rate percentages of national...
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1936 Easter festivities with Pres. Franklin Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt
Title card: "Roosevelt Goes Back to Work" superimposed over face of President Franklin Roosevelt / Easter, 4/12/1936: WS crowd with umbrellas outside St. Thomas Episcopal Church on Easter / police holding crowd back as car arriving /...
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After his 1953 death, a look at Joseph Stalin's tenure as leader of the Soviet Union
[GHOC Episode 0-07] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title: "Stalin Dies" with photo of Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin / [1930s, Moscow] VS Stalin / VS Soviet Army marches in Red Square; Stalin and officials on the Lenin...
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Canada mourns the death of longtime Prime Minister Mackenzie King
[GHOC Episode H-01] Greatest Headlines of the Century title sequence / Title card: "Canada Mourns Prime Minister" / [1948, Williamsburg, VA] VS Canadian PM Mackenzie King receives honorary degree at the College of William and Mary / VS...
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Winston Churchill attends church on Christmas Day with Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt during his 1941 visit to Washington, DC
[Probably Christmas Eve, 12/24/41] Lighted Christmas tree on the Ellipse, with White House South Portico in background / crowd on lawn outside South Portico / VS lighted tree at night // 12/25/41: VS photo opportunity under awning,...
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US President Harry Truman gives speech at the United Nations in NY City on the UN's 5th Anniversary
Title: 'Free World Hails UN 5th Year' superimposed over UN flag waving on flagpole / title card: 'Through the United Nations, which has overcome the challenge of Korea, the world has its only chance to overcome the challenge of The Bomb'...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers address at Gettysburg, PA
Title card; "Roosevelt's Gettysburg Address!" / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt standing at podium at Gettysburg National Cemetery / crowd gathered to hear speech / three shots of US military airplanes flying overhead / Roosevelt speaking /...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt dedicates George Rogers Clark monument
Pan of a vast crowd in Harrodsburg, KY / SOT Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, "We, pioneers of 1934, are come together today to honor the pioneers of a century and a half ago...mere survival calls for a new pioneering on our part..will give to...
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Franklin Roosevelt dedicates Warm Springs buildings
Title card: "Roosevelt Hails Model Warm Springs" / US Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives driving car at Warm Springs / Roosevelt speaking from car, man standing by car and man in wheelchair, microphones on tripods, people in bg /...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt with party at Artist Point, Yellowstone National Park
[Shaky footage] LS President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt viewing waterfall as they sit in car at Artist Point, Yellowstone Park / CU Roosevelt smiling; he is bundled up in an overcoat and brimmed hat / WS...
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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt returning from trip to West Indies arrives in Washington, DC
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 landing / Eleanor stepping out of hatch of seaplane...