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During Great Depression, jobless veterans arrive in Washington, DC, to demand immediate cash payment of their service certificates
Title card: "Jobless veterans swell Bonus Army seeking payment - Groups from all sections assemble for free transportation under eyes of police" / pan across large crowd of veterans / veterans walking through crowd / two shots of...
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Philadelphia mayor inaugurates business assistance program in 1932
Title card: "Philadelphia helps prosperity campaign - Mayor Moore and prominent motion picture executives inaugurate move to business" / Mayor Joseph Hampton Moore stands with a group of men; he speaks with a man in a light-colored suit...
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Politician speaks vehemently in early-1930s Washington, DC
MS and CU headshot man in dark suit speaks in front of black curtain, speaking vehemently; he might be criticizing Pres. Herbert Hoover's plan to fight deflation / Note: exact year not known; documentation incomplete
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Standing outdoors, US Treasury official Ogden L. Mills reads a statement
[NO AUDIO - FOR AUDIO OF THIS STATEMENT, SEE SR003979_01_03 AND/OR SR003979-01_04] CU head shot US Treasury official Ogden L. Mills, standing outdoors, reads from a document; he finishes, moves away / Note: exact year not known;...
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Audio of US Treasury official Ogden L. Mills' statement about Pres. Herbert Hoover's plan to aid the economy
[AUDIO ONLY/VIDEO AVAILABLE ON SR003979_01_01 AND/OR SR003979_01_02] VO US Treasury official Ogden L. Mills reads statement concerning Pres. Herbert Hoover's plan; mentions hoarding of money; credit; "this is deflation"; two-part program...
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During Great Depression NY Governor Franklin Roosevelt and Massachusetts Governor Joseph Ely in discuss aid for jobless
Title card: "Roosevelt and Ely discuss plan to aid unemployed - Governor of New York and Governor of Massachusetts get together on relief for jobless" / NY Gov. Franklin Roosevelt on left and MA Gov. Joseph Ely on right sitting on swing...
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Owen Young supports Herbert Hoover's temporary moratorium for German for war debt reparations
Title card: "Owen D. Young lauds Hoover plan on reparations. International financial expert favors proposed delay in war debt payments"/ SOT industrialist Young; he approves Pres. Herbert Hoover's plan to propose a one-year moratorium on...
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Men building a shack near a group of high-rises
Side view MS man in an undershirt lathering up shaving cream on his face while standing outside of the framework of a shed or small building; he leans over and plays martial music on a Victrola / one man hammers nails into building...
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Farmers in Iowa and miners in Illinois organize and picket their places of employment
Title card: "FARM STRIKERS TIGHTEN GRIP IN PRICE WAR! Unrest spreads from Council Bluffs, Ia where mob forced release of jailed pickets" / WS crowd lining street in Toller Fruit Co. bldg/ VS truck with farmers in in the back pulls up to...
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Australian delegate to the British Empire Economic Conference in Ottawa Stanley Bruce, former Australian Prime Minister
Title card: "Australian spokesman at Ottawa Talks on Empire trade pact - Former Premier Stanley Bruce holds conference sets example to world" / Bruce speaking to camera / Note: exact day not known
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US Vice President Charles Curtis speaks on farm relief
Title card: "Curtis Speaks on Farm Relief - Vice-President gives Republican views at rally in Fogelsville, Pa." / standing ovation and cheering / vice president Charles Curtis at podium behind microphones giving speech / Curtis reads...
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Roosevelt and Hoover speak on helping jobless
Title card: "Candidates Present U S Relief Plans - Gov. Roosevelt outlines Democratic policy to solve railroad problems" / [Salt Lake City, UT] New York Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt at podium at a Mormon Temple, behind microphones, men in...
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Mayor J. Hampton Moore of Philadelphia says 'Buy Now!'
Title card, "Buy Now! Mayor J. Hampton Moore urges public to join campaign now on" / SOT Philadelphia Mayor J. Hampton Moore says to buy things now to help the economy and workers / Note: exact day not known
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Women's Clubs president encourages people to "Buy Now"
Title card: "Aid Jobless! Mrs. Gustav Ketterer, President of Philadelphia Federation of Women's Clubs asks all to 'Buy Now'" / CU Lillian Ketterer on "Buy Now" campaign started by Philadelphia mayor / Ketterer is encouraging people to...
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Former Pres. Calvin Coolidge stumps for Herbert Hoover at New York's Madison Square Garden
Quick title card: "Coolidge back in politics! Returning to public life with stirring plea for Hoover, he may 'choose to run' in 1936" / VS shots of the packed arena / former Pres. Calvin Coolidge, wearing round eyeglasses and standing...
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Franklin Roosevelt campaigns, touring cities, speaking, and riding in parades
Title card: "Presidential Candidates in Final Drive - Gov. Roosevelt swings through Midwest and South in whirlwind campaign tour" / speakers' platform festooned with flag decorations, man at podium maybe in Pittsburgh / NY Gov. Franklin...
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Democratic Senate nominee William Dieterich speaks in support of Franklin Roosevelt
Title card: "Dieterich Asks Your Aid to Put Him in Senate - Chicago, Ill. - Congressman, now Democratic nominee for US Senate, pledges action" / various shots CU SOT Rep. William Dieterich speaking saying people have lost control of...
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New York socialite Kim Moran feeds and shoes needy children
Title card: "SOCIETY SAMARITANS! Mrs. Kim Moran and other prominent New Yorkers aid poor children" / EXT bldg with sign, "KIM MORAN'S CHILDREN'S AID AND KITCHEN" with crowd of children and adults waiting on sidewalk / MCU section of...
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Court fines paid with food delivered and picked up in street
Title card: "Food For Jobless - Omaha, Neb.- Citizens pay grub fines in street court to help needy" / men wearing aprons sit at table as people place crop foods on tables in street, policeman and others behind / people in street, food...
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Court fines paid with food delivered and picked up in street
Title card: "Food For Jobless - Omaha, Neb. - Citizens pay grub fines in street court to help needy" / men wearing aprons sit at table as people place crop foods on tables in street, policeman and others behind / people in street, food...