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Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Governor of new Farm Credit Administration, talking to camera in Washington, DC
Title card: "Attention farmers! Meet Henry Morgenthau, Jr., Governor of new Farm Credit Administration" / two shots of Morgenthau sitting at desk talking to camera / Note: exact day not known
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Pres. Herbert Hoover speech in New York City; Bernard Baruch speech in Washington, DC
SOT Pres. Herbert Hoover, in white tie, speaks from the dais as he addresses the National Republican Club: "The problem before the world is to restore confidence and hope by the release of the strong, natural forces of recovery which are...
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Pathe News shows film of unemployed men put to work panning for gold to US Senate Committee in Washington, DC
Title card: "Pathe News' unemployed plan studied in Senate!" / title card: "Editor's note: Continuing our campaign to grubstake unemployed so that they can be put to work panning gold, we show Pathe News pictures of placer mining in a...
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President Franklin Roosevelt's Cabinet appointments include first woman to serve
Title card: "First Woman in Cabinet!" dissolve to title card: "Editor's Note: President Roosevelt's appointment of Miss Frances Perkins marks the first time American womanhood has received recognition in the Cabinet. And now meet our new...
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Miners unearth gold from the War Dance Shaft in Center City, Colorado
Title card: "GOLD, GOLD, YELLOW AND COLD!" / dissolve to title card: "Editor's note: Pathe News has waged for two years a campaign to grubstake the unemployed by putting them to work panning gold. The latest strike in Colorado proves...
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Work for food in Depression-era California
Title cards: "God helps those who help themselves" and "Editor's Note: Unemployment is a stark reality. We are all worrying and demanding an end to it. Let us show you California's self-aid plan giving food for pay to those willing to...
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US Gen. Pelham Glassford testifies before US Senate Committee in Washington, DC, on crisis of homeless boys
Title card: "Homeless boy crisis told to Senate Committee" / title card: "Editor's note: Inside halls of Congress we attend hearing on the Cutting bill authorizing $15,000,000 fund to help homeless boys, with General P. D. Glassford...
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Boston children sign up with the National Recovery Administration
Title card: "JUNIOR NRA ARMY FORMED IN BOSTON! Boys and Girls of Bay State enroll under the Blue Eagle" / CU child / MS group shot of children in front of National Recovery Administration banner / CU Leo Hines of West Roxbury, MA / CU...
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Former NY Gov. Al Smith urges support for Franklin Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration
Title card: "AL SMITH ASKS YOU TO SUPPORT NRA!" / MCU Former New York Governor Al Smith addresses camera; SOT Smith: encourages viewers to support Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt's National Recovery Administration / CU Smith / Note: exact...
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During Great Depression, farmers blockade road somewhere in US to prevent farm products from reaching market
Title card: "News Flashes!" / supporting idea of Farmers' Holiday, farmers blockade road and force approaching car pulling trailer to pull off road / two shots of same men taking containers off trailer and spilling milk from them on road...
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Closed businesses and empty gas stations during San Francisco longshoreman strike
Title card: "Frisco in Grip of Strike!" / MS street with no traffic, bldgs line both sides of street / another city street with only a few cars on it / another view of empty street / Shell gas station pumps and sandwich board type sign...
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Movement Leader Milo Reno explains causes and objectives of the National Farm Strike
Title card: "FARMERS EXPLAIN STRIKE! - Milo Reno, of Des Moines Ia., speaks as leader of movement" / CU Milo Reno, Farmers' Holiday Association, addresses camera / MS farmer husks corn / angled CU SOT farmer addresses camera / CU SOT...
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Business Advisory Council Chairman Gerard Swope
MS and CU Gerard Swope, chairman of the Business Advisory Council and president of General Electric, stands outdoors and speaks / Note: exact day not known
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Gen. Hugh Johnson, head of the National Recovery Administration
VS retired US Gen. Hugh Johnson, director of the National Recovery Administration, stands outside of airplane with the NRA eagle emblem and slogan "We Do Our Part" near its door; man and woman look out from the door; two microphones...
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Five governors of farm states present a farm program to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt in Washington, DC
Title card: "Success of NRA Lies in Unity!" / beauty shot US Capitol, framed by cherry blossoms ruffling in breeze / closer view Capitol dome / standing outdoors for photo opportunity, a group of five governors who've presented a farm...
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US farmers on strike due to economic conditions
Striking farmers run toward an approaching truck / men milling around near a couple of cars / farmers pour milk out of metal canisters as they stand on the back of a truck; other men look on / MS at a display of produce and price signs...
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Scores of men in a food line at a US mining settlement
High angle shot men serve other men in food line on street; long queue stretches behind / closer view men taking food from those serving it / VS QS man takes wrapped sandwich; large pot with liquid, maybe soup / slightly high angle shot...
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Miners cross picket line, throw rocks during 1933 PA wage strike
Title card: "Stones Fly in Miners Wage Strike" / miners carrying lunch pails walk across line of picketers, American flags / various shots miners walking by picketers, including women with open umbrellas for relief from sun, boy in fg /...
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Pennsylvania State Police restore order after milk strikes, 1933
Title card: "Nation Backs NRA Drive to End Strikes" / striking men in road blocking oncoming milk truck / men in back of truck pour out milk from cans / maybe striking dairy farmers milling around on road, cars on road and parked in bg /...
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Crowd greets Aimee McPherson at train station, 1930s
Title card: "Los Angeles Greets Aimee McPherson" / Evangelist Amy Semple McPherson with grandchild and bouquet in arms stands with others on rear platform of rail coach, greeting crowd gathered all around, some clapping / she stands...
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Attendees at London Economic Conference in 1933
Asst. US Secretary of State Raymond Moley speaks, with journalist Herbert Bayard Swope looking on / SOT Mole tells of gathering of nations at the London Economic Conference / Note: exact month/day not known
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Cleveland parade celebrates the National Recovery Administration
Quick title card: "NRA jubilee stirs Cleveland - Huge parade show city's response to President Roosevelt's appeal to bring recovery to the nation" / A parade with hundreds of participants and thousands of people watching from the...
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Anniversary Day is celebrated at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York City, as students celebrate the founding of Brooklyn Sunday Schools
Title card: "Brooklyn hails youth in Sunday School parade, ten thousand children gather in Prospect Park on anniversary of union" / A large crowd watches a marching band playing a John Philip Sousa march / VS a color guard, numerous...
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Mayor Fiorello La Guardia appeals to New Yorkers for help improving the local economy
Title card: "LA GUARDIA ASKS YOUR HELP IN FIGHT FOR ECONOMY!" / MCU SOT Fiorello La Guardia, Mayor, New York City re: need for public's help in his efforts to improve the economy in New York City during the Great Depression / Note: exact...