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Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks before outdoor audience while campaigning for the presidency
Title card: "Democrats Fire First Gun - Candidate Roosevelt criticizes Republican Administration and promises financial reform" / looking over audience heads at speaker's platform with Franklin D. Roosevelt / closer shot Roosevelt...
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Jobless Indianans grow their own food, 1932
Title card: "Indiana Jobless Raise Own Food in 25,000 Gardens - Unemployed in Gary cultivate plots to provide vegetables for their families" / men and women gardening among rows of vegetables / people picking corn / man tilling soil /...
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Bonus Army men on Capitol grounds, sleeping on steps, in Hooverville
VS Bonus Army men walking across Capitol grounds toward camera; they stop and sit down on grass; they wave hats, US Capitol building in bg / men gathered on lawn in front of Capitol / men standing and sitting in front of building / pan...
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New York Mayor Joseph V. McKee
Title card: "Personalities in the news! Meet Mayor McKee who is making New Yorkers forget Jimmy Walker" / SOT New York City Mayor Joseph McKee at his desk: "Due to the economic conditions that we are experiencing at the present time, it...
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US business is getting better due to "Buy Now" campaign
Title card: "Buy Now and Save Money! General Manager William Goldman of Stanley-Warner Theaters, Inc. sees campaign helping business and industry" / CU Goldman speaking on economy and employment and recovery / Note: exact day not known
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Camden, NJ, Mayor Roy Stewart encourages people to shop
Title card: "Secure Future! Mayor Roy Stewart of Camden makes appeal for 'Buy Now' Campaign" / CU Stewart speaking on "Buy Now" campaign helping the economy / Stewart is encouraging people to shop before prices rise / Note: exact day not...
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During Great Depression, US judge Ben Lindsey talks about young unemployed men wandering the country
Title card: "If this situation is true in your town write us, and we will work with you to correct it" / two shots of Judge Ben Lindsey sitting on swing on porch of house talking to camera, SOT youth wandering the country is the "wastage...
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US Secretary of Commerce Roy D. Chapin visits Baltimore, MD
Title card: "Thousands go back to work! Baltimore and Ohio re-employs 1800 for repair work alone" / A crowd of men walks through and arch: 'Baltimore and Ohio RR' / Several men working on a locomotive / Mechanic Thomas J. Carroll with a...
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Senator Key Pittman endorses Pathe News' unemployed mining plan
Title card: "Pittman Lauds Pathe News Mining Plan" / dissolve to intertitle: "Editor's Note: The Pathe News plan, proposed by Randolph Walker, to have the Government grubstake unemployed so they can earn a living by panning gold is now...
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Will Rogers at microphone in front of NRA banner
Title card: "WILL ROGERS HELPS NRA TO DE-CODE COMEDIANS!" / CU humorist Will Rogers speaks into microphones with NRA (National Recovery Administration) banner on wall behind him / Note: exact day not known
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New York City Red Cross Executive Director Robert Davis speaks about food and clothing distribution for the poor
Title card: "Red Cross Speeds Aid For New York - Maj. Gen. Robert C. Davis, Executive Director of N.Y. Chapter, explains plan using Government wheat and cotton" / SOT Davis speaks from desk on how wheat is being made into food and cotton...
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Federal Emergency Relief Administrator Harry Hopkins
CU Harry Hopkins, Federal Emergency Relief Administration head, speaks (no audio) / Note: exact day not known
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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...
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Cordell Hull and Jimmy Walker at economic conference at Geological Museum
US Secretary of State Cordell Hull steps to podium / former NY Mayor Jimmy Walker walks to seat, others in bg / Hull speaking with papers in hand, men seated behind, maybe microphone on stand / Walker seated at table writing, can see...
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Henry Morgenthau, Jr. explains Federal Farm Board loans
Title card: "How to get farm loans! Henry Morgenthau Jr, Governor of Credit Administration, tells where to obtain aid" / Morgenthau reads a statement while standing in front of American map, 'Where to file farm loan applications' / He...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt with Cordell Hull in Hyde Park after London Economic Conference
MCU President Franklin Roosevelt shakes hands with US Secretary of State Cordell Hull outside Roosevelt's home in Hyde Park; SOT Roosevelt praises Hull's representation of US at the World Economic Conference in London / MCU Hull responds...
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Chicago Teachers' strike
A 'toga' wearing man walks a street / Hundreds of people in summer attire march with placards: "Save our schools at any cost; The Laborer is worth of his hire; Children should not be punished for the errors of big business..." / Banner:...
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Secretary of the Treasury William Woodin with interim Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr.
CU Treasury Secretary William Woodin, who is going on medical leave, and Henry Morgenthau Jr., who will take over Woodin's duties, shaking hands / CU Morgenthau speaking / Note: exact day not known
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Author Upton Sinclair explains why he is running for governor in California
Title card: "Upton Sinclair to run for governor - Noted author explains what he hopes to accomplish if elected" / two shots of author Upton Sinclair sitting in chair speaking to camera, promising that if he is elected governor he will...
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During Great Depression, general counsel of National Recovery Administration Donald Richberg explains new NRA emblem
Donald Richberg sitting at desk next to poster on desk with NRA blue eagle emblem on it / closer shot of sign / Richberg speaking to camera / Note: exact day not known
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Republican National Committee Chairman Henry Fletcher discusses his party's plans
Title card: "New Chief Sounds G.O.P. Keynote! Henry P. Fletcher speaks as Chairman of National Committee" / CU Fletcher speaking / Note: exact day not known
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Speech by US Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr. on finances
Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau, Jr., wearing pince-nez and bow tie behind desk, looking down to refer to notes, SOTs speaking about New Deal and US finances / CU Morgenthau
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, Cary Grayson, and a nurse promote support for Red Cross, 1930's
American Red Cross Chairman Cary T. Grayson (retired US Navy Admiral) and a Red Cross nurse flank Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, who sits in front of a large model of a sailing ship; nurse pins a Red Cross pin on Roosevelt's lapel and he...
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President Franklin Roosevelt gives Mobilization for Human Needs speech at the White House
Title card: "MOBILIZE FOR HUMAN NEEDS!" superimposed over FADE IN to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt at podium / LS Roosevelt speaks from podium from White House portico, rear view of audience in chairs on lawn / MCU Roosevelt at podium / MS...