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Senate defense spending committee hears testimony from Howard Hughes
MS defense contractor Howard Hughes and attorney Thomas Black sit at table before the Senate Special Committee to Investigate the National Defense Program, a/k/a the "Truman Committee"; Black speaks into Hughes's ear; still photographers...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt praises AR Sen. Joseph Robinson during speech in Little Rock
MS SOT Pres. Franklin Roosevelt standing at podium on platform speaking, holding on to the platform with his right hand, praising Arkansas Senator Joseph T. Robinson; Roosevelt sips from a cup of water / VIPs in crowd listening / WS...
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Sen. Royal S. Copeland (D-NY)
Title card: "Dr. Royal S. Copeland US Senator and former health commissioner of New York disagrees - Washington DC" / Copeland, seated indoors, speaking from paper in hand refuting claims about alcohol consumption / CU Copeland / Note:...
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Maine's Republican US Senator Frederick Hale
MCU US Senator Frederick Hale (R-ME) speaks as he stands outdoors / Note: exact day not known
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Royal S. Copeland, Jr, son of US Sen. Royal S. Copeland, gets married to Virginia May Duryee in Suffern, NY
Title card: "Three hundred guests attend wedding of United States Senator's son and Virginia May Duryee at Christ Church" / shot of bell tower of church, sound of bell ringing / guest gathered in front of church / bride getting out of...
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Senate candidate Bennett Champ Clark supports Democratic platform
Title card: "Colonel Clark Asks You to Support Him - St. James - Democratic candidate for US Senate campaigns for election" / CU SOT Bennett Champ Clark speaking, saying the burden of taxation has become intolerable and Democratic Party...
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Bennett Champ Clark campaigns for senator
Title card: "Col. Clark Stirs Voters - Democratic candidate for U S Senator from Missouri speaks at St. James" / SOT Bennett Champ Clark speaks to group of voters / Clark wants to abolish Farm Board / after speech people promise to "vote...
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During Great Depression, Labor Secretary Frances Perkins testifies before Congressional Committee in Washington, DC
Title card: "First madam secretary pleads for labor army!" / title card: "Editor's note: For first time in history, a woman Cabinet officer speaks for the Government at a Congressional Hearing. These intimate glimpses show Miss Frances...
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Adjusted Compensation Payment Act for US veterans
EXT US Capitol bldg, traffic in foreground / INT US House of Representatives with Congress in session / VS sailors wave enthusiastically from departing ship with American flag / CU late Rep. James Gallivan (D-MA) talks while holding two...
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1936 GOP & Democratic conventions
Title card: "Campaign Keynoters" / Views of the exterior of the Cleveland Public Auditorium, site of the Republican National Convention / raucous delegates inside / Sen. Frederick Steiwer of Oregon speaks (no audio) / Exterior of the...
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Dwight Eisenhower speaks to Republican delegates at his farm in Gettysburg, PA
With cigarette smoke wafting over the scene, Republican Party candidate for the presidency Dwight Eisenhower and Governor John Fine step onto a porch and people applaud / SOT Eisenhower explains his situation and lauds Sen. James Duff in...
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Republican presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower at his farm in Gettysburg, PA
Republican presidential candidate Dwight D. Eisenhower stands in a convertible Cadillac as it drives on a gravel driveway with a barn at right / VS he doffs his hat; walks with Governor John Fine and Senator James Duff; he steps forward...
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Funeral service for US Senator Robert A. Taft in Cincinnati, OH
Title card: "World News" / title: "Hometown pays tribute to Sen. Taft" superimposed over men carrying Sen. Robert Taft's coffin past camera / two shots on roof of building and other buildings in background, US flag on roof at half mast /...
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Commission formed to study censure of Sen. Joseph McCarthy
From left (seated): Senator Arthur Watkins (R) of Utah; Vice-President Richard Nixon and Senator Edwin Johnson (D) of Colorado. Standing: from left; Senator Francis Case (R) of South Dakota; Senator Frank Carlson (R) of Kansas; Senator...
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The Senate investigating Subcommittee decides to probe the charges and counter-charges between Sen. Joseph McCarthy and the Army
Title Card: "McCarthy and the Army - Committee Votes to Probe Charges" / Rear view of press and Hugo Johnson, Paramount cameraman, piling into hearing / CU press in front table seated with officials inside committee meeting / CU WI Sen....
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Arizona Senator Ernest McFarland reports on accomplishments of the 82nd US Congress
Title Card: "82nd Congress Adjourns - A Report on Its Accomplishments" superimposed over Capitol Hill Building seen thru trees / MS Sen. Ernest McFarland, D-AZ and Senate Majority Leader, walks out of building to microphone accompanied...
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US Senate votes to censure Joseph McCarthy on 12/2/1954 for his conduct to subcommittee investigating his financial affairs
Title card: "Senate Votes to Condemn McCarthy" / VS line of people waiting to get into Senate chamber / unid man and Sen. Joseph McCarthy with arm in sling walks down hallway after censure / MS side view McCarthy / McCarthy walking...
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Dwight D. Eisenhower wins the 1952 presidential nomination at the Republican convention in Chicago
VS Sen. Robert Taft and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower arm in arm, working their way through a crowd of excited delegates; they stop and talk to three correspondents' microphones (one is NBC) / VS CU the expressionless men; they shake hands / An...
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President-elect Dwight Eisenhower meets Sen. Robert Taft and other Senate leaders and poses for Christmas photos with his family
Title "Eisenhower Busy Days Before the Inauguration" superimposed over President-Elect Dwight Eisenhower at luncheon with Republican Senate leaders at Hotel Commodore / CU Eisenhower and Sen. Robert Taft of Ohio who is slated to be...
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Senate subcommittee hearing on possible Russian spy Harry Dexter White
Title card: "A Factual Report-The white Case-Political Story of the Hour" / former president Harry Truman enters room for press conference, reporters and photographers surround desk; he sits at desk behind microphones / Truman behind...
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Dedication of terminal; William Benton, John Davis Lodge, Frank Murphy, Edward Allen present
Title "Bradley Field, Conn. - Dedicate New Terminal Building" superimposed over aerial airport / terminal building, people in front behind railing with bunting, can see parking deck beneath / looking up at terminal with dedication...
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Sen. William F. Knowland touts Republican Party accomplishments
Title "First Session 83rd Congress - A Report by Sen. William F. Knowland" superimposed over street with US Capitol in bg / Capitol dome / Knowland walking down corridor to camera / CU door with number 215 and name plate "Mr. Knowland...
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Army-McCarthy hearing before the US Senate Subcommittee on Investigations
Title: "Army-McCarthy - The Curtain Falls" superimposed over floor of United States Senate's Subcommittee on Investigations / congressional hearings on United States Army and Senator Joseph McCarthy controversy / CU McCarthy testifying /...
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Bipartisan congressional leaders are briefed on Indochina prior to Eisenhower and Churchill meeting in Washington DC in June of 1954
Title card: "Churchill, Eisenhower--Big Two Meeting in Washington" / aerial Washington DC and Capitol / spinning globe / high angle British Prime Minister Winston Churchill and US President Dwight Eisenhower walk up to each other on...