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B/W 1930s AERIAL men building dam / Tennessee River Valley
B/W 1930s AERIAL men building dam / Tennessee River Valley
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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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George Medalie campaigns against New Deal
Title card: "Medalie Asks Your Support for Election - Republican candidate for U S Senator makes plea in campaign climax" / George Z. Medalie, New York Republican senatorial candidate, talks about Democratic party promises / CU Medalie /...
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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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National Recovery Administration signs and posters identify a New Deal government program.
National Recovery Administration signs and posters identify a New Deal government program.
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New Deal panning for gold in Colorado
Two workers with one holding metal rod and the other hitting the end of it with a sledgehammer / Three men examine ore with close-up of it with a man's hand tracing a vein of gold running through it / A large group of people watch as a...
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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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US Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace
CU Secretary of Agriculture Henry Wallace speaks / Note: exact day not known
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Animated short illustrates Franklin Roosevelt's plan to offset financial losses to farmers and consumers
Title card: "THE NEW ROOSEVELT DOLLAR" / ANIMATION featuring dollar bills and various coins, shows how the "Roosevelt dollar" has only 13.93 grains of gold, compared to 23.22 grains previously / bar graph animation shows government...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's first fireside chat urges confidence in banks and lists steps taken to ease fear
SOT Pres. Franklin Roosevelt sitting at desk speaking outlining steps to restore banking system during banking holiday, allowing federal reserve banks to issue additional currency backed by good assets, that hoarding makes no profit;...
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First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt tours Tygart Valley Homesteads near Elkins, WV in 1937
Title card: "First Lady Tours Homestead with Richest Girl" / First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt exits house, children and three adults stand outside, she is followed by billionaire tobacco heiress Doris Duke Cromwell and other people / MS...
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Men give positive opinions on new administration
Title card: "What Do You Think of New Administration?" fade to title card: "Editor's Note - The success of the new deal depends on the support of the American people. Here is what the Man on the Street thinks" / Stuyvesant Wright of...
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Workers prepare military bonus bond checks for distribution
Title card : "Paying the Bonus" over black, then superimposed of women at table stacking papers / MS EXT Veterans Administration with cars parked out front / CU plaque that reads "Veterans Administration" / MS roomful of female and male...
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President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt and his cabinet
WS newly elected President Franklin Delano Roosevelt with his cabinet, seated left to right: US Secretary of War George Dern, Secretary of State Cordell Hull, Roosevelt, Treasury Secretary William H. Woodin, US Attorney General Homer...
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Flushing, Queens hosts National Recovery Administration parade
Title card: "FLUSHING PARADES FOR NRA!" / VS Goodyear blimp "Resolute" flies above homes in Flushing, Queens, New York City / VS blimp touches down in field, people running around underneath / MS Miss NRA Elsie Ford exits cabin / VS Miss...
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National Recovery Administration head Hugh S. Johnson speaks at Chicago World's Fair
Title card: "Johnson praises New Deal" / aerial shot of World's Fair / crowd at World's Fair / retired Gen. Hugh S. Johnson, head of the National Recovery Administration, walking with security guards and other officials towards podium /...
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Author Upton Sinclair speaks to camera in Pasadena while running for governor of California as Democratic candidate
Title card: "Upton Sinclair explains his 'epic plan'" / close shot of gubernatorial candidate Upton Sinclair standing outdoors speaking to camera explaining his plan to end unemployment in state and affirming his support of New Deal and...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt at Fort Peck Dam, Montana, 1934
Title card: "Roosevelt Inspecting Ft. Peck Dam" / Crowded sidewalks at business district; some buildings with false fronts / Numerous Blackfoot Indians wearing elaborate eagle-feathered headdresses and others face a train with Pres....
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Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes talks of housing and natural resources
CU Secretary of the Interior Harold Ickes / Ickes sitting at desk, telephone in fg; SOT he begins speech about plans for second term, Public Works Administration will complete almost all low-rent housing projects and continue prudent use...
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Conservation camp chopping down trees
Title card: "First Jobless Get Work! Luray, VA - Vanguard of 200 quits breadline! Camp Roosevelt, first of Civilian Conservation units, opens for 'business'" / men formerly on welfare walking in wooded area in the Blue Ridge Mountains as...
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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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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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Anarchist Emma Goldman interviewed in New York City
Title card: "Emma Goldman in America! Deported anarchist, once storm center between American and Russia, returns after 15 years of exile" / Emma Goldman sits with several journalists; All SOT (regarding Russia) "I consider Russia and...
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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