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FDR's National Recovery Administration hopes to boost American economy.
MS freight ship at dock (including American flag) / VS crane loading freight onto ship / MS NRA flag reading 'We do our part' / MS store window display with men's suits and NRA poster / LS EXT of White House and front lawn / Note: exact...
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General Hugh S. Johnson speaks in 1934
MS Former general Hugh S. Johnson speaking at cam (no audio) / Note: exact day not known
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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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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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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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Advisors to President Franklin D. Roosevelt confer with President in Washington, DC, on plans for National Recovery Administration
Two shots of advisors standing on steps of White House posing for photo opportunity after conferring with President / closer shot of three advisors, from left to right Senator Joe T. Robinson, Attorney General Homer Stille Cummings and...
Sherman Grinberg Film Library
Republican National Committee Chairman John Hamilton delivers GOP reaction to New Deal at a New York banquet
[New York City] LS Republicans gathered at a Hotel Astor banquet beneath portrait of Republican presidential candidate Alf Landon / CU Landon portrait / MLS John Hamilton, Chairman, Republican Natl Committee, delivers GOP sentiment from...
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Harry Hopkins visits the Timberline Lodge project at Mt. Hood, Oregon
Title card: "Hopkins Visits Oregon" superimposed over Works Progress Administration administrator Harry Hopkins with OR state WPA administrator Emerson Griffith / Griffith throwing a snowball / truck on snow covered road in heavy fog /...
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Gov. Earl Warren of California speaks at the Republican National Convention in Chicago
CU Joseph W. Martin, Jr., Congressman from Massachusetts and permanent Chairman of conventions raps gavel / SOT Martin calls the convention to order / CU Harrison E. Spangler, chairman of Republican National Committee, rapping gavel /...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt and Rex Tugwell arrive to tour Greenbelt, MD, a government Resettlement Administration town
Title card: "News Flashes!" / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt's motorcade preceded by policeman on motorcycle drives toward camera, people on side of road wave / MS Packard car with Roosevelt and Resettlement Administrator Rexford Tugwell...
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Postmaster General Jim Farley speaks about Postal Service plans
CU Postmaster General Jim Farley / Farley sitting behind desk in office; SOT he begins speaking about strides made by Postal Service including expanding airmail service across Atlantic Ocean / Note: exact day not known
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During Great Depression, Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt explains and signs Social Security Act
Pres. Franklin Roosevelt sitting at small table signing Social Security Act, Congressmen standing around him / SOT Roosevelt speaking about bill before signing / closer shot of Roosevelt continuing so speak, then signing bill
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs Social Security Act during the Great Depression
Title card: "Paramount News Special!" / title card: "FDR signs security bill" / Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, sitting at small table, signs act, with congressmen standing around him looking on / two shots of SOT Roosevelt speaking,...