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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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Prohibition enforcer A. V. Dalrymple
Title card: "New Chief in charge of dry forces! Meet Major A. V. Dalrymple, federal prohibition administrator" / Dalrymple speaks from an office (no audio) / Note: exact month/day not known
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Consumers' Counsel head Frederic Howe explains plans to protect consumers
Quick shot title card: "Howe Explains Plans to Check Profiteering - Consumers' Counsel tells how US will protect public" / CU Frederic Howe, head of the Consumers' Counsel, speaking; he wears round eyeglasses and a bow tie / Note: exact...
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Women process uncut sheets of currency at the US Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Scores of women seated at long tables in a large room processing large stacks of uncut American currency at the Bureau of Engraving and Printing / Note: exact month/day not known
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Lawmakers in Washington, DC
A crowded room, possibly during a hearing of the Ferdinand Percora-led investigation into Wall Street practices, with photographers taking photos; flashbulbs pop / Note: exact month/day not known
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US coins fall on a table
Coins fall on a table / Note: exact month/day not known
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Industrial machinery at work, 1933
Quick shots of various heavy machinery: building huge turbines, large motors / Note: exact day not known
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Charles Lindbergh speaks at Wright Trophy ceremony
INT Mayflower Hotel, room filled with guests and long head table with Charles Lindbergh standing in center, curtains with stars in bg; Aero Club of Washington banquet / room, guests seated at round tables / Wright Brothers Memorial...
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Henry Kaiser testifies before Senate committee investigating Howard Hughes
Reporters and others focused on unseen Sen. Owen Brewster, some writing / Brewster surrounded by people writing except man beside him / CU Brewster speaking as head of investigation into Howard Hughes' wartime contracts worth $40,000,000...
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Charles Lindbergh speaks upon receiving Wright Trophy; Gen. Hoyt Vandenberg presents
CU Charles Lindbergh, photographer in bg / looking down on Mayflower Room with guests seated at round tables and head table running length of room, curtain with stars in bg; people stand and applaud; Aero Club of Washington banquet / MS...
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During Great Depression, Chairman of Federal Home Loan Bank Board William Francis Stevenson speaks to camera about new home loan law
Title card: "What new home loan law means! Chairman Stevenson of Bank Board explains limits of bill signed by Roosevelt to help home owners" / Stevenson standing outside speaking to camera / Note: exact day not known
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Special Assistant Joseph B. Keenan and political economist Raymond Moley
Title card: "MOLEY AND KEENAN LEAD CRIME WAR!" / MCU Joseph B. Keenan, Special Assistant, US Dept. of Justice, and Raymond Moley, economic advisor to Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, seated at desk; each addresses camera / Note: exact day not...
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President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a fireside chat before leaving on vacation in 1934
Wearing a bow tie and pince nez, Pres. Franklin Roosevelt speaks to camera while seated at a desk; he removes his pince nez, continues to speak; microphone sits nearby
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During Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Mobilization of Human Needs Conference
Title: "Be a good neighbor" / superimposed over Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt standing at podium getting ready to speak to the Mobilization of Human Needs Conference / wider shot of Roosevelt standing at podium on the South Portico of the...
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US and Soviet Union normalize relations
[Shaky footage at times] Title card: "What Russian Recognition Means to U.S." / SOT Soviet Commissar Maxim Litvinov saying happy to have normal relations with US after sixteen years / CU Ambassador William Bullitt / CU trade advisor...
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Pres. Franklin Roosevelt throws out first pitch at Senators-Red Sox game at Griffith Stadium on opening day, 1934
[Intermittent shaky footage] Title card: "News Flashes!" / VS Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, seated in stands at Griffith Stadium, banters with men prior to the Washington Senators' home opener against the Boston Red Sox; man in hat at left...
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Heavyweight boxer Primo Carnera with his manager Bill Duffy in Washington, DC, before his fight with boxer Tommy Loughran
Boxer Primo Carnera on right and his manager Bill Duffy standing together posing for photo opportunity / close shot of Carnera talking to camera / Note: exact day not known
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Experimental plane "Flying Wing" flying over Washington, DC
VS experimental plane "Flying Wing" taxiing and taking off from airstrip / Flying Wing flies past / Flying Wing approaches, moving as if to land, but then banks and veers back into the air / POV from camera plane (struts visible) of...
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New Yorkers offer their views on the separation of church and state, 1935
Title card: "Church", "State", "?" and "Should They Mix" superimposed over a Gothic steeple dissolving into the US Capitol / CU clergyman speaking outside and in church / CU man sitting in vehicle speaking, young son sits next to him /...
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LSU Tigers defeat George Washington Colonials in college football game at Griffith Stadium in Washington, DC
Various action shots from football game between the LSU Tigers and the George Washington Colonials, interspersed with cutaways of crowd in stands at Griffith Stadium
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During Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks to a group of farmers from the South Portico of the White House
Title card: "Roosevelt defense of AAA" / man standing on balcony of South Portico introducing Pres. Franklin Roosevelt, crowd below listening / Roosevelt waving at crowd / people in crowd waving hats, cheering / Roosevelt speaking in...
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During Great Depression, President Franklin D. Roosevelt in Washington, DC, promotes "baby bonds"
Title card: "News flashes!" / Pres. Franklin D. Roosevelt sitting at desk, Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr., sitting on his right, Postmaster General James Farley sitting on his left; model ship on credenza behind / close shot...
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World War II: Japanese ambassadors leaving US State Department
World War II / day of attack on Pearl Harbor / Kichisaburo Nomura, Japanese ambassador to the United States and Saburo Kurusu, Japanese diplomat, and two other men, surrounded by photographers and news media, leave the United States...
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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...