All the Chief Executives Since the Screen was Born. United States Presidents 1901 - 1937
All the chief executives since the screen was born. William McKinley speaking at the Buffalo Exposition September 5, 1901. jittery wide MS's of President McKinley at the Buffalo Exposition giving speech. Men in top hats behind him. His last picture. The next day he fell, victim of an assassin. President McKinley at the Buffalo Exposition giving speech. Men in top hats behind him.
Theodore Roosevelt foremost militant American, as he was in 1908. Teddy Roosevelt dressed in white suit, speaking at a rally. When TR the Mighty went a-hunting in Africa. Teddy inspecting guns, riding horses through creeks, etc.
William H Taft, a statesman for history, pictured at his summer home at Murray Bay, Canada. William Taft sitting on a lawn with his family. The august statesman is just Grandpa here. William Taft with his family on the front porch. Child climbs into his lap.
Woodrow Wilson when he signed the paper that put us into World War. Woodrow Wilson writing at a desk, cut to MS of him posing in his den. In the days of his retirement Frail Wilson sitting in car.
Warren G Harding pictured at the stone of his newspaper in Marion, Ohio. Warren Harding at work setting newspaper type. One of the boys on the Harding staff. CU of an old man with long white beard. When the girls came to urge suffrage causes in Washington Warren Harding meeting with suffragettes on White House lawn.
Footage is damaged. Calvin Coolidge: Vacation days at the old home in Yankeeland. Calvin Coolidge moving hay with a pitchfork. Far, far from the Capitol s hectic concerns. Coolidge sitting on a truck with hay.
Herbert Hoover where-in he studies some natural resources by personal research. Herbert Hoover fishing in a stream. Hoover at his desk, pushing papers in Washington.
Franklin D Roosevelt as he appeared in 1910 as a New York State Senator. FDR talking to a crowd.
As Assistant Secretary of the Navy in 1913 Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) walks to his car. He tips his hat to the camera.
Enjoying a sail with his family in 1920 Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) with his family on a sail boat. FDR holds a pipe in his teeth.
1933 his inauguration as thirty-second President of the United States. Great shot from two distinct angles of Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) being sworn in (includes audio).
Signing the Curran Beer Bill in 1933 marking the end of a fourteen year dry era. Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) signing papers. This may be the Cullen-Harrison Act which was the end of prohibition.
Reviewing the Fleet in 1934 - a sailor President Various battler ships at sea. Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) near some guns on the ship s deck. Sailors give salute. FDR holding his hat over his heart.
Four years of office have left their mark, but our President bears the burden with a smile. Great year by year CU's of Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) as ages, culminating with 1937 MS of FDR sitting in a chair, the American flag superimposed over him.
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