US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
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US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
1933 newsreel of Inauguration of FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Former President HERBERT HOOVER exiting White House, entering car where FDR sits in wait; they shake hands, confer; shots of motorcade leaving White House grounds. FDR walks onto platform with assistance from son, takes oath of office; good crowd shots.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
CU 1929 racing to camera. LS/MSs Stock Exchange. TLS inside bank, customers wanting to withdraw savings. Great Depression montage. Apple sellers, breadlines, CLOSED signs posted at factories, unemployed sleeping on benches, unemployment agency flooded w/ applicants. Panning LS farmhouse, MS woman & child in house & walking towards cam, closing main door. TLS rural black family migrating (horse & carriage) - African American migration north.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
MS President HERBERT HOOVER pushing paper at desk, books at right. MSs Mr. Hoover giving speeches with radio microphones before him.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
1932 newsreel of Democratic National Convention, FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT arriving, giving speech.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
MSs FDR at Inauguration, 1933.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
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US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
Est shots First National Bank. MSs FDR signing legislation (Bank Holiday). INT shots Congress in session. Great MSs women working w/ printed money at Treasury Department.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
Nice shot of Capitol Building, late spring. MS NRA flag hanging above sidewalk, MS storefront of NRA Newsroom, TLS NRA newspaper delivery truck on city street, MSs storefronts displaying NRA cards. MSs NRA Administrator HUGH JOHNSON. MS men punching timecards. MS NRA sign on factory window, women working in BG. MSs men at labor union meeting. CUs papers decreeing the Supreme Court s finding that the NRA is unconstitutional. MSs unemployed men loafing, sleeping on public grounds. Rally of unemployed men.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
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US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
MSs HARRY HOPKINS at desk, talking to cam. MSs inside unemployment relief office, women sitting at desks and typing in information of male clients. MSs young men standing in line outside CCC office; men board truck in city, depart for camp. MS CCC office & sign. MSs CCC recruits receiving clothes, eating, setting up barracks at CCC camp. Men walking into field, breaking rocks, fighting forest fires, planting, building dams, spraying bushes with DDT. TLS men racing for cabin at PWA camp on payday. MS/LSs PWA/WPA workers constructing dams, demolishing slums & other substandard housings, then building new homes & buildings.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
MS men punching timecards at factory. MS/LSs organized labor march, unspecified city. MSs Senator ROBERT WAGNER. MS/LSs organized labor rally. MS JOHN L. LEWIS. TLSs workers leaning out windows of General Motors (GM) plant during sit-down strike; TLS people outside building smashing windows, probably after police used tear gas to evict strikers. MS women working in garment shop, sewing & pressing clothes.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
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US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
MS Secretary of Agriculture HENRY WALLACE. MSs Mr. Wallace & aides meeting with farmers in field. They inspect land. MSs apple farmers unloading yield at rural depository. Great MSs farmers learning how to use new John Deere tractors & combines at AAA sponsored seminar. LS Supreme Court Building. MSs Henry Wallace testifying to Congressional Committee regarding AAA programs. MSs farmer signing over part of land to AAA, so as to not over-sow.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
EST shots desolate, over-farmed & flooded Tennessee Valley. LSs TVA construction. LSs completed dam projects. MSs electric workers at work. MSs inside TN Valley residence, Dad gleefully turning on lights, Mom using electric washer, older sister using iron hokey, but good. LS inside dam, massive turbines in grand hall. Aerial dam.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
LS/MSs Republican rally, 1936, presidential candidate ALF LANDON giving speech.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
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US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
MSs Franklin and ELEANOR ROOSEVELT riding in car, arriving at stop on campaign trail, 1936; MS/LSs FDR speaking to large outdoor crowd. MSs men reading postings outside employment agency. MSs men at unemployment agency. LS Supreme Court building. American flag waving from flagpole in FG.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
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US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
Shot of Supreme Court building
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
Wars all over the world, China, Ethiopia, Spain. Mussolini in Italy. Hitler in Germany. Burning building. MSs US army soldiers at field training.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
1940 LS/MSs Republican candidate WENDELL WILKIE speaking at outdoor rally. Jubilant delegates at Democratic National Convention, 1940. FDR s Inauguration, 1940.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
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US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
MSs customers inside bank. MSs employees handing out Social Security cards to employees. CU Social Security card. MS women working in federal office. MS/CUs urban integrated crowd. MSs cotton farmers harvesting. High angle LS herd of sheep crossing top of dam. FDR speaking at podium.
US in the 20th Century: 1932-1940
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