- Title: VM-152
- Summary: ELECTION OF 1932: PRESENTS BACKGROUND OF THE 1932 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION SHOWING ECONOMIC & PSYCHOLOGICAL CONDITIONS OF THE COUNTRY, THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, & THE PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN & ELECTION. CONTRASTS SPEECHES BETWEEN HERBERT HOOVER & FDR CONCERNING SUCH ISSUES AS SOCIALISM & PROHIBITION. AMERICAN SOCIALIST PARTY. UTILIZES COMMENTARY OF ELEANOR ROOSEVELT
- Description:01:42:10 - MONTAGE STREETS OF CITY DURING DEPRESSION 1932. MAN CLEANS FRUIT IN WOODEN CRATE, WOMAN BUYS PIECE OF FRUIT 01:42:20 - HIGH ANGLE HUGE LONG LINE OF PROTESTERS WITH PLACARDS. ANTI-WAGE CUTS, DONT STARVE FIGHT 01:42:35 - LOW ANGLE ARMED POLICE WATCHING FROM BALCONY 01:42:38 - PROTESTERS DURING DEPRESSION CHANTING, SINGING. MASS PROTEST. BIG FIGHTS IN STREETS. HYSTERIA, BRUTALITY BEATING. RIOTS 01:43:07 - GROUP OF STREET MUSICIANS MEN SINGING, PLAYING 01:43:14 - CU POLICEMEN SMILES & SWAYS TO MUSIC. CU OLD MAN CARRYING TINY U.S. FLAG 01:43:20 - MEN SHOVELING DIRT INTO WHEEL BARROWS 01:43:22 - LINE OF MEN BRINGING WHEEL BARROWS FULL OF DIRT 01:43:26 - LINE OF MEN HANGING WINDOW WASHING, ONE AT EACH WINDOW OF HUGE BUILDING 01:43:31 - LOOKING DOWN FROM LEVEL ABOVE, MAN LIGHTS CIGARETTE FOR MAN NEXT TO HIM. 01:43:35 - POV LOOKING OUT WINDOW AT WINDOW WASHER 01:43:37 - WOMAN OUTSIDE SHACK WASHING CLOTHES. BABY IN STROLLER 01:43:39 - OLD MAN EATING ROLL, DRINKING COFFEE 01:43:43 - WHITE HOUSE, FOUNTAINS 01:43:45 - MONTAGE HOOVER: WITH ENTOURAGE AT WHITE HOUSE; THROWING BASEBALL AT GAME; AT DESK; ON BOAT; GIVEN HUGE KEY; WITH FDR. LOTS OF CHILDREN. BOY EATS ICE CREAM CONE 01:44:33 - 1930 MONTAGE OF FDR: WITH WIFE, IN PARADE, MARCHING SOLDIERS IN SNOWY PARADE 01:44:40 - POV TRAIN ROLLING OVER VIEWER 01:44:43 - STILLS 01:45:03 - CHARLTON HESTON'S VOICE OVER AS FDR. MONTAGE IMAGES OF FDR. WHITE HOUSE, 01:45:21 - NEW YORK'S AL SMITH SINGS & YUKS IT UP. 01:45:51 - AL SMITH OUTSIDE, DOFFS HAT 01:45:54 - MONTAGE FDR & SMITH ON ELECTION TRAIL. MRS. ROOSEVELT'S VOICE OVER. 01:46:32 - CU HANDS PLACING BALLOTS IN BOXES IN PRIMARY ELECTION 01:46:35 - CU MAN COMING OUT OF VOTING BOOTH 01:46:37 - CU HANDS PLACING BALLOTS IN BOOTH. PEOPLE VOTING 01:46:56 - GOP CONVENTION, CHICAGO. REPUBLICANS NOMINATE HOOVER. STATE PLACARDS, PRO-HOOVER BANNERS 01:47:09 - DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, CHICAGO. CANDIDATES FILE IN, WIPES BROW WITH HANDKERCHIEF. 01:47:26 - MONTAGE PARADE OF NOMINATIONS: HARRY BYRD, ALBERT RITCHIE, GARNER, SMITH, FDR, 01:48:53 - MONTAGE FDR SUPPORTERS WWITH HUGE PLACARDS. MASSIVE PRO-FDR BANNER HELD BY TONS OF PEOPLE. 01:49:20 - RESULT OF BALLOT READ OUT, CANDIDATES STILL SHORT. 01:50:02 - PROFESSOR RAYMOND MOLEY, FDR ADVISOR, TALKS ABOUT PRIMARY 01:50:22 - STILLS 01:50:43 - CALIFORNIA'S DELEGATE GIVES FDR VOTES 01:51:05 - STILLS 01:51:10 - TEXAS DELEGATE GIVES FDR VOTES. PANS TO TEXAS PLACARDS, DELEGATES, SUPPORTERS 01:51:52 - RESULTS GIVEN 01:52:01 - FDR & FAMILY LISTENING AT HOME NERVOUSLY. BREAK INTO SMILES AT RESULTS. 01:53:38 - JULY, 1932: FDR GIVES SPEECH PLEDGING A NEW DEAL FOR AMERICAN PEOPLE. INTERCUTS SUPPORTERS 01:54:23 - CU HUGE HOOVER POSTER. PARADE IN IOWA. MOTORCADE, HOOVER SUPPORTERS, MARCHING BAND. CAMPAIGN TRAIL WHISTLE-STOP TOUR 01:54:45 - "ROOSEVELT & GARNER IN '32" WRITTEN ON WHITE BRICK WALL. 01:54:48 - FDR ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL. CU SUPPORTERS 01:55:03 - WHISTLE STOP CAMPAIGNING. PLACARDS "HOOVER OR HELL". 01:55:17 - POV FROM CABOOSE LEAVING STATION. TONS OF HOOVER SUPPORTERS WAVING GOODBYE 01:55:22 - TRAIN ON TRACKS. CU TRACK CHANGER SWINGING 01:55:27 - FDR IN CAR RIDING THROUGH SUPPORTERS. INTERCUTS POV IN CAR PASSING SUPPORTERS IN STREET 01:55:38 - ENGINEER DRIVING TRAIN. 01:55:41 - CU RAILROAD CROSSING SIGN & LIGHTS. SMOKE RISES FROM STEAM TRAIN 01:55:43 - POV FROM TRAIN PASSING RURAL HOUSES 01:55:44 - POV TRAIN RUSHES PAST VIEWER 01:55:46 - MONTAGE HOOVER & SUPPORTERS. SEA OF PEOPLE 01:55:59 - LOW ANGLE TRAIN PASSING. 01:56:01 - POV FROM TRAIN PASSING SEA OF SUPPORTERS 01:56:04 - CU FDR GREETING NATIVE AMERICAN INDIAN IN HEADDRESS 01:56:07 - POV UNDER TRAIN PASSING OVER VIEWER 01:56:09 - MONTAGE IMAGES OF CAMPAIGNING FOR ELECTION OF 1932 WITH HESTON AS FDR VO. FDR & HOOVER 01:56:11 - POV TRAIN RUNNING OVER VIEWER 01:56:16 - POV IN CAR PASSING POLITICAL SUPPORTERS 01:56:24 - HOOVER SPEAKING ABOUT ELECTION. CONTEST BETWEEN TWO PHILOSOPHIES 01:56:38 - NIGHT TIME MARCH. PLACARDS FOR SOCIALISM 01:56:43 - NORMAN THOMAS SOCIALIST CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT. AMERICAN SOCIALIST PARTY. 01:57:07 - CU PAN ALL FEMALE AUDIENCE-SPECTATORS 01:57:12 - RADICAL PROHIBITIONIST RAMBLES ON ABOUT NEGATIVE ASPECTS OF ALCOHOL. FUNNY BUT SCARY! 01:57:38 - FDR GIVES SPEECH FAVORING LIFTING BAN ON LIQUOR 01:58:27 - FDR GIVES SPEECH ABOUT PRIORITY OF UNEMPLOYED 01:58:47 - STEAM TRAIN PASSES AT NIGHT 01:58:57 - FDR AT TRAIN STATION SHAKING HUNDREDS OF HANDS 01:59:21 - HOOVER AT DINNER 01:59:32 - DAWN, NYC SKYLINE CIRCA 1932 01:59:36 - EARLY MORNING, WOMAN WALKS DOG IN ALLEY 01:59:39 - LINE OF ELECTRICAL TOWERS 01:59:42 - CITY STREET, SMALL BUILDINGS 01:59:44 - RURAL HOUSE, PEOPLE RUSH OUT. BIG 1920s CAR IN FRONT 01:59:47 - PEOPLE CROSSING BUSY CITY STREET 01:59:49 - CU PUTTING PAPER BALLOTS INTO WOODEN BOX 01:59:52 - HUGE LINE OF PEOPLE WAITING TO VOTE 02:00:08 - MONTAGE CANDIDATES VOTING 02:00:22 - HUGE CROWD IN TIMES SQUARE AT NIGHT 02:00:26 - TIMES SQUARE ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD FLASHES ELECTION RESULTS. SUPPORTERS IN STREETS GO WILD, CELEBRATE, WAVE HATS. (COULD PASS AS NEW YEAR'S EVE). MRS. ROOSEVELT'S VOICE OVER 02:00:46 - HIGH VIEW NEW YORK CITY, FACING HARBOR. CHRYSLER BUILDING VISIBLE. 02:00:49 - MARCH 2, FDR'S ENTOURAGE LEAVES NEW YORK FOR D.C. MOTORCADE. 02:01:00 - FDR & FAMILY ON TRAIN LEAVES STATION. HESTON AS FDR VOICE OVER. TRAIN IN STATION WITH LOTS OF STEAM. CU TRAIN WHEELS TURN. FDR "WALKS" FROM TRAIN TO CAR. 02:01:30 - COOL NIGHT TIME VIEW OF WASHINGTON MONUMENT, WHITE HOUSE HORSE STATUE
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-152