- Title: VM-227
- Summary: FDR: THE NEW DEAL: FRANKLIN ROOSEVELT'S EARLY YEARS ARE SKETCHED FROM OLD PHOTOGRAPHS & EARLY NEWSREEL APPEARANCES. HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE HIS SERVICE AS AN ASSISTANT DIRECTOR OF THE NAVY IN WWI, HIS BOUT WITH POLIO, HIS RETURN TO POLITICS, AND HIS ELECTION TO GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK IN 1928. IN 1932, HE BECAME PRESIDENT & IMMEDIATELY PUT HIS PROGRAM, THE NEW DEAL, INTO OPERATION, WITH ACTION ON BANKING, FARMING, SOCIAL SECURITY, WAGES AND PRICES. TVA, NRA, WPA, & OTHER INITIALS BECAME FAMILIAR. IN 1936 HE CAMPAIGNED AGAINST ALF LANDON OF KANSAS, AND WAS ELECTED PRESIDENT FOR A SECOND TERM.
- Description:00:36:36 - HERBERT HOOVER, FDR IN CAR ON INAUGURATION DAY 00:37:23 - FDR BEING SWORN IN, CROWD WATCHES 00:38:11 - FDR'S HYDE PARK HOME 00:38:20 - YOUNG FDR MEETS FRIENDS. WEARS GLASSES 00:38:28 - ELEANOR, THE FUTURE MRS. ROOSEVELT 00:38:35 - C.U. GAVEL, ON DISPLAY BASE, GIVEN TO FDR 00:38:48 - SHIPS BEING BUILT 00:39:04 - FDR WEARING A DERBY, IN COAT, ON SHIP 00:39:14 - AMERICAN BATTLE SHIPS, FDR ON BOARD 00:39:28 - TROOPS ALL OVER SHIP. TROOPS GET OFF SHIP, MARCH, ON THE MOVE. 00:40:06 - TROOPS MARCH BY WOODROW WILSON 00:40:16 - 1920 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 00:40:27 - WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN SPEAKING TO CROWD WHICH CHEERS HIM. 00:40:39 - JAMES M. COX WITH FDR. CROWD WAVING BANNERS 00:40:59 - FDR AND COX AGAIN. (HF-YTV) 00:41:12 - FDR IN DOORWAY WITH CANE. FDR SPEAKS 00:41:29 - FDR SWIMS 00:41:46 - CITY STREETS AND FDR POSING IN FRONT OF CAR 00:41:59 - DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION FOOTAGE, FLAG WAVERS 00:42:07 - FDR SHOOSHING CROWD. CROWD EXCITED 00:42:23 - HERBERT HOOVER IN CAR 00:42:34 - FDR LOOKING AT THE SKY 00:42:38 - GOVERNOR'S MANSION IN ALBANY 00:42:43 - FDR SIGNING PAPERS 00:42:49 - NEWSPAPER COVER PAGE 'DEPRESSION CRIPPLES U.S.' 00:42:52 - MAN WITH 'UNEMPLOYED' SIGN ON HIM. 00:42:54 - PEOPLE WAITING IN SOUP KITCHENS. KIDS EATING AT SOUP KITCHENS 00:43:19 - MAN SEWING CLOTHING 00:43:21 - 1932 DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL CONVENTION 00:43:52 - 1932 REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION 00:44:16 - FLAG WAVERS (AMERICAN FLAG) 00:44:23 - HERBERT HOOVER SPEAKS AT CONVENTION 00:44:43 - ROOSEVELT SPEAKS TO PEOPLE THROUGH MICROPHONES 00:45:27 - CROWDS MOVING ABOUT HAPPILY 00:45:34 - FDR WAVING TO CROWD 00:45:40 - CROWD WAVING 00:45:44 - FDR CONTINUES WAVING, SPEAKING, HAPPY CROWD 00:46:00 - PEOPLE CROWDING INTO BUILDING 00:46:14 - FDR SPEAKIING AT PODIUM 'THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR...IS FEAR ITSELF.' 00:47:02 - CAPITOL BUILDING IN WASHINGTON 00:47:06 - CONGRESS 00:47:21 - C.U. HAND TURNING ON RADIO 00:47:25 - FAMILIES SITTING AROUND RADIOS 00:47:34 - FDR DOING HIS FIRE SIDE CHAT. 00:48:28 - DROUGHT, FARMERS TRYING TO PLOW SCORCHED GROUND, USING MEN TO PULL IT. 00:48:52 - DESERTED TOWN 00:48:54 - KIDS PLAYING BALL, YOUNG GIRL IN DOORWAY. 00:49:01 - PEOPLE LOADING UP THEIR CARS 00:49:18 - C.U. EVICTED FAMILY 00:49:25 - TRAIN ARRIVES, MANY PEOPLE WAIT. 00:49:34 - FDR ON THE BACK OF TRAIN 00:49:47 - LARGE EXPLOSIONS 00:49:53 - DAM BEING BUILT 00:50:04 - FDR LOOKING OVER THE CONSTRUCTION. 00:50:11 - CONSTRUCTION BEING DONE, JACK HAMMERS BEING USED. 00:50:25 - FDR LOOKING OVER DAM CONSTRUCTION 00:50:28 - SUN SHINING ON THE TENNESSEE RIVER 00:50:36 - COMPLETED DAM 00:50:55 - MAN LOWERS LEVER, C.U. OF 00:50:58 - C.U. HAND TURNING DIAL TO 'SLOW'. 00:50:59 - SWITCHES BEING THROWN 00:51:04 - WATER POURING THROUGH DAM 00:51:11 - COMBINES WORKING AT DAM, ELECTRICAL TOWERS 00:51:20 - FARMERS PLOWING WITH HORSE 00:51:30 - PLOW MULCHING GROUND 00:51:32 - JOHN DEERE TRACTOR DRIVES BY. 00:51:35 - MEN WORKING FARMING MACHINERY 00:51:48 - PILES OF WHEAT 00:51:52 - FLAG WAVES. SAYS 'NRA WE DO OUR PART' 00:51:56 - A TRUCK WITH 'THE NRA NEWS', WINDOW SIGN 'NRA SAFE DEPOSIT', BARBER SHOP WITH NRA SIGN IN WINDOW 00:52:05 - SHADES PULLED UP IN BARBER SHOP WINDOW 00:52:08 - POTATOES DISPLAY OUTSIDE GROCERY SHOP 00:52:13 - GROCERY STORE MAN LOADING BAG AND SMILING 00:52:18 - EMPTY FACTORIES 00:52:26 - FDR SPEAKING AT DESK INTO MICROPHONE 00:52:40 - STEAM WHISTLE GOES OFF 00:52:42 - PEOPLE PICKING UP TIME CARDS 00:52:47 - MEN PUNCHING THEIR TIME CARDS, MEN HEADING TO WORK. 00:52:52 - FACTORY 00:52:55 - C.U. WORKERS. MAN WITH AXE, WELDER, MEN WORKING IN SWEATSHOPS. 00:53:01 - KIDS WAVING TO CAMERA 00:53:03 - FDR IN CAR, KIDS IN GATHERED AND SINGING 'HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN.' 00:53:21 - STREETS, CARS. 00:53:26 - OLDER MEN TALKING IN THE STREET, OLDER WOMEN TALKING IN THE STREET, VERY OLD MEN. 00:53:34 - FDR SIGNS DOCUMENT 00:54:19 - MAIL MAN DELIVERS MAIL TO ELDERLY WOMAN, AND OLD MAN MOWS LAWN 00:54:35 - C.U. TRAIN WHEELS MOVING, VIEW FROM TRAIN AT CROWDS PASSING BY. 00:54:44 - FDR ON BACK OF TRAIN AGAIN, FDR SHAKING HANDS 00:54:52 - ALF LANDON ON TRAIN AND SPEAKING TO CROWD 00:55:30 - FDR IN CREEPY LIGHTING C.U. VERY FUNNY SPEECH. 00:56:39 - FACTORY WORKERS 00:56:54 - C.U. WORKERS FACE, OLD MAN PUTTING ON GLASSES 00:56:57 - FDR SIDE VIEW.
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1900
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1900s
- File Name: VM-227