- Title: VM-271
- Summary: ROOSEVELT & U.S HISTORY (1930-1945): FDR & EVENTS FROM 1930 TO 1945: SCENES OF THE GREAT DEPRESSION; FDR'S FIRST PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN & ELECTION; NEW DEAL MEASURES TO IMPROVE THE COUNTRY'S ECONOMIC PLIGHT; FDR'S INFLUENCE ON ALLIED STRATEGY DURING WWII; RELATIONS WITH STALIN & CHURCHILL, CONFERENCE AT YALTA. ENDS WITH FDR'S SUDDEN DEATH
- Description:01:00:19 - CU SIGN READING "NO MEN WANTED" 01:00:20 - IDLE, OUT-OF-WORK MEN SITTING ON PARK BENCH DURING DEPRESSION, 1930s. UNEMPLOYMENT 01:00:22 - MONTAGE GREAT DEPRESSION: MEN SLEEPING ON PARK BENCHES, WAITING ON UNEMPLOYMENT LINES, WEARING SIGN AROUND HIS NECK READING "UNEMPLOYED". 01:00:34 - CU MEN'S FEET SHUFFLING ON LINE 01:00:43 - MEN READING NEWSPAPERS ON THE STREET 01:00:46 - MEN MOVING IN LIN. LINE MOVING FORWARD 01:00:54 - CU PERSON PICKING APPLES FROM PUSHCART. BUYING FRUIT IN OUTDOOR MARKET 01:00:56 - HUNGRY WOMAN SIFTING THROUGH GARBAGE PAILS LOOKING FOR SCRAPS OF FOOD DURING DEPRESSION 01:01:03 - URBAN STREET ACTIVITIES. MONEY EXCHANGING HANDS, CITIZENS BUYING FROM OUTDOOR VENDORS 01:01:12 - FARMER GOES OVER TO LAST DEAD PLANT & KICKS IT. FARM IN RUINS 01:01:17 - FARMER BURNING HIS WHEAT CROP IN FURNACE 01:01:20 - FARMERS POURING PAILS OF MILK OUT. STAGING PROTESTS OVER PRICES. RUINING GOODS, BURNING GOODS 01:01:29 - DOG DANCING TO BIG BAND 01:01:32 - COUPLES DANCING AT MARATHON DANCE. 1920s FAD 01:01:37 - MARATHON DANCERS TAKING NAPS SLEEPING ON COTS. 01:01:47 - MONTAGE PEOPLE AT PARTY SMOKING, DRINKING 01:01:51 - COUPLES ICE SKATING ON OUTDOOR RINK 01:01:55 - COUPLE DANCING ON TOP OF CITY BUILDING 01:01:59 - DAREDEVILS ON TOPS OF BUILDINGS 01:02:08 - ELEANOR ROOSEVELT DANCING 01:02:09 - SOLITARY MAN DRINKING SHOTS OF LIQUOR 01:02:11 - MONTAGE PEOPLE DANCING IN VARIOUS SETTINGS OUTDOORS 01:02:23 - AERIAL OVER WHITE HOUSE, WASHINGTON D.C. 01:02:30 - WWI VETERANS MARCHING IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE DURING BONUS MARCH 01:02:38 - CONFRONTATIONS BETWEEN POLICE & VETERANS. BURNING DOWN TENT CITY, BEING DRIVEN OUT OF WASHINGTON. POLICE USING TEAR GAS 01:02:48 - 1932 BEER MARCH. MEN CARRYING BANNERS READING "BEER" 01:03:00 - MONTAGE IDLE CITIZENS DURING DEPRESSION: SITTING ON PARK BENCHES, LOOKING AT BREAD IN SHOP WINDOW 01:03:04 - WILL ROGERS SPEAKING BEFORE POLITICAL SPEECH 01:03:11 - CU FDR 01:03:15 - MONTAGE MASSIVE LINES OUTSIDE BANKS. PEOPLE ON LINES INSIDE BANKS 01:03:23 - 1932 NOMINATION OF ROOSEVELT AT DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION DELEGATES CARRYING STATE NAME SIGNS 01:03:34 - FDR GIVING SPEECH AFTER BEING NOMINATED AT CONVENTION 01:04:02 - ECU STEAM TRAIN WHEELS TURNING. CU ENGINEER IN TRAIN, BLOWS HORN. TRAIN MOVING, 01:04:28 - MONTAGE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION 1932. FDR, HORDES OF SUPPORTERS 01:04:40 - FDR IN HAMPTON BEACH GIVING SPEECH. PANS MASSIVE GROUP ASSEMBLED 01:05:03 - ROOSEVELT FAMILY POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH 01:05:39 - MASSIVE CROWDS ASSEMBLED AT FDR INAUGURATION SPEECH 01:06:18 - MONTAGE NAZI SOLDIERS, HITLER GIVING SPEECH, IN MOTORCADE 01:06:35 - CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: "ROOSEVELT ASKS DICTATOR'S ROLE" 01:06:38 - FDR IN TOP HAT RIDING IN MOTORCADE 01:06:48 - CU FDR SIGNING PAPERS 01:06:54 - CONGRESSIONAL MEETING, DAY AFTER INAUGURATION 01:07:07 - FAMILIES LISTENING TO FDR'S FIRESIDE CHAT ON RADIO 01:07:23 - FDR GIVING FIRESIDE CHAT 01:07:26 - MONTAGE BANKING BUSINESS. CITIZENS LINED UP AT BANK TELLER'S WINDOW. MONEY CHANGING HANDS 01:07:41 - FDR SPEAKING FURTHER, FAMILIES GATHERED AROUND RADIOS AT HOME LISTENING TO PRESIDENT SPEAKING 01:08:00 - MONTAGE FDR MEETING PUBLIC, CITIZENS. 01:08:33 - SOUP LINES, SOUP KITCHEN. HUNGRY FAMILIES GIVEN FOOD. CU SOUP BEING LADLED INTO BOWLS 01:08:48 - FDR THROWING OUT BASEBALL. SCENES OF BASEBALL GAME. FDR CLAPPING AS HE WATCHES GAME 01:09:09 - FDR SIGNING BILL. CU DOCUMENT ABOLISHING PROHIBITION 01:09:12 - MONTAGE BOTTLING PLANT, BOTTLING LIQUOR 01:09:19 - CITIZENS CELEBRATING FIRST LEGAL DRINK AFTER END OF PROHIBITION. MONTAGE PEOPLE CELEBRATING 01:09:33 - NEW YORK CITY TIMES SQUARE LIT UP AT NIGHT. FLASHING ELECTRONIC BILLBOARDS, LIGHTS 01:09:40 - FARMS IN THE GREAT PLAINS. FARMERS WORKING THE LAND, HORSE-DRAWN PLOWS. STOCKING HAY IN BARN. DROUGHT EFFECTED FIELDS 01:10:10 - CU SILHOUETTE OF FARMER LOOKING UP AT SKY 01:10:13 - BIG BLACK RAIN CLOUDS, THUNDER, RAIN STORM. NATURAL DISASTER, VIOLENT STREAMS TORRENTS 01:10:30 - FAMILIES DISPLACED BY FLOODS, STORMS. LIVING IN TENTS, TRAVELING IN WAGONS 01:10:33 - CU VIOLENT RUSHING WATER 01:10:35 - FARMERS PUTTING DOWN SACKS TO STOP FLOODS 01:10:42 - PAN FLOODED FARMLANDS. MOUNTAINS WITH TONS OF TOPSOIL WASHED AWAY 01:10:54 - DESERTED, BARREN FARM 01:11:04 - BONY, STARVED COW DESPERATELY LOOKING FOR FOOD 01:11:05 - CU SADDENED OLD FARMER 01:11:12 - PAN SIDES OF HILLS WITH TOP SOIL BLOWN AWAY 01:11:24 - MONTAGE TRACTOR TAKING DOWN TREES 01:11:26 - POV RIDING ON TOP OF FREIGHT TRAIN ROUNDING BEND 01:11:40 - HUGE LOGS ROLLING DOWN HILLSIDE 01:11:44 - CU TURNING TRAIN WHEELS 01:11:47 - CONSTRUCTION CREW BUILDING IRRIGATION DITCHES. MEN HIGH ON BEAMS JUTTING OUT OVER HUGE IRRIGATION DITCH 01:11:58 - CU HAND TURNING GAUGE TO "FAST" 01:11:59 - WATER POURING DOWN FROM DAM. CU GAUGE TURNING TO "SLOW" 01:12:02 - WORKER SHUTTING VALVE 01:12:06 - WATER SPILLING VIOLENTLY FROM DAM 01:12:11 - CU CONSTRUCTION WORKERS BANGING NAILS, MOVING WHEEL BARROWS, CEMENTING, SANDING DOWN WOOD SURFACE 01:12:43 - LABOR WORKERS IN SUITS HANDING OUT PAMPHLETS IN URBAN SETTING 01:13:04 - CU POSTER FOR THE NRA NATIONAL RECOVERY ACT 01:13:22 - FDR GIVING SPEECH DURING 1936 CAMPAIGN 01:14:31 - STRIKERS BASHING OUT FACTORY WINDOWS. MONTAGE WORKERS STRIKING, CLASHING WITH POLICE, THROWING OVERTURNED CARS 01:14:57 - LINE OF BLACK CARS ON RURAL ROAD 01:14:59 - MONTAGE STRIKERS CLASHING WITH POLICE. VIOLENCE, CIVIL UNREST. TEAR GAS, GAS MASKS, CITIZENS THROWING ROCKS 01:15:57 - FDR IN CAR PETTING COW. MEETING CITIZENS 01:16:05 - FDR IN SWIMMING POOL HOLDS SMALL CHILD. PUT IN POOL. 01:16:22 - FDR IN WOODS WITH GROUP OF PEOPLE. WOMEN KNITTING IN WOODS WITH FDR 01:16:37 - FDR ON SAILBOAT FISHING. REELING IN FISH ON HIS LINE. ROD AND REEL. FISH JUMPING. BOAT FOLLOWIN, YACHT 01:16:45 - FDR ON OVERLOOK WITH BEAUTIFUL WATERFALLS. CU FDR WEARING SUNGLASSES 01:16:52 - CU PROFILE ROOSEVELT 01:16:58 - PARATROOPERS LANDING ON GROUND, JUMPING FROM PLANES 01:17:02 - GERMAN SOLDIERS GOOSE STEEPING. MARCHING 01:17:08 - CU SOLDIERS GOOSE STEEPING WHILE WALKING BICYCLES 01:17:11 - TANKS PRACTICING MANEUVERS PASSING IN BETWEEN ONE ANOTHER. 01:17:14 - HITLER & COMRADES AT RALLY. SOLDIERS MARCHING WITH ARMS OUTSTRETCHED IN SALUTE 01:17:22 - CU GERMAN BANNERS 01:17:30 - CU JAPANESE FLAG 01:17:31 - JAPANESE SOLDIERS MARCHING 01:17:36 - CU JAPANESE DIPLOMAT, LEAGUE OF NATIONS 01:17:37 - VARIOUS ANGLES LEAGUE OF NATIONS MEETING 01:17:49 - FDR POSING ON DOCKS AFTER DISEMBARKING SHIP 01:17:57 - FDR GIVING SPEECH REGARDING RUSSIA 01:18:15 - FDR GIVING PRESS CONFERENCE. MEMBERS OF PRESS WRITING ON NOTE PADS 01:18:23 - FDR IN GRADUATION CAP & GOWN GIVING SPEECH 01:18:48 - FDR GIVING SPEECH ON WWII. MONTAGE OF WAR IMAGES: NAZIS MARCHING, BORDER GATE CLOSING ACROSS ROAD, PAPERS, TREATIES SIGNED. CHAMBERLAIN HOLDING UP AGREEMENT SIGNED WITH HITLER. WAR PLANNING 01:19:07 - CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: WAR OFFICIAL, 1939 01:19:09 - FRENCHMEN BUYING NEWSPAPER ANNOUNCING MOBILIZATION OF FRANCE 01:20:04 - MONTAGE MEETING OF AMERICAN NAZI PARTY. MASSIVE BANNER OF GEORGE WASHINGTON. SILVER SHIRTS. SPEAKER. 01:20:12 - AT NAZI MEETING, ANTI-NAZI INTERRUPTS. SUBDUED BY RACISTS WHO BEAT HIM 01:20:20 - CHARLES LINDBERGH SPEAKING AS ISOLATIONIST AGAINST WAR 01:20:48 - MONTAGE 1940s WWII SCENES: GUNNERS SHOOTING, CU PILOT, PLANE DIVE BOMBING, BATTLESHIP BEING BOMBARDED. CITIZENS ON STREETS CRYING, PUSHING, FRIGHTENED 01:21:12 - FDR SIGNING PAPERS 01:21:21 - MONTAGE CITIZENS GATHERED AROUND RADIOS IN HOMES, OUTSIDE, IN SHOP LISTENING TO FDR 01:21:28 - CU YOUNG JFK SMILING 01:21:30 - VENDOR SELLING FRUITS & VEGETABLES FROM PUSHCART ON STREET 01:21:33 - MONTAGE YOUNG AMERICAN MEN ON URBAN STREETS IN FRONT OF STORES 01:21:38 - MAN WALKS OUT OF STORE, PUTS UP BOMB SHELTER SIGN 01:21:44 - AMERICAN CITIZENS IN AIR RAID TEST RUNNING INTO BOMB SHELTERS. SCENES FROM INSIDE BOMB SHELTER: COOKING MEALS, FATHER READING NEWSPAPER, MOTHER COMFORTING DAUGHTER. SIGN READS "DON'T LEAVE SHELTER UNTIL ALL CLEAR SIGN". WOMAN OPENING OVEN 01:21:56 - AMERICAN FAMILY AT HOME AT DINNER TIME. WIFE CALLS DINNER'S READY. FATHER WITH EAR TO RADIO 01:22:10 - AUTOMOBILE TRAFFIC IN FRONT OF WHITE HOUSE 01:22:14 - SCENES FROM AIR RAID ON PEARL HARBOR: BATTLESHIPS ON FIRE 01:22:26 - FDR GIVING SPEECH ANNOUNCING AMERICA GOING INTO WAR. 01:22:50 - CU BLACK MAN READING NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ON DRAFT 01:22:55 - DRAFTED AMERICAN SOLDIERS MARCHING THROUGH NEW YORK CITY ON ROUTE TO SHIPS. MONTAGE SOLDIERS SAYING GOODBYE TO LOVED ONES, KISSING WIVES & CHILDREN. MOTHERS & WIVES CRYING 01:23:32 - CU CHURCHILL & FDR 01:23:52 - MONTAGE BATTLESHIPS ON ROUTE TO NORTH AFRICA 01:24:05 - AMERICAN TROOPS LANDING ON BEACH IN NORTH AFRICA 01:24:12 - FDR IN CASABLANCA IN 1943. MEETING CHURCHILL, DE GAULLE. MILITARY LEADERS 01:24:32 - THE BIG THREE MEETING IN TEHRAN: STALIN, FDR, CHURCHILL 01:24:49 - NAVAL ARMADA BATTLESHIPS IN THE PACIFIC 01:25:01 - MAP OF THE PACIFIC 01:25:08 - PACIFIC WAR SCENES: JAPANESE WAR PLANES, AMERICAN BATTLESHIPS IN CONFLICT. AIR-SEA BATTLE 01:25:40 - THE HELL CATS JUMPING INTO PLANES ON AIR CRAFT CARRIERS & TAKING OFF. BOMBING JAPANESE PLANES 01:27:04 - LAND BATTLE SCENES 01:27:10 - AMERICAN MARINES LANDING IN SAI PAN. BATTLE FOOTAGE 01:27:59 - AMERICAN FLAG HANGING ON JAPANESE SOIL 01:28:06 - PACIFIC WAR COUNCIL MEETING, 1944. NIMITZ, MACARTHUR, FDR 01:28:21 - BATTLE OF LEYTE GULF, OCOTBER 1944. 01:29:20 - CU MAN FEEDING DOG ON BOAT. CU FDR FROM BACK REELING IN FISHING LINE 01:29:26 - TRAFFIC ON PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE WITH CAPITOL IN BKGD 01:29:29 - URBAN PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC WALKING ACROSS STREETS 01:29:33 - MONTAGE JAPANESE INTERNMENT CAMPS: JAPANESE COUPLE AT BARBED WIRE GATES. 01:29:44 - THE BIG THREE CONFERENCE IN YALTA: CHURCHILL, STALIN, FDR 01:30:50 - AMERICAN JEEPS CROSSING BRIDGE ACROSS ELBA RIVER. AMERICAN & RUSSIAN JOINING UP IN GERMANY. 01:31:05 - CU THREE SMALL GIRLS, CHILDREN 01:31:07 - CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE ANNOUNCING WAR ENDS IN EUROPE 01:31:09 - MONTAGE CELEBRATIONS AT WAR'S END. SOLDIERS KISSING WOMEN, WOMEN WAVING HANDKERCHIEFS AT PASSING SOLDIERS. 01:31:19 - CU SIGN: "YOU ARE NOW ENTERING GERMANY, DON'T FRATERNIZE" 01:31:21 - SOLDIER & NURSE ON JEEP. SOLDIER TRYING TO KISS HER 01:31:24 - POV FLYING OVER BOMBED CITY 01:31:30 - CHILDREN 01:31:42 - JAPANESE SURRENDER ON BATTLESHIP USS MISSOURI 01:31:48 - AMERICAN CASUALTY SEA BURIAL. DEAD THROWN OVERBOARD. 01:31:55 - MONTAGE AMERICAN SOLDIERS WITH SADDENED FACES AT BURIAL AT SEA
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1930
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1930s
- File Name: VM-271