- Title: VM-342
- Summary: FDR (pt.1): USES DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE TO TRACE FDR'S YOUTH, FAMILY LIFE, & POLITICAL CAREER THROUGH THE NEW DEAL TO HIS THIRD TERM. DEPICTS HIS RELATIONSHIP WITH POLITICIANS & VOTERS, AND ANALYZES HIS HANDLING OF THE DEPRESSION DURING THE PRE-WAR YEARS.
- Description:00:14:00 - MS PAN ROOSEVELT'S FAMILY. FDR INTRODUCING HIS FAMILY, THREE GENERATIONS OF ROOSEVELTS 00:14:38 - CU FDR SEATED 00:15:48 - LS CAPITOL BUILDING WITH AMERICAN FLAG IN F/G 00:15:54 - LS TILT DOWN CAPITOL 00:15:59 - MARCH 4, 1933, MONTAGE FDR'S INAUGURATION. FDR'S INAUGURATION SPEECH. "...THE ONLY THING WE HAVE TO FEAR IS FEAR ITSELF..." CUTS TO CITIZENS 00:17:05 - FDR'S RIDE TO THE WHITE HOUSE. 00:17:20 - MS FDR SHAKING HANDS WITH THE PUBLIC 00:17:25 - MS FDR STANDING ON BALCONY 00:17:38 - STILLS 00:18:38 - MONTAGE WOODROW WILSON PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN 00:18:46 - MONTAGE FDR DURING POST OF ASSISTANT SECRETARY OF THE NAVY. GOING OFF TO SEA DURING SNOW STORM PRESENT AT SHIP'S CHRISTENING, SHIP LAUNCHING 00:19:30 - MS PAN WASHINGTON POLITICAL FIGURES POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH, FDR IN MIDDLE 00:19:44 - 1920 DEMOCRATIC PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, JAMES COX & FDR ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL. WHISTLE STOP CAMPAIGN 00:20:08 - MS TWO AMERICAN INDIANS TAP FDR ON THE SHOULDER SHAKE HANDS WITH HIM 00:20:27 - MONTAGE FDR & FAMILY AT CAMPOBELLO SAILING, ENJOYING LEISURELY SUMMER RECREATION, 1921 00:20:52 - MS FDR SIGNING PAPERS, WRITING LETTERS AT DESK 00:20:59 - LS FDR'S HOME. MS FDR AT FRONT DOOR HOLDING CANE, WITH WIFE ELEANOR 00:21:20 - FDR IN PHYSICAL THERAPY AT WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA SWIMMING WITH LITTLE GIRL WRAPPED AROUND HIS NECK 00:21:33 - 7 FDR DRIVING AWAY FROM HOUSE IN CONVERTIBLE 00:21:47 - 1928 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, FDR ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL WITH AL SMITH 00:22:39 - FDR ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL FOR NEW YORK STATE GOVERNOR, 1928 00:22:44 - FDR INAUGURATION, GOVERNOR OF NEW YORK, 1929, DARK FOOTAGE OF SWEARING IN CEREMONY 00:23:03 - MONTAGE FDR WITH INFLUENTIAL POLITICAL LEADERS OF THE TIME 00:23:48 - 1932 DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION. MS FDR ACCEPTING NOMINATION. "... I PLEDGE MYSELF FOR TO A NEW DEAL FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE..." 00:25:18 - MONTAGE DURING DEPRESSION, 1932. MEN MARCHING PLACARD READS: UNEMPLOYED WILL TAKE ANY JOB MS IDLE MEN ON PARK BENCH, MAN SEARCHING THROUGH TRASH FOR FOOD, EVICTED FAMILY WITH BELONGINGS OUT ON THE STREETS, FAMILIES LIVING IN SHACKS ON OUTSKIRTS OF CITY, MEN HUDDLED AROUND FIRE MADE IN CITY STREET. CU NO MEN WANTED SIGN POSTED ON FENCE, MS MEN PUTTING UP CLOSED SIGNS ON STORES 00:25:43 - LINE OF MEN GOING INTO SOUP KITCHEN, CU SIGN FOR MISSIONARY SOUP KITCHEN, MEN ON BREAD LINE 00:25:53 - MEN IN MARCH CARRYING SIGN READING: ABOLISH BREAD LINES, VOTE FOR FDR 00:25:58 - FDR ON CAMPAIGN TRAIL, 1932 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. 00:26:59 - 1932 ELECTION DAY CELEBRATONS, FDR'S VICTORY 00:27:10 - FDR IN OFFICE SIGNING PAPERS, PERFORMING PRESIDENTIAL DUTIES 00:27:30 - MS FDR AT PODIUM SPEAKING, MOS 00:27:43 - MS CUSTOMERS AT BANK TELLER'S WINDOWS. WITHDRAWING MONEY. "HOARDING" MONTAGE MAD RUSH OF PEOPLE TRYING TO GET MONEY OUT OF BANKS. MOUNTED POLICEMAN TRYING TO KEEP CROWD IN CONTROL 00:27:51 - CU SIGN READS: THIS BANK IS CLOSED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE 00:27:56 - CU FDR GIVING FIRESIDE CHAT, "I CAN ASSURE YOU THAT IT IS SAFER TO KEEP YOUR MONEY IN A REOPENED BANK THAN UNDER THE MATTRESS" HOARDING SPEECH 00:28:28 - MONTAGE FARMERS BARRICADING ROAD TO STOP FORECLOSURE ON THEIR LAND, FARMERS MEETING, SPEAKER ON SOAP BOX. FARMERS COMING OUT OF SHOP CARRYING SUPPLIES 00:28:54 - CU JOBLESS UNEMPLOYED MAN LOOKING AT JOB BOARD 00:28:58 - MONTAGE LABORERS: DIGGING UP CITY STREETS LAYING BRICKS, FEDERAL WORK PROJECTS. LINE OF MEN DIGGING WITH SHOVELS 00:29:09 - WORKERS HAPPY TO HAVE JOBS, DOFF HATS AS THEY LEAVE FOR THE DAY 00:29:13 - BEER BOTTLING PLANT, END OF PROHIBITION, CU POURING GLASS OF BEER, MEN CELEBRATING BEER BILL "HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN" 00:29:32 - LOW ANGLE NRA BANNER NATIONAL RECOVERY ADMINISTRATION. NRA LOGO, EAGLE. NRA NEWS DELIVERY TRUCK 00:29:40 - MONTAGE GIANT NRA PARADE THROUGH NEW YORK CITY PATRIOTISM 00:30:19 - MS FDR POSING WITH STAFF MEMBERS 00:30:35 - FDR ARRIVING IN WARM SPRINGS, GEORGIA TO MUCH FANFARE 00:30:45 - MS PAN CHILDREN WITH INFANTILE PARALYSIS IN WHEEL CHAIRS HANDICAP CHILDREN 00:30:53 - MS FDR WAVING HIS HAT FROM DRIVER'S SEAT IN CONVERTIBLE 00:30:57 - MS FDR SPEAKING AT CHILDREN'S CENTER CUTTING THE TURKEY ON THANKSGIVING. CU LITTLE GIRL WIPING MOUTH WITH NAPKIN WHILE EATING 00:31:30 - EXT/NIGHT, ELECTRONIC BILLBOARD ELECTION DAY, 1936. TIMES SQUARE. CHEERING CROWDS. CU REVELER BLOWING ON CURL UP PARTY FAVOR 00:31:50 - INAUGURATION DAY, 1937 RAIN, CROWDS UNDER UMBRELLAS, FDR IN CONVERTIBLE BRAVING THE RAIN "IF THE PEOPLE CAN TAKE IT, SO CAN I" 00:32:05 - POV IN CAR PASSING CROWDS LINE UP IN RAIN WITH UMBRELLAS. 00:32:11 - HS MOTORCADE DOWN PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE EN ROUTE TO WHITE HOUSE 00:32:14 - LS WHITE HOUSE 00:32:19 - MS WHITE HOUSE PEDIMENT WITH BAS RELIEF FIGURES & EQUAL JUSTICE UNDER LAW INSCRIPTION 00:32:23 - FDR SPEECH ON SUPREME COURT RULINGS ON NEW DEAL LEGISLATION LIKE THE NRA 00:32:59 - MS FDR IN OFFICE SIGNING LEGISLATION ON SUPREME COURT 00:33:35 - LS WHITE HOUSE 00:33:40 - SENATORS DEBATING FDR'S SUPREME COURT ISSUE 00:34:24 - MS FDR'S REBUTTAL ON PACKING THE COURT "NO PRESIDENT FIT FOR HIS OFFICE WOULD APPOINT AND NO SENATOR OF HONORABLE MEN FIT FOR THEIR OFFICE WOULD CONFIRM THAT KIND OF APOINTEES..." 00:35:17 - FDR & FAMILY SAILING ON THREE MASTED SCHOONER REST & RELAXATION FOR PRESIDENT 00:35:35 - MONTAGE POLITICAL DINNER FDR GIVING A SPEECH WITH AN IRISH BROGUE, ACCENT 00:36:25 - CU NEWSPAPERS BEING PRINTED ON PRINTING PRESS CU NEWSPAPER HEADLINE: BRITAIN DECLARES WAR 00:36:33 - FDR MEETING WITH APPOINTEES ONSET WWII 00:36:40 - HS PAN DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION, 1940. FDR SPEECH 00:37:03 - FDR RETURNING TO HYDE PARK, ELECTION DAY, 1940 MS FDR WITH MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY, GIVES BOY PENCIL TO WRITE WITH, COVERS BOY'S EYES 00:37:19 - CU FDR SMILING, MS FDR WITH HIS MOTHER. CU PILES OF MAIL LETTERS ON HIS DESK FROM SUPPORTERS 00:37:40 - HYDE PARK RESIDENTS APPROACHING FDR'S HOME WAVING HANKERCHIEFS, BAND PLAYING, CHEERING FDR'S UNPRECEDENTED 3RD TERM 00:37:47 - MS FDR & FAMILY 00:37:51 - FDR'S VOICE OVER AS NEIGHBORS CHEER FROM HIS FRONT LAWN. CU PLACARD: SAFE ON THIRD
- Collection: Historic Films
- Producer:Historic Films
- Transmission Date:01/01/1898
- Rights:On request
- Decade: 1890s
- File Name: VM-342