| 25 Years Ago Today | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1649 |
| Catalog #: | 355685 | |
| Clip Number: | 355685-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 031-055-04 | |
| Timecode: | 00:42:31 - 00:45:00 | |
| Location: | Washington, DC | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ECONOMICS: Misc FASHION: Women's GREAT DEPRESSION: Misc LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. PERSONALITIES: Hoover, Herbert PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR) PROHIBITION: Legislation | |
| Description: | One of a series of glimpses into a time not so long ago but already shrouded with memory and nostalgia. F.D.R.'S Inauguration - The Bank Holiday and depression barter - Legal 3.2 Beer - Omens Of The Sack Dress - Only 25 Years Ago. The White House. Herbert Hoover leaving the White House for the last time as President, sharing a car with FDR. Franklin D Roosevelt: "First of all. Let me assert my firm belief - That the only thing we have to fear. Is fear itself". MS - The Bank Holiday and traffic on the streets. Mass of people walking on the streets of New York. CUS - A man making Depression Dollars out of rubber. i.e. - Rubber Check $1.00. CUS - A sign reading; "You don't need Money. What Have You Got? We will take Anything". A man give a guitar for a sack full of food. CUS - Beer getting bottled. Barrels rolling down a shoot. Two bartenders setting up mugs of beer. MS - Inside a bar. MS - A bank that went bust is turned into a bar. Legal beer. MS - Ladies walking down the streets of New York wearing Sack Dresses. | |
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