| 25 Years Ago Today | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1662 |
| Catalog #: | 356355 | |
| Clip Number: | 356355-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 032-057-05 | |
| Timecode: | 00:04:26 - 00:05:08 | |
| Location: | Various | |
| Year Shot: | 1934 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | DISASTERS: Drought FASHION: Coats FASHION: Fur FASHION: Women's GREAT DEPRESSION: Conditions LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Louisiana, New Orleans LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Midwest MILITARY: Misc, USA PERSONALITIES: Long, Huey PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR) | |
| Description: | 25 Years Ago Today Huey Long of Louisiana made headlines with his 'war' against the city administration of New Orleans. National Guardsmen mustered against the city's corps of special deputy police. Huey Long (?) tips his hat, speaks to the camera. Armed guardsman (?). Group of men not in uniform hold guns. F.D.R. toured the Midwest, returning from a Hawaii vacation, as large parts of the agricultural heartland were ravaged by searing drought. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt shakes hands from back of train; crowds wave and cheer. Drought scenes, dying and dead livestock. Men fill containers with water and transport them. Herd of (skinny) cattle. They staged a lavish fur show. 1934's most chic - with the temperature topping 90 degrees in the shade. Women model dresses. Ladies on runway show off glamorous fur coats. One woman's zipper is partly undone, perhaps broken. Fashion. | |
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