| ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF MR ROOSEVELT The man who attempted to kill President | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 5483 |
| Catalog #: | 52900 | |
| Clip Number: | 52900-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 33/17 | |
| Timecode: | 01:25:51 - 01:27:22 | |
| Location: | Miami, Florida, United States of America (USA). | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CRIME: Assassinations LAW: Punishment LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Florida, Miami PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR) POLITICS: United States | |
| Description: | “Miami. Attempted Assassination of Mr. Roosevelt. America’s President elect, on the eve of taking office, has marvelous escape from gunman’s bullets.” Miami, Florida, United States of America (USA). Tilt down tower of Miami Prison building holding the man who attempted to assassinate President Elect Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR). CU Giuseppe Zingara in prisoner cell. Shots of the capture of Zingara after the shooting. - Spacing - MS Sheriff Hardy speaks to the prisoner in cell. Zingara explains that he wanted to kill President Roosevelt because he hates Capitalists. CU Zingara. He explains that he would not have attempted to kill FDR if he were not President. N.B. Mayor Anton Cermak of Chicago was shot in Miami during the assassination attempt on President Roosevelt by Zingara in February 1933. | |
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