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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1420 |
| Catalog #: | 496633 | |
| Clip Number: | 496633-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | WPA 135 | |
| Timecode: | ||
| Location: | Martinsville, Indiana | |
| Year Shot: | 1931 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | No | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/MOTION PICTURES: Amateur ENTERTAINMENT/MOTION PICTURES: Home Movies RECREATION: Travel, Tourism, Sightseeing | |
| Description: | title says "Martinsville, Ind. 1931." CU woman, then another title "Governors of 38 States Meet to Discuss the Next President of the United States." LS group of people (short shot), then title says "The Next President", and we have LS Franklin D. Roosevelt in white hat posing by car and walking off. (Campaign? Stumping?) More shots of people meeting outside -- presumably governors. Group shot - hrd to read faces, but looks like FDR seated in middle. good MS of FDR standing at car door, then shaking hands from car. Two older men in straw hats pose. ôOn to Washingtonö title, then motorcade down quiet town street. ôThe Beautiful Lincoln Memorial.ö Washington Monument on cold day with people skating or walking on the reflecting Pool. Close shots of statue inside Lincoln, including text engraved behind him, ôIn this temple as in the hearts of the people for whom he saved the union the memory of Abraham Lincoln is enshrined forever.ö More shots of the mall under light dusting of snow. General LeeÆs home. title says ôUnknown Soldier Cival War,ö and a pen comes out to correct the spelling. CU carved text at the tomb in Arlington Cemetery. ôUnknown Soldier of the World Warö with marching guard. the White House with cars and trolley passing in front, down Pennsylvania Avenue. Then shot of the White House from behind. Mount Vernon with front lawn covered by snow. The Capitol, then a shot of the Washington Monument with date on title: February 22, 1934. Good shot of flags surrounding the monument, then views from the topôPeanuts for Presidentsö title and a peanut vendor on the street talking to a woman. US Capitol shots. | |
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