| PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT CELEBRATES BIRTHDAY President Roosevelt's birthday celebrations are combined with fund-raising for the infantile paralysis cause. | ||
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| Tape Master: | 6365 | |
| Catalog #: | 53835 | |
| Clip Number: | 53835-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 38/14 | |
| Timecode: | 01:44:04 - 01:45:28 | |
| Location: | United States of America. | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | CEREMONIES: Birthday HEALTH AND MEDICINE: Diseases LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA ORGANIZATIONS: Charity, Medical Research ORGANIZATIONS: Fundraiser ORGANIZATIONS: March of Dimes PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Eleanor PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR) RECREATION: Parties, Social Dance, Ball | |
| Description: | "President ROOSEVELT celebrates birthday". Washington DC C/U of President Franklin Delano Roosevelt smiling. We then see his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt cutting a huge cake to mark the President's 56th birthday as photographers take pictures. A man off-camera asks the First Lady not to ruin the cake as they are going to send it to the (infantile paralysis) hospital. At the Waldorf Astoria Hotel (in New York City) the President's mother, Mrs James Roosevelt, presides over a fund-raising birthday gala with the proceeds going to Roosevelt's infantile paralysis (polio) charity fund. A huge birthday cake with (probably) 56 candles is seen, then high angle shots of the 'social set' dancing to an orchestra - a few brave ones attempt some jitterbug moves. At the White House we see men and women sorting through sacks of letters, containing hundreds of dimes for the appeal. C/U of Roosevelt making a short speech to camera, "I do want to tell you how deeply I appreciate everything you have done. Thank you all and God bless you all." | |
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