| President Roosevelt Pledges To Keep US Out Of War | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1530 |
| Catalog #: | 347522 | |
| Clip Number: | 347522-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 011-803-05 | |
| Timecode: | 00:15:51 - 00:17:25 | |
| Location: | WASHINGTON, D.C. | |
| Year Shot: | 1939 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS: Misc. LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, Washington D.C. PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR) POLITICS: Public Address (Speech) WORLD WAR TWO, GENERAL: Speeches WORLD WAR TWO, HOMEFRONT: Misc | |
| Description: | Shaky, dull, dark in contrast and imagery: President Roosevelt, his peace efforts failed, appeals for national unity in the crisis and pledges his fight for neutrality! Press photographers, radio reporters wearing headphones (head-sets), NBC, CBS microphones lined up. Sound man cues President, President Roosevelt’s press release addressing the war in Europe: "This nation will remain a neutral nation, but I can not ask that every American remain neutral in thought as well. Even a neutral has a right to take account of facts. Even a neutral can not be asked to close his mind or to close his conscious. I have said not once but many times, that I've have seen war and that I hate war. I say that again and again. I hope the United States will keep out of this war. I believe that it will and I give you assurance and re-assurance that every effort of your government will be directed toward that end. As long as it remains within my power to prevent, there will be no blackout of peace in the United States". | |
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