| ROOSEVELT IN NEW YORK Good footage of President Roosevelt campaigning for re-election in New York. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7738 |
| Catalog #: | 315911 | |
| Clip Number: | 315911-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 1052 B | |
| Timecode: | 01:24:39 - 01:27:22 | |
| Location: | New York | |
| Year Shot: | 1944 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ELECTIONS: Campaigns LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, New York, New York PARADES AND PROCESSIONS: Tickertape PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR) POLITICS: Public Address (Speech) | |
| Description: | Same as catalog # 185503 PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN - Roosevelt tours New York despite downpour. L/Ss of President Franklin D. Roosevelt in baseball stadium in Brooklyn in the rain. He gives a speech about having never seen a game in the stadium before but says that he hopes he will some time in the near future. Various shots of procession of vehicles which includes open topped car with Roosevelt in moving through the streets of the city. Ticker tape falls from the skyscrapers above. Various shots of Roosevelt in the Waldorf Astoria giving a speech on the post war world. He says that although in defeat Germany must not be enslaved by it's victors it must also never carry arms again. | |
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