| Speeches of Roosevelt | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tape Master: | 293 | |
| Catalog #: | 437368 | |
| Clip Number: | 437368-4 | |
| Orginal Film: | ||
| Timecode: | 01:03:46 - 01:06:14 | |
| Location: | Various | |
| Year Shot: | 1933 (Actual Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | GREAT DEPRESSION: Misc PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Franklin D. (FDR) POLITICS: Public Address (Speech) POLITICS: United States | |
| Description: | First Inauguration of FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, March 4, 1933: shots of President-elect FDR riding in open convertible through streets of Washington, DC, en route to Capitol Building; silent MS of Franklin D. Roosevelt being sworn in as President by Chief Justice CHARLES HUGHES. Excerpts of FDR delivering Inaugural Address: "Today is a day of national consecration & I am certain that my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them w/ a candor & a decision which the present situation of our nation impels. This is pre-eminently the time to speak the truth, the whole truth, frankly and boldly. Nor need we shrink from honestly facing conditions in our country today. This great nation will endure as it has endured, will revive and will prosper. First of all let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself." Edit. "This nation is asking for action, and action now. Our greatest primary task is to put people to work. This is no unsolvable problem if we face it wisely and courageously. It can be accompanied in part by direct recruiting by the government itself, treating the task as we would treat the emergency of a war." Edit. "In the event that the Congress shall fail to take one of these courses, and in the event that the national emergency is still critical, I shall not evade the clear course of duty that will then confront me. I shall ask the Congress for the one remaining instrument to meet the crisis: broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency". | |
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