| SWING IT! (aka MRS ROOSEVELT SQUARE DANCING) The First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt enjoys Virginian hospitality at a square dance. | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 7503 |
| Catalog #: | 491426 | |
| Clip Number: | 491426-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | UN 111 F | |
| Timecode: | 01:35:03 - 01:35:55 | |
| Location: | Arthurdale, West Virginia, United States of Americ | |
| Year Shot: | 1938 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ENTERTAINMENT/DANCE: Folk, Square Dance LOCATIONS/NORTH AMERICA: USA, West Virginia PERSONALITIES: Roosevelt, Eleanor | |
| Description: | SWING IT! (aka MRS ROOSEVELT SQUARE DANCING) The First Lady, Eleanor Roosevelt enjoys Virginian hospitality at a square dance. "Swing It! First Lady Goes Square Dancing". American voiceover. Arthurdale, West Virginia, United States of America. Eleanor Roosevelt Square Dancing at the senior prom at Arthurdale, West Virginia High School. MLS of Mrs.Roosevelt on the dance floor. MS musicians playing banjo, guitar, fiddle, mandolin, with the square dance caller behind them. Various shots of Mrs R during the square dance; cut-in CUs of musicians playing. Commentator says the miners from this town were helped to a more abundant life by Mrs. Roosevelt. Arthurdale was a mining town where Mrs Roosevelt did some of her social work. | |
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