25 Years Ago Today Huey Long of Louisiana made headlines with his 'war' against the city administration of New Orleans. National Guardsmen mustered against the city's corps of special deputy police. Huey Long tips his hat, speaks to the camera. Armed guardsman (?). Group of men not in uniform hold guns.
MS President FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT riding in open convertible, slew of Secret Service standing & walking; MSs FDR smiling, posing with son, standing on naval ship. MS/CUs three young white women standing by a radio, listening. MS President FDR speaking: "We in America know that our own democratic institutions can be preserved & made to work. But in order to preserve them we need to need to act together, to meet the problems of the nation boldly." MSs Secretary of Labor FRANCIS PERKINS speaking to cam on how to build up consumption & mass production power. CU FATHER CHARLES COUGHLIN speaking to the camera, criticizing the New Deal program & those who have "suffered" from it. MS/CUs DR. FRANCIS TOWNSEND (Townsend Pension Plan, forerunner to Social Security) talking about establishing a universal sales tax to pay for a retirement fund. MS Louisiana Governor HUEY LONG speaking about the possibility of forming a third political party to challenge the two-party system. MS FDR speaking to cam: "If the people during these last few years had chosen a reactionary administration or a do-nothing Congress, Social Security would still be in the conversational stage. A beautiful dream that might come true in the dim, distant future."
25 Years Ago: Huey Long Louisiana's Kingfish, Huey Long, lashes out at critics. Long rants into the camera (some nat sound, but not clear what he's talking about): "...and that confusion has destroyed and put many profitable enterprises further below the mark than they were to start with, and now they have a very poor..."
25 Years Ago - Bonus Bill Washington, DC Vice President John Nance Garner signs Bonus Bill, legislation for US veterans (Bonus Army). CUS - President Roosevelt and a police man in the back ground. Joint Session of Congress. CUS - Huey Long looks at camera, speaking (no audio).
Var shots of Huey P. Long speaking, the voice of the demagogue, says he tried to be the "dictator of America". Var shots of other demagogic types promising solutions, Rev. Gerald L.K. Smith, Father Charles Coughlin , Dr. Francis E. Townshend. Poltical rally, signs from different congressional districts. Various shots of these men impassioned speaking. MS crowd jump up and raise hands.
Master 1822 - Tape 1 MSs men opening crates containing cornerstones for church building. MCU Father Charles Coughlin. GV exterior of the National Shrine of the Little Flower Catholic Church being blessed in Royal Oak, Michigan. MS Father Charles Coughlin seated in office behind desk talking on the telephone. Exterior GV large group of women (secretarial staff) walking to church building. Exterior MS of young man handing Father Charles Coughlin a letter. Exterior GV young men carrying heavy bags filled with letters/mail. GV airplane taling off. MS Father Charles Coughlin reading while on airplane. MS Father Charles Coughlin at podium speaking passonately into the microphone. Politition Alfred Emanuel "Al" Smith at podium. MS front page of 'The Cleveland Press' talking about Coughlin. MS polititions talking. CU newspaper artical. MS Father Charles Coughlin exiting airplane. MS newspaper artical featuring Coughlin and his police escort. CU sign reading 'Rev. Charles E. Coughlin - National Union for Social Justice'. MS Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) seated behind deck writing. MS newpaper artical about Coughlin and FDR. MS William Randolph Hearst. LS Hearst Castle on top of hill, California. MS Coughlin walking with Louis B Ward and Huey Long. MS African American man carrying luggage, Caucasian boy with rolled jeans runs across the lawn. MS Louis B Ward shaking hands with Father Coughlin beforing he enters airplane. MS Louis B Ward talking to man on step of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C. CU plaque on door reading '326 - Mr. Thomas, OKLA.' MS Louis B Ward standing in front of door with cigar in his mouth, he walks in. MS Louis B Ward stepping into office and shaking hands with Senator Elmer Thomas.
MS's of Huey Long delivering a rather humorous speech to a formal audience; he displays a grand sense of humor, considering his gaudy associations. I was elected railroad commissioner of Louisiana in 1918 and they tried to impeach me in 1920. When they failed to impeach me in 1920, they indicted me in mid-1921. When I wiggled through that, I managed to become governor in 1928. And they impeached me in 1929.
MS of Huey singing on a stage while standing behind a podium; a Dixieland jazz band plays behind him. LS of the outdoor audience cheering and waving American flags. Huey Long giving a fiery speech about property taxes. ..and the masses of America, 75 to 80 to 85% of the people, not only give up their property year after year, but they go further and further and further into economic slavery. To where the flesh and blood of the born and the unborn will never be able to erase the debt, let alone come back and rescue the properties that they ve lost through these depressions." Great CU's of audience members, some of whom are munching on stogies (cigar).
MS's of Huey Long (wearing overalls) chopping wood with an ax
MS of Huey Long in suit, looking at camera.
MS of fist-dependent Huey delivering a campaign speech to the camera inside a studio. and now, the corporate element of this state that were cajoled, hand in hand with them, that profited by it, who ransacked this state for the profit of their allies, are being told what they can do, what they can t do and what they will pay, what they can t keep from paying for the welfare of the people of Louisiana and we expect to have this state ruled by the People and not by the interest of high finance.
Huey Long on the campaign trail (trains and crowds, Huey on a whistle stop trip through Louisiana).
Shots of Louisiana legislature. Huey Long speaking.
Huey Long speaking to camera. Long shaking hands with man. Governor Oscar Allen, followed by a two shot of Allen and Long.
Great MS of Huey Long unabashedly drinking behind a bar during a press conference, as he talks to the camera and reporters. I m on the wagon. As you know I haven t had a drink for 18 months, but I will sample this drink to assure you that it is genuine. He takes a drink. I think that s all right. I think that s alright. Better be sure about it. He takes another drink. CU of Huey Long, An old family custom. My grandfather devoted the first day in Louisiana to spending it in the barroom teaching the young men how to mix drinks and handing them back until they had finally mastered the bar position. Reporter, Are you sure he handed them back? Huey, Well he handed the glass back.
Big Parade. Huey Long marching in parade wearing a large sash. They are marching to a football game at Louisiana State University. Huey Long in the football stadium stands.
Huey Long speaking to camera; reporters taking notes.
Huey Long wearing a double-breasted suit walks toward camera. Huey Long speaking, They re not going to have New Orleans or Louisiana run by the thieves, the vandals, and the criminals who have granted the right to make pardons, grant paroles or anything else, but to practice their thuggery against the common citizenship in any way that they desire.
Huey Long speaking, The people of this country will know that we re making a fight here that the good things that have been done will not be undone by the evil that persists by the license that has been given to through the rampant City Hall.
Huey Long conducting a male singer/ pianist through a run-through of Huey's presidential campaign song. Every Man A King
Huey Long's firebrand, finger pointing oratorical skills. I would have an election held in this country, between high-populoriem and low-populhariem - Roosevelt on the one hand and Hoover on the other, the twin bed-mates of disaster. We want neither one of them and we ve got to have a candidate away from the Republican Party and away from the Democratic Party. I for one am perfectly willing to see that there is another choice in the United States in 1936 or a chance to have a choice.
Huey Long - Share Our Wealth, We expect to see the 48 states of America and the United States fall in line with the Louisiana Share Our Wealth program. That will mean there will be no such thing as a man without a home and something to eat and something to wear and a job. If you allow a big man to have billions than all of us can t have anything else. So we propose that none shall be bigger than a 10 millionaire, and none shall own less than a home and the comforts necessary for a home and properly educate their children.
Huey Long supporters and detractors: real audio CU's of constituents voicing their opinions.
MS of Huey Long smashing a breakaway bottle over an actor's head on a movie set. Publicity stunt with band leader Ina Ray Hutton. Huey talking to and meeting with an all women jazz band. Ina Ray sings Huey s song with the lyrics changed to Every Girl A Queen . Huey casually waving his hand as if conducting a choir.
Huey Long making speech in the Louisiana State legislature.
MS of Huey delivering a speech to fellow politicians; a photographer's flashbulb explodes, sending shards by Huey's already-nervous countenance; the Senator stops, smiles weakly, and then continues after a quick display of wit.
Inside the Louisiana State Capitol, Huey Long talking to members of the state house. Flashes meant to represent Huey Long being shot.
Montage of Huey Long funeral - long lines of grieving public coming to view the casket, the casket being brought out, the funeral procession.
