MS President WARREN G. HARDING shaking hands w/ Senators ball player. Slo-mo MS of CALVIN COOLIDGE tossing out the first ball of the season. MS President HERBERT HOOVER tossing first ball, 1929.
TLS Governor of New York AL SMITH (Alfred Smith) standing in parked convertible, waving hat to crowd on street; CU Al Smith smiling; high angle LSs large crowd waching motorcade; panning TLS Gov. Al Smith waving to crowd from open convertible. MSs U.S. President HERBERT HOOVER posing w/ var white people. H/a LS crowded floor during Republican National Convention, crowd waving small American flags; MS Herbert Hoover taking seat in gallery; sideview CU Hoover speaking. TLS/MSs President Herbert Hoover delivering Inaugural Address, Mar 4, 1929; MS crowd.
1933 newsreel of Inauguration of FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. Former President HERBERT HOOVER exiting White House, entering car where FDR sits in wait; they shake hands, confer; shots of motorcade leaving White House grounds. FDR walks onto platform with assistance from son, takes oath of office; good crowd shots.
MS President HERBERT HOOVER pushing paper at desk, books at right. MSs Mr. Hoover giving speeches with radio microphones before him.
Panning TLS New York Governor AL SMITH riding in convertible, doffing hat to crowd lining street. MSs businessman HERBERT HOOVER on campaign trail, meeting w/ big business.
MS U.S. President HERBERT HOOVER, wife & entourage walking along Boeing Field. MS Air Corps Chief General JAMES FECHET reading citation honoring EDDIE RICKENBACKER; MS President Hoover & Mr. Rickenbacker.
LS front view White House. View from White House upper window. Interior of White House, man walking in hall. MS President Herbert Hoover at desk signing paper. MCU Hoover. MLS business leaders summoned to White House. CU humorist Robert Benchley on the confusing & contradictory analyses of causes of Depression. Var shots unemployed men on park benches. CUs men looking depressed. Hi ang crowd on street; shots of people gathered outside a bank, depositors in line going in to withdraw their money. MSs customers in line in bank. Parade with anti-Hoover signs, "In Hoover we Trusted, Now We're Busted" on the side of a truck.
Tight LS of Hoover, surrounded by suits and politicians, standing on a platform at a Republican National Convention. He receives a nice pop, loud and lengthy. MS of Hoover speaking into the mics at the podium, thanking the audience for the wonderful welcome.
Aerial of battleship Maryland in water. MS Herbert Hoover standing in doorway of private boat. Various shots of Hoover boarding & traveling on battleship for goodwill tour to South America.
WWI: Various shots of U.S. citizens in lines & large groups as they attempt to leave European countries due to the start of WWI. MS people climbing aboard ship. GV ship packed w/US passengers on their way back to the states. MS/CU Hoover on ship.
WWI: MS procession along street w/banners calling for "War Gardens". MCUs Herbert Hoover seated at desk signing & flipping through documents. MCU women preparing food: peeling potato, separating grapes from vine. MCU women preparing food for jam or jelly. MS women stacking jars of jelly on display table. GV group of men & women posing for photo in front of backdrop reading "Sign the Hoover Food Pledge". MCU boy scouts holding place cards supporting Hoover's less waist food plan. MCU poster reading "Save a loaf a week help win the war."
Various shots of President Dwight Eisenhower & Herbert Hoover on White House steps posing for pictures & shaking hands as Hoover accepts position w/the Eisenhower administration.
Various shots as an elderly Herbert Hoover arrives in West Germany via airplane. Various shots as an elderly Herbert Hoover receives an honorary degree from a university.
Europe post-WWI: MS/MCU Herbert Hoover posing w/officials in Europe. MCUs Hoover at desk & shaking hands w/men while he is Director of European Relief & Rehabilitation.
Post-WWI (Hoover returns to the U.S): MSs Herbert Hoover exiting train car to a warm reception of clapping, hand shakes & hat tilts. Elevated GV as people on the Stanford University Campus (Palo Alto, California) parade around fountain w/banner "Welcome Home Hoover". Night MLS Hoover being paraded around in convertible car as people light the way w/torches. GV bond fire celebration. MCU Herbert Hoover w/his wife Louise Henry Hoover, both w/smiles. MS Hoover & his family.
MS Herbert Hoover relaxing on front porch w/male chums. Slow motion MCU Hoover. MCU Hoover talking on telephone.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927: GV pan of flood waters sweeping through the lower Mississippi Valley. MLS flood waters consuming house. Aerial of small parcel of land still above the flood level, small piece of land is loaded w/live stock. MLS people riding through flood waters in row boats. MCU Hoover walking toward camera. MLS Hoover touring flood devastated town. MLS convoy of flood relief supplies rolling through town.
The Great Mississippi Flood of 1927: MSs Herbert Hoover & others touring flood devastated town in the lower Mississippi Valley. MS food supplies being distributed to local flood victims. GV/MS community soup line. GV displaced African American flood victims in line receiving linens & such. MS Herbert Hoover & wife Lou seated on park bench, she knits while he talks & glances at a newspaper.
Run for Presidency: CU/MCU Calvin Coolidge speaking at public event. MCUs Herbert Hoover surrounded by press. MS Hoover & wife Lou walking along porch of their Palo Alto home. MCU/CU Hoover seated in wicker chair.
Campaign Tour: MCU/CU Herbert Hoover at podium as he accepts the Republican Presidential Nomination at Stanford University. GV crowd seated in bleachers waving small American flags. MSs Herbert Hoover speaking at podium. POV from train of large crowd of Hoover supporters during Whistle Stop Campaign tour. MCU Hoover & wife waving from train platform. POV supporters following train. Several MSs of Hoover & supporters during various campaign parades & stops.
Campaign Tour: GV pan of crowd waving small American flags at Hoover rally. MLS Hoover at podium surrounded by flag waving supporters. High angle LS street packed w/people during election night. GV street packed w/people. MS rolling screen announcing Hoover's presidential win.
Presidential Inauguration 1928: MS/MCUs Herbert Hoover & Calvin Coolidge in car on way to presidential inauguration. MS pan down dome of the Capitol Building in Washington D.C.
Presidential Inauguration: MS Herbert Hoover at podium giving his inaugural speech (natural audio) "If we survey the situation of our Nation both at home and abroad, we find many satisfactions..." LS pan from behind podium of Hoover & massive crowd in front of him listening to speech "We have emerged from the losses of the Great War and the reconstruction following it with increased virility and strength..." MS Hoover at podium "I have no fears for the future of our country. It is bright with hope..." MS Hoover leaving podium to applause. GV massive crowd dispersing after speech.
Stock Market Boom: MCUs Herbert Hoover & wife in car. LS street of New York City loaded w/pedestrians. GVs men outside the New York Stock Exchange Building. Interior GV trading going on within the NY stock exchange. MS man writing prices on board. MCU exchanges happening through caged teller booth. MS fast paced stock activity. MS/MCU stocks being placed into filing cubbies. MS stock papers moving along conveyor.
Stock Market Crash: High angle LS trading at NY stock exchange. MS/MCU frantic traders waving arms & shouting. MS Hoover.
Unemployment (Great Depression): MCU pan of chain-link fence to sign reading "No Men Wanted". MCU man hammering "Closed" sign to wooden fence. MS man hanging "Closed" sign on chain-link fence. MS man walking along city street w/sandwich board reading "Unemployed Will Take Any Job". Low angle CU of unemployed men walking in line w/heads lowered. MSs Herbert Hoover making public address regarding unemployment (natural audio) "And therefore I would say to the American public, be patient, be helpful, recognize the complexity & difficulty of the problem...."
Various MS/MCU Herbert Hoover at podium speaking to public (VO only, no natural audio).
Presidential Campaign: MLS Herbert Hoover speaking to public from train platform during whistle stop presidential campaign tour of 1932 (natural audio). Elevated GV massive crowd gathered in street. MS Franklin Delano Roosevelt at podium during presidential campaign. MS Hoover speaking about unemployment during public address in Cleveland, Ohio (natural audio).
Presidential Campaign: CU/MS Franklin Delano Roosevelt during public address of 1932 presidential campaign (natural audio). MS Herbert Hoover speaking to public during campaign (natural audio).
Presidential Inauguration 1933: MS Herbert Hoover & wife leaving the White House on FDR inauguration day 1933, they shake hands w/Eleanor Roosevelt then Hoover hops into backseat of car where FDR is waiting. MS/CU/MLS as FDR & Hoover ride to the inauguration.
MS Herbert Hoover post-presidency riding a horse on his property in Palo Alto, California. MS Hoover strolling through garden. MS Hoover walking across lawn w/two dogs. MS Hoover seated in wicker chair sifting through papers. MCU seated in chair petting dog.
MCU Herbert Hoover post-presidency during public address (natural audio) voicing his opposition to the New Deal.
MCU Herbert Hoover post-presidency speaking to camera. Several shots of Hoover in hip waders fly-fishing in river.
Post WWII: MCU Herbert Hoover w/U.S. military general. MS Hoover arriving at event. MS Hoover walking under garden pergola, MPs salute. MS Hoover shaking hands. MSs Hoover at table receiving bouquet of gladiolas.
Post WWII: Various shots of Herbert Hoover in meeting with President Harry Truman as Hoover accepts post WWII public liaison position.
Post WWII (food shortage, Hoover VO): MS as Hoover tours town in Europe, locals cheer. GV Hoover touring bombed out town. MS Hoover meeting w/local woman. MCU woman holding child in her arms. MCU bread bring broken into pieces & shared between men & women. WS/MS families walking past barracks w/belongings. MCU elderly woman w/scarf on head & belongings on back. CU elderly man . MCU young girl eating food from silver wrapper.
Inauguration Day, Washington DC, March 4, 1933: MS FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT & HERBERT HOOVER in car outside White House; TLS Capitol Dome, tilt down to gallery; TLS crowd gathered to hear speech.
Palo Alto, California: Establishing GV of Herbert Hoover home in Palo Alto, California. LSs Stanford University campus as seen from hillside of Hoover home. Elevated GV Stanford students parading banner around water fountain-- "Welcome Home, Hoover". Night GV Stanford students rallying in support of Hoover's presidential nomination, they carry torches & ride in convertible car. TLS nighttime celebration outside Hoover home. MS Stanford President HERBERT HOOVER wearing tuxedo, posing with wife LOU HENRY HOOVER on front stoop.
Presidential Inauguration: Cute MS President Hoover seated, surrounded by immediate family, his young grandchild passes papers around the table. MS/TLSs Chief Justice WiILLIAM HOWARD TAFT administering Oath of Office to Herbert Hoover, March 4, 1929.
Herbert Hoover where-in he studies some natural resources by personal research. Herbert Hoover fishing in a stream. Hoover at his desk, pushing papers in Washington.
Golden Jubilee of Electric Light in Dearborn, Michigan, 1929. Auto tycoon Henry Ford wearing fedora hat. Henry Ford talking with Thomas Alva Edison. Crowd gathered large portraits of Thomas Edison and President Herbert Hoover over the stand. Edison, Ford and respective wives standing on train caboose. Antique steam engine locomotive, American flags flying from engine car, moving slowly past crowd on rainy afternoon. Panning Edison and US President Herbert Hoover alighting train to fanfare. Edison standing before podium laden with microphones, reciting "Mary Had A Little Lamb". Traveling shot of Thomas Edison and President Hoover riding through streets of Detroit in open convertible. Crowd bearing rainy weather, many open umbrellas and raincoats. Police motorcycle escort in motorcade.
