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Biography: Herbert Hoover

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 Campaign: MS Franklin Delano Roosevelt during public address of 1932 presidential campaign (natural audio). GV massive crowd cheering. MS FDR at podium waving.