Boom Days - PT3
Boom Days - PT3
American History and Politics 1928-1932: Featuring Coolidge, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Kellogg-Brian Peace Pact, construction of Boulder (Hoover) Dam & the Supreme Court of the United States.
Boom Days - PT3
Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact of 1928, France: MS U.S. Secretary of State FRANK KELLOGG posing on walkway of boat upon arriving in France. LS delegate in meeting hall (cam in back of room). LS French Foreign Minister ARISTIDE BRIAND speaking to delegation. CU signed Kellogg-Briand document. MSs Secretary Frank Kellogg exiting building, getting into car. MS Secretary Kellogg posing with wife Clara Margaret Cook Kellogg. CU Sec. Kellogg.
Boom Days - PT3
Kellogg-Briand Peace Pact of 1928, United States: Panning MS President Calvin Coolidge, Sec. Kellogg & Presidential cabinet at signing. MSs President Coolidge signing the Kellogg-Brian Peace Pact. CU antiwar treaty with Coolidge's signature.
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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.
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New York: TLS/LSs tickertape (ticker tape, ticker-tape) parade celebration in New York City for Governor Al Smith, Democratic Presidential nominee. MS Gov. AL SMITH (Alfred Smith) riding in convertible with Mayor Jimmy Walker. Great TLS crowd of mostly men wearing fedoras waving happily to cam. MS Al Smith doffing hat to crowd. TLS several men standing on ledge with megaphones during tickertape parade.
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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.
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Supreme Court: CU Chief Justice of the Supreme Court WILLIAM HOWARD TAFT wearing fedora, smiling, posing. MS Chief Justice CHARLES EVANS HUGHES posing, removing hat. CU Justice OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES, JR. posing for cam. Panning wide MS Supreme Court Justices of the United States under the Hoover administration (Charles Evans Hughes, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Willis Van Devanter, James McReynolds, Louis Brandeis, George Sutherland, Pierce Butler, Edward Sanford, Harlan Stone).
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Construction of Boulder Dam (Hoover Dam): LS Colorado River, Black Canyon. Panning LS/TLSs pulley traveling above canyon at construction site. Good LSs dam under construction.
Boom Days - PT3
MS Governor of New York FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT, ELEANOR ROOSEVELT & two Roosevelt sons standing by airplane, talking to press before flying to Democratic National Convention, 1932: "We have a perfect day for this trip. I'm very happy to be going out to Chicago. Everybody knows the reason why I'm so happy." Panning TLS commercial monoplane taking off from airfield.
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TLS Franklin D. Roosevelt standing at podium at 1932 DNC, waving to crowd; panning LS crowded convention floor; TLSs FDR speaking about Prohibition-- "This convention wants repeal. Your candidate wants repeal. I am confident that the United States of America wants repeal." "That admirable document, the platform which you have adopted, is clear. I accept it 100%.:
Boom Days - PT3
MS American flag (48 stars) flying, "The End" superimposed over it.