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Biography of U.S. labor leader John L. Lewis.

LS idle smokestacks outside factory. Panning CU "No Men Wanted" sign on fence outside shuttered factory. Unemployment, the Great Depression. MS older white man hammering "Closed" sign to wood fence. TLS several white men sitting outside store, most smiling, one man with young son; MS unemployed white men playing cards. TLS line of men forming, entering church or mission.

TLS political rally for Warner Ely. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR) standing with confetti on shoulders, delivering speech.

Low angle MSs NRA (National Recovery Administration) flag flying outside building in New York City. Marchers, marching bands in NRA parade.