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Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt (some scratches on film)

Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
Clip: 541487_1_1
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 308
Original Film: WPA 1600 A
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 00:01:27 - 00:09:11

A biography of the life and times of Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Part 1

Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
Clip: 541487_1_2
Year Shot: 1932 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 308
Original Film: WPA 1600 A
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 00:01:27 - 00:02:05

Franklin D Roosevelt, wife Eleanor Roosevelt, and the immediate family on the patio of their Hyde Park home, posing for camera. FDR talking to the camera, introducing the Roosevelt family, the camera panning to each of them as they introduced. FDR, Eleanor and their eldest grandchild, a cute little blond girl named Sissy. FDR asks, "What's our campaign slogan, Sissy?". Sissy replies, "Happy days are here again." Appears to have been taken during 1932 Presidential campaign.

Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
Clip: 541487_1_3
Year Shot: 1932 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 308
Original Film: WPA 1600 A
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 00:02:05 - 00:02:12

Franklin D Roosevelt sitting in car.

Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
Clip: 541487_1_4
Year Shot: 1960 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 308
Original Film: WPA 1600 A
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 00:02:12 - 00:03:11

DO NOT USE Opening Credits, introductory remarks.

Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
Clip: 541487_1_5
Year Shot: 1933 (Actual Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 308
Original Film: WPA 1600 A
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 00:03:11 - 00:04:43

March 4, 1933. First Inauguration of Franklin D Roosevelt . High angle Capitol Building, an American flag flying in foreground. Tilt-down the Capitol dome. FDR, in top hat, making way to gallery. Crowd gathered at Capitol steps. FDR delivering his inauguration speech "This is a day of national consecration. And I am certain that on this day my fellow Americans expect that on my induction into the Presidency I will address them with a candor and a decision which the present situation of our People impels. First of all, let me assert my firm belief that the only thing we have to fear is fear itself. This Nation is asking for action, and action now." Audience members listening. Inaugural parade through the streets of Washington DC.

Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
Clip: 541487_1_6
Year Shot: 1933 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 308
Original Film: WPA 1600 A
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 00:04:43 - 00:04:58

Franklin D Roosevelt meeting and greeting the public.

Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
Clip: 541487_1_7
Year Shot: 1900 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 308
Original Film: WPA 1600 A
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 00:04:58 - 00:06:01

DO NOT USE Glycerine dissolve to still of the Roosevelt home in Hyde Park, New York. Stills of Franklin D Roosevelt as a boy; stills of his parents. FDR as a young man. Stills of FDR and his wife, also his fifth cousin, Eleanor Roosevlet.

Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
Clip: 541487_1_8
Year Shot: 1912 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 308
Original Film: WPA 1600 A
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 00:06:01 - 00:07:07

Travelling shot of a crowd lining the sides of a street for a parade. President Wilson with FDR. Young Franklin D Roosevelt at ceremony, then on street, then on deck of a naval boat with sailors during snow storm. FDR smiles, bundles up and they sail away. Tilting TLS of a docked Navy ship at a christening ceremony. FDR in attendance, bottle is smashed, ship is shoves off from mooring. Other shots of Roosevelt in Washington.

Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
Clip: 541487_1_9
Year Shot: 1920 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 308
Original Film: WPA 1600 A
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 00:07:07 - 00:07:50

Presidential election campaign of 1920. Men in straw boater hats marching on a side street. Ohio Governor and Democratic Presidential candidate James Cox delivering a speech. Cox and his running-mate Franklin D Roosevelt talking on a moving train, panning Outdoor crowd waving their boater hats, smiling. FDR standing on the front steps of an undisclosed building. A male Native American in full regalia walks along and taps him on the shoulder. They shake hands and smile egregiously (a very staged, hammy press op). FDR at outdoor speaking engagements.

Biography: Franklin D. Roosevelt (some scratches on film)
Clip: 541487_1_10
Year Shot: 1921 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 308
Original Film: WPA 1600 A
HD: N/A
Location: Various
Timecode: 00:07:50 - 00:09:11

A lighthouse and sailboat in New England, people standing on shore waving. Sailboat coasting in the water, Franklin D Roosevelt at the helm. Eleanor Roosevelt and the Roosevelt children. FDR writing at a desk. MS of FDR standing in doorway of home with a walking cane (stricken by polio). FDR and Eleanor standing outside their home. FDR swimming at Warm Springs, Georgia, (physcial therapy for polio). FDR driving a convertible, smoking a cigarette.