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US President Franklin Roosevelt is greeted by a large crowd in Hartford while heading for Boston.

US President Franklin Roosevelt on his way to 3rd 'campaign' speech in Boston. He is greeted by a large crowd in Hartford, Connecticut. The President addresses the crowd. People take cover under umbrellas. A group of people waves to the President. The President speaks into a microphone from an open car. Other officials seated with the President in the car. A procession of cars moves along a street. President Roosevelt inspects Pratt & Whitney airplane engine factory. A crowd assembled on a street.

Location: Hartford Connecticut

Date: 1940, October 30

Duration: 59 sec

Sound: No

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English

Workers manufacture propellers at the Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation Plant in Hartford, Connecticut.

The Hamilton Standard Propeller Corporation Plant in Hartford, Connecticut. Workers manufacture constant speed full-feathering propellers in the plant. Columns of standing propellers. Men work on various machines. Workers use machines to curve the contours of the hydraulic propellers. They smooth the bushings, polish the blades, and check for variable pitch and blade angles. The finished propellers are moved on wheeled dollies for storage.

Location: Hartford Connecticut

Date: 1940

Duration: 1 min 3 sec

Sound: Yes

Color: Monochrome

Clip Type: Edited

Language: English