President Dwight D Eisenhower visits the AEC (Atomic Energy Commission) in Germantown, Maryland. View of the AEC building. Board reads 'United Stats Atomic Energy Commission'. President Eisenhower dedicates 13 Million dollars to the headquarters of the Atomic Energy Commission
Opening scene shows the White House in Washington, DC. Scene shifts to President Roosevelt seated, ready to address the Nation by radio. View of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. FDR with his entire family posing, in front of the family home "Springwood" at Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt, when Governor of New York, seen in a sail boat, in 1929. FDR in his car at his Institute for Rehabilitation in Warm Springs, Georgia. He is speaking with a man associated with the Institute, who then greets several polio victims in wheel chairs there. Crowds celebrating Roosevelt's election, in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, in 1932. Roosevelt, at the Democratic Headquarters at the Biltmore Hotel on November 8, 1932. He is standing, supported by his son James, as he remarks: "It looks my friends like a real landslide this time." Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol. FDR taking the oath of office on March 4, 1933. Brief view of New York Stock Exchange trading floor. A man looking at stock market ticker tape. A group of people raising a National Recovery Administration member flag. Glimpse of "Springwood" and then view of President Roosevelt sitting next to his mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt. Next, as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt sit in the garden, their grandchildren, Anna Eleanor Dall ("Sistie") and Curtis Roosevelt Dall ("Buzzie") come past riding horses, with granddaughter Sara, behind them on a pony. FDR pets the pony and talks with Sara. FDR being nominated for a second term as President, in the 1936 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. President Roosevelt, riding in an inaugural motorcade as he begins an unprecedented 4th term as President in 1941. Glimpse of President and Mrs. Roosevelt in an open car. West point cadets marching in the inaugural parade. Military trucks towing artillery pieces in the parade. President Roosevelt speaking at the dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association at the Willard hotel in Washington, DC, March 15, 1941. He extols the virtues of Winston Churchill and the British people. And he promises that America will supply them with the war materiel they need in World War II (This is known as the Lend Lease Speech.)
Crowds of delegates and citizens gathered in Philadelphia for the closing, nomination acceptance speech of the Democratic National Convention during the 1936 presidential campaign. Spotlights sweep across the gathered crowd listening to the speakers including United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt, running for his second term. President Roosevelt accepts his nomination at Franklin Field (South 33rd and Spruce Streets Philadelphia, PA 19104).
Thousands of delegates gathered in Convention Hall, for the Democratic National Convention in 1936. Many carry banners and signs supporting President Franklin Roosevelt. Some of the banners read, 'Cool Colorado Hot For Roosevelt', 'Roosevelt Friend of the Forgotten Man' and other FDR signs and banners. Several representatives of United States present among the crowd. A banner supporting the U.S. Democratic Party reads, ' Party With A Soul'.
Cars stalled on a snow-covered road in Johnstown after the 1936 flood. Men push a car off road in blizzard conditions. Workers clean up debris and rubble from street in Johnstown in front of McRory’s Store while snow falls. Furniture stacked in the street as man scoops a bucket of water from a large puddle. National Guard troops guard stores while others carry food supplies to bread line. Flood victims smile while standing in line to receive food and supplies. Dairy Dell billboard visible in background.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses those gathered during his acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia's Convention Hall. Brief excerpt at start of clip with Senator Burton K. Wheeler from Montana addressing the convention. Posters of Presidential candidate Roosevelt and vice-presidential candidate John Nance Garner. Garner seated beside Roosevelt as the President speaks. Roosevelt speaks of the value of divine justice which weighs the sins of the cold blooded and the warm hearted in different scales. He extols a government of charity over a government of indifference. Crowd cheers and claps to the words of the President.
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