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Dr Harry F Ward protest against Nazi persecutions in Germany.

Dr Harry F Ward of the Union Theological Seminary addresses large crowd gathered at Madison Square Garden in New York. Dr Ward condemns President Roosevelt's response to the Nazis in Germany, saying, "It is not enough!"

Date: 1938, November 23
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050141
New York Giants manager Leo Durocher brushes off reporters, 1949

Newsreel clip begins with views inside and outside the Polo Grounds, the home stadium of baseball's New York Giants. Fans leave through the center field gates at the end of a game. Baseball commissioner Happy Chandler smiles and poses for the camera at his desk. Giants manager Leo Durocher, wearing 1940s-style street clothes, disembarks from a plane with other members of the team. Reporter shouts "Leo!" at him and photographer asks him to wave, to no response. At Polo Grounds, Giant players and coaches walk down the staircase from the center field clubhouse to the field. Durocher says a few words to reporters. Durocher walks across the field and into the Giants' dugout. (Note: Silent except for moment of wild sound when reporter calls out to Durocher)

Date: 1949, May 5
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050162
President Franklin D. Roosevelt (FDR) dedicates Post Office in Hyde Park, New York

President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen platform beside the new stone Post Office in Hyde Park, New York. He speaks to a crowd gathered for the dedication of the Post Office. Brief view from across the avenue, then back to the crowd at the dedication site. The President speaking to the crowd. He then takes a trowel and ceremoniously applies mortar to the top of a cornerstone. Closeup of the corner stone shows names of current officials and the architect, including: Franklin D.Roosevelt, President of United States of America; James A. Farley, Postmaster General; John M. Carmody,Federal Works Administrator; W. Englebert Reynolds, Commissioner of Public Buildings; Louis A. Simon, Supervising Architect; and Neal A. Melick, Supervising Engineer. The year 1940 is also engraved.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050190
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, Sara Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt, at polling place in Hyde Park, New York, 1940.

Opening scene shows a voting booth with curtains closed. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) accompanied by his mother Sara Roosevelt and his wife Eleanor Roosevelt are seen preparing to vote in the 1940 Presidential elections. They stand together in front of a voting booth, with curtains open showing machine inside. There is much activity around and things seem a bit disorganized. (Other persons are voting and being assisted by volunteers, all unseen. But their conversations can be overheard.) At one point the President is amused, and almost laughs. President Roosevelt speaks with a man briefly, who helps him step aside, using his cane. At the same time, Eleanor Roosevelt helps her mother-in-law enter the open voting booth, and makes sure the curtains are closed. After Sara Roosevelt leaves the booth, Eleanor Roosevelt listens to brief comment from man assisting voters, and then enters the booth and votes. She is seen backing out of the booth.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050191
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt seated in back seat of open car, smiling at surrounding onlookers

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt seated in an open car. Large crowd surrounds the car. One young man has climbed partway up a tree to get a better look. The cameraman apparently loses control of his camera, which records while he is walking. Resulting views are upside down and generally meaningless. Scene stabilizes showing a camera on the ground and film roll in hands of a man.

Date: 1940
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050192
President Roosevelt accompanied by his mother and his wife at polling place

Interior of polling place in Hyde Park, New York. A volunteer voter assistant stands in front of a bank of voting booths perusing a document. Scene shifts to woman being identified on the voter rolls, by volunteers, as line of people wait in background. New sequence in same place shows President Franklin D. Roosevelt signing a voter's ledger. The woman volunteer gives him a voter pass, as Eleanor Roosevelt, and her mother-in-law, Sara Roosevelt, approach the registration table. The President uses a cane and is assisted by a man whose arm he holds. Photographers ask them all to pose for a picture, which they do. Sara Roosevelt exchanges banter with the volunteers. Photographers pester the President to look up for a photo, at which he responds, good naturedly, "Yes sir." As the banter continues, the three Roosevelts begin to laugh. At one point, in response to a request, he answers: "I couldn't, I've got a crick in my neck." Finally, the President says, "Let's go and vote." The President is helped into a booth and votes, without bothering to close the curtains. As he turns to exit, his assistant moves quickly to his side and he is joined by his wife and mother. The President smiles broadly.

Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050193