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President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the Democratic National Convention during the 1936 election campaign
President Franklin Roosevelt in his acceptance speech addresses the gathered delegates of the Democratic National Convention at Franklin Field near Philadelphia's Convention Hall. Posters of Roosevelt and his running mate John Nance Garner. Roosevelt is surrounded by guards. In the nomination acceptance speech, he speaks of the courage of the American people in withstanding problems and facing challenges. He endorses the platform of the democratic convention. He insists on protection of the family and home, sustenance of democracy, and aid to those overtaken by disaster. He talks of the war in America being waged against want and destitution, as well as a war for the survival of democracy. Crowd cheers and claps to the words of President Roosevelt. Band playing "Happy Days are Here Again" at end of clip, which was had been the campaign song of the democratic party for the prior, 1932, presidential campaign.
President Franklin D Roosevelt addresses crowd in Philadelphia during 1940 presidential campaign.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center (3517 Civic Center Blvd, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The President speaks from the podium and gives a political speech responding to what he characterizes as deliberate falsehoods promulgated by the political opposition. He talks about dictators and the practice of repetitions of falsehoods, saying, "Certain techniques of propaganda, created and developed in dictator countries, have been imported into this campaign. It is the very simple technique of repeating and repeating and repeating falsehoods, with the idea that by constant repetition and reiteration, with no contradiction, the misstatements will finally come to be believed. Dictators have had great success in using this technique; but only because they were able to control the press and the radio, and to stifle all opposition. That is why I cannot bring myself to believe that in a democracy like ours, where the radio and a part of the press — I repeat, where the radio and a part of the press-remain open to both sides, repetition of deliberate misstatements will ever prevail. I make the charge now that those falsifications are being spread for the purpose of filling the minds and the hearts of the American people with fear. They are used to create fear by instilling in the minds of our people doubt of each other, doubt of their Government, and doubt of the purposes of their democracy. This type of campaign has a familiar ring. It reminds us of the scarecrow of four years ago that the social security funds were going to be diverted from the pockets of the American workingman. It reminds us of the famous old scarecrow of 1932, 'Grass will grow in the streets of a hundred cities; a thousand towns; the weeds will overrun the fields of millions of farms.' The American people will not be stampeded into panic. The effort failed before and it will fail again. The overwhelming majority of Americans will not be scared by this blitzkrieg of verbal incendiary bombs. They are now calmly aware that, once more, 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' I consider it a public duty to answer falsifications with facts. I will not pretend that I find this an unpleasant duty. I am an old campaigner, and I love a good fight."
Workers at the U.S. Mint factory in Philadelphia recycle old coins to produce new Washington quarter coins.
Shows workers at the U.S. Mint factory in Philadelphia melting down old and worn out silver coins into ingots. The recycled metal strips are pressed, rolled and punched to produce new quarter coins that bear the head of President George Washington.
George Mershon works on a coal powered steam car, his new invention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Man pushes a steam car with no gear shifts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. George Mershon works on the car, his new invention, which is powered by coal. Smokestack on the hood of the car. Mershon drives away the car on the road.
University of Pennsylvania time ties 16 year old mile relay mark in Classic Track Meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Shows college track and field athletes in a relay race at Classic Track Meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. University of Ohio team wins the relay. Athletes participate in a hurdle race. In a mile relay, the host University of Pennsylvania team ties a 16 year old record and wins the race. The team members from the University of Pennsylvania team interlock arms and pose for the camera, smiling.
Army beats Navy 20-0 during a football game in Philadelphia.
A football match played between the U.S. Army and the U.S. Navy teams in Philadelphia. A large crowd gathers in a grandstand. The match in progress. People watch the match. The army team wins the match 20-0.