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Roosevelt talks about ways to combat unemployment during a speech announcing Works Relief Program in Washington DC.

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt delivers a speech on Works Relief Program in Washington DC, United States (became the Works Progress Administration or W.P.A.). The President speaks standing in front of a number of microphones. He speaks about the Works Relief Program enacted by the Congress to combat unemployment during the Great Depression. He says that the first step is to put men and women on relief rolls. It is for the first time in five years that the relief rolls have declined in the winter months. He says that even though unemployment persists in the US, they have coined some remedial measures in which there are provisions to rule out future unemployment and to help those who are unemployed in the present emergency and the Work Relief Program helps to achieve this.

Date: 1935, April 28
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054707
Congressmen and advisors gather to revive the National Recovery Administration in Washington D.C., United States.

U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt revives the NRA ( National Recovery Administration ) in Washington D.C., United States, during the Great Depression. The south facade of the White House with a fountain in the foreground. President Roosevelt at a desk. Congressmen and advisors outside a building as they gather to devise means to protect social gains achieved by the NRA. An official with a woman. Officials hoist a flag with the NRA insignia and a sign on the flag reads ' we do our part'.

Date: 1935, June 5
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058965
French first lady on a visit to Washington D.C. as the U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull escorts her.

First Lady of France Marguerite Nivoit Lebrun visits Washington D.C., United States. The wife of French President Albert Lebrun with the U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull outside a building.

Date: 1935, June 5
Duration: 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675058969
Men at work on a scaffolding during the repair of the Washington Monument in Washington DC, United States.

Repair of the Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) in Washington DC, United States. Aerial view of the Washington Monument. A scaffolding around the monument during the repair work. Several views of the scaffolding. A man at work seated beside the scaffolding on the monument. Aerial view of the construction material near the monument. View of buildings through the scaffolding of the monument. Men at work on the scaffolding. The U.S. flag on the top of the scaffolding. The Washington Monument after completion of the work.

Date: 1935
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070078
Parks and notable sights in and around Washington, DC

Views of public parks in the National Capital Area. People walking in park across from the White House. A small girl sailing a model boat in the Reflecting Pool and others sailing their boats, with the Lincoln Memorial in background. Woman stands at gravestone of Pierre Charles L'Enfant, in Arlington National Cemetery, with Potomac River and Washington DC in background. View from high in Washington Monument, of the Mall, extending to Lincoln Memorial and part of Memorial Bridge over the Potomac River.View in different direction showing Government Buildings lining Constitution Avenue. Close views of Supreme Court Building and the White House. Various small parks at squares and circles in the District of Columbia.

Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 53 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072201
Some beautiful Washington DC Neighborhoods and local parks, fountains, and places for relaxation

Attractive residential neighborhoods in Washington DC. Views of Meridian Hill with structures and fountains. Other pools and fountains, including the fountain in Lower Senate park, seen with Union Station in background and in another view, with Capitol dome just visible through the spray. View of the Chesapeake and Ohio (C&O) Canal adjacent to Little Falls on the Potomac River.

Date: 1935
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072202