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Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of Government in United States.

Voting process of United States Presidential elections. Election Day in Riverton, California. A document reads 'Constitution of United States of America'. Animation explains the three branches of Government of United States. The three branches are Executive Branch (President of United States), Legislative Branch (Senate and House of Representatives) and Judicial Branch (Supreme Court). The three branches have some powers and no branch has all the powers. The system of checks and balance among the three branches in United States. A voter casts his vote in Riverton.

Date: 1945, November
Duration: 5 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053765
Presidential candidates Franklin Roosevelt and Thomas Dewey during the election in United States.

Voting process of United States Presidential elections. Citizens of United States cast their votes for the presidential elections. People stand lined in front of the voting booth. Ballots at the polling place. Election Day in Riverton, California. People stand in a school which is selected as a polling place. A man dusts chalk from the sleeves of his jacket. Abraham Lincoln written on the board. A portrait of Abraham Lincoln. Several cartoons depict the election in 1864. Presidential candidates selected in the nominating conventions of the parties. Huge crowd in the campaign rallies. Campaign banners and signs read 'America needs Roosevelt' and 'Roosevelt and Victory'. The candidates of Republican Party are Thomas Dewey and John Bricker. The candidates of Democratic Party are Franklin Roosevelt and Harry Truman.

Date: 1945, November
Duration: 3 min 17 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053766
Excerpt from film about national elections in the United States. This segment covers election of November 7, 1944, in World War II

Excerpt from film about national elections in the United States. Opening scene show a banner stretched across a downtown street, reading: "Vote Democratic, vote for full employment. Below that are pictured two local candidates and Franklin D. Roosevelt (running for an unprecedented 4th term as President). Underneath, the banner reads:"Conners for Congress.Glimpses of other political signs are shown, on telephone poles, buildings,and automobile windows. Citizens discuss the elections in various places: A man and woman in their living room; workers in a machine shop; men in a diner restaurant; a man and woman at home; a farmer and a delivery man; a housewife speaks to another homemaker over a back fence; a dentist and his patient; school boys; and politicians. Representative Clare Booth Luce speaking. New York Governor, Thomas E. Dewey, at a podium. Vice Presidential candidate Harry Truman about to speak. People gathered in local forums and other political campaign activities. President Roosevelt driving along a city street, on a rainy day, in an open car with Secret Service agents riding on the running boards of his car. Crowds jamming the sidewalks in spite of the weather. Other gatherings of people waving American flags and showing support for their politcal parties and candidates. Philip Murray, President of the CIO Labor Union and AFL Head, William Green. Radio broadcast antenna shown denoting importance of radio for political communications. Harry S. Truman (Democrat), Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) and incumbent President Roosevelt are seen delivering speeches in front of numerous microphones. Various views of many men, women, children, and families gathered around radios listening to radio campaign speeches, in various places, including American soldiers at the front (This election is during World War 2) and Nurses in a hospital. President Roosevelt speaking at a political dinner. Views of people at political party conventions. Next, people are seen calmly walking in and out of polling places. Three members of an election board begin counting votes. After checking, one member telephones the results from their precinct to headquarters. Views of recorded votes being reported by telephone. People using tabulating machines to compile the results. Views of spectators in vote posting centers awaiting the results. Final results being brought to news media for dissemination to the nation. People gathered in Times square, New York, where news is posted in moving lights on the Times building marquee. Others gathered around their radios. Marquee Lights on the Times Building announce the reelection of President Roosevelt.

Date: 1944, November
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053767
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps enlistments in Muncie, Indiana.

United States Army Recruitment Drive in Muncie, Indiana. Several women stand in a group. Young boys and old men stand in the group and look on. A member of Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) sits at a desk. 'US Army Recruitment Service' written on a bus in the background . WAAC recruits. Trucks and jeeps pass on a street. Platoons with rifles marching down street with U.S. flag. A band plays trumpets. Buildings and trees in the background. The Platoon stops. A woman comes out.

Date: 1942, October
Duration: 1 min 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053859
A post office houses the U.S. Army, U.S. Navy and U.S. Marines recruiting office in Muncie, Indiana.

United States Army Recruitment in Muncie, Indiana. A post office in Muncie. The post office includes U.S. Army, Navy and Marines recruiting office. Posters pasted outside. Several people walk into the office. A large sign of Muncie and Indiana monthly Navy enlistments. Recruiting posters. Posters read 'Lets hit 'em with everything we've got' and 'The U.S. Marines wants you'.

Date: 1942, October
Duration: 60 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053860
A U.S. Army sergeant interviews applicants in a recruitment office in Muncie, Indiana, during World War II.

United States Army Recruitment in Muncie, Indiana. A U.S. Army recruitment sign near a jeep out front of the building. Buildings and cars in the background. Men walk in the street. Scene inside a recruitment office in Muncie, Indiana. The recruiter sergeant interviews the applicants. Four young men recruits sit for the interview. The recruiter talking to the prospective Army soldiers.

Date: 1942, October
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053861