A documentary depicts safety measures and rescue procedures for workers in mines in the United States. Dramatization shows a miner underground nailing up a curtain to reduce suffocation effects of smoke or explosion. On the surface, a mine worker rescue truck arrives. Rescuers strap on rescue backpacks with oxygen air tanks and head toward a mine to rescue trapped miners. (Slate makes reference to use of a canary to detect carbon monoxide gas, and to a miner revived with oxygen, but no canary and no miner victim is shown.)
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives a speech in the United States. He stands at a podium and speaks into a microphone. He talks about the needs of the nation. Officials and dignitaries seated in a hall. Men take pictures. Roosevelt speaks about dictators of Asia and Europe not doubting America's unanimity. He expresses his thoughts on the future. The Nazi elective system of the Government. He speaks about decisions taken by democracy. The end of compromises to be reached by the Americans.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives a speech in the United States. President Roosevelt at a podium and speaks into a microphone. He speaks about the sacrifice of some privileges and the impact of these privileges on daily life like increase in taxes, and lower profits from business. He also talks about an increase in production and maintaining the tempo. Roosevelt talks about the constitutional rights.
Excerpts from speech of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the White House Correpondents' dinner on March 15, 1941 in Washington DC. Officials and dignitaries seated in a hall having dinner. President Roosevelt at a podium and speaks into a microphone. He speaks about people of the world supporting Britain and even Canada. He talks about America's full support to the British. Roosevelt in his speech praises British Prime Minister Winston Churchill. He also speaks about America's support in world reconstruction and humanity. Roosevelt speaks that their should not be any racism. Every one should be treated equally and have equal rights. He talks about security, standard of living, and market for manufacturing. He says of dictators in Nazi Germany and Imperial Japan, "We believe that the rallying cry of the dictators, their boasting about a master-race, will prove to be pure stuff and nonsense. There never has been, there isn't now, and there never will be, any race of people fit to serve as masters over their fellowmen."
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedication speech for a library in the United States. Civilians crowd in front of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum. Roosevelt at a podium and speaks into a microphone. He speaks that library is available to future Americans. He thanks all people who have contributed. He speaks about the trustee under the Act of Congress of United States. A Board of Trustees will be responsible for the library. He appoints U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau, Jr. as a member of the committee. He also appoints some of his old friends as additional trustees.
U.S. Secretary of State Dean Rusk in a Foreign Relations Committee Meeting in the United States. A dignitary speaks into a microphone. Dean Rusk speaks into the microphone and is questioned by reporters and journalists. Dean talks about discussions that took place in Moscow and about a treaty. He speaks that they are working on the treaty and are making progress.
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