View of Harvard University. View of statue of Harvard university founder, John Harvard. View of pages of newspapers College Daily and the Harvard Crimson, newspapers Franklin Roosevelt served as editor for during his college years. Franklin Roosevelt’s name in paperwork associated with the Harvard Crimson. View of Charles river in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Railroad train running beside the Charles river, full of students from Harvard and Yale. Students from Harvard and Yale Universities watch the annual boating duels on the Charles River between their universities. View of locomotive train full of Harvard and Yale students running. Regatta in the Charles River. View of a busy street in Cambridge, Massachusetts. A stadium with many football game spectators. Male cheerleader uses Yale Megaphone before football game. Football between Harvard and Yale. Crowd in stadium forms an “H”. Exhausted football players in field after match. Image of the Senior Year Group Graduation photo from Franklin Roosevelt’s class.
Intertitle saying “1912”. United States Presidential candidate Woodrow Wilson delivers a campaign speech. Woodrow Wilson’s opponent, former United States President Theodore Roosevelt delivers a speech. Intertitle saying “1913”. Outgoing United States President William Howard Taft shakes hands with United States President-elect Woodrow Wilson. United States President Woodrow Wilson’s inauguration at the United States Capitol.
Locomotive train wheels begin to move. Train driver pulls train horn string. Franklin Roosevelt in great meeting with crowd outside Topeka Kansas State Capitol building (201 SW 8th Ave, Topeka, KS 66603, United States). Franklin Roosevelt smiles at crowd. Large group of mules pulling combine in wheat field in Kansas. A huge crowd of farmers and Democrat supporters at rally with Franklin Roosevelt. Speeding locomotive pours out smoke as train carrying Franklin Roosevelt travels to Seattle, Washington. Crowds gathered in Seattle train station to see Franklin Roosevelt. A Native American Indian chief in the crowd waves at Franklin Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt waves at supporters in train station. Motorcade welcoming Franklin Roosevelt in Seattle.
Silhouette of train carrying New York Governor and Presidential Candidate Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) on the way to Chicago, Illinois. Chicago Mayor, Anton Cermak, honors Franklin Roosevelt in special dinner. Close up view of Chicago Mayor Anton Cermak speaking. Mayor Anton Cermak passes a baseball to Franklin Roosevelt during the Baseball World Series Game 3 (New York Yankees vs. Chicago Cubs) at Wrigley Field in Chicago. Due to paralysis, Franklin Roosevelt stands upright with the assistance of his son, James Roosevelt. Crowds watching the Baseball World Series Game 3, the same game famous American baseball player, Babe Ruth, won for the New York Yankees over the Chicago Cubs. Franklin Roosevelt throws the first pitch of Game 3 of the World Series. View of the Baseball World Series Game 3. View of locomotive train wheel moving.
Train carrying New York Governor and Presidential Candidate Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) arrives to a huge crowd of supporters in Springfield, Illinois. Franklin Roosevelt waves at the crowd from train caboose. Train carrying Franklin Roosevelt journeys towards Atlanta, Georgia. Crowds outside the Atlanta, Georgia State Capitol (Georgia State Capitol Building, 206 Washington St SW, Atlanta, GA 30334) showing support for Franklin Roosevelt. Franklin Roosevelt laughs and smiles with supporters as he sits in a convertible car. Franklin Roosevelt gives a speech under a floral arch to his Atlanta, Georgia supporters. With such a warm welcome, Roosevelt notes to those gathered that “insofar as carrying on a campaign in Georgia to get votes, my visit to this state has not been exactly necessary!”
Calendar shows March 1933, the 4th of March is encircled. Narrator notes that is the hour when the public would be told that there has to be a "New Deal." View of dome of U.S. Capitol with American flags. Crowds outside the United States Capitol to watch the inauguration of Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) as President of the United States, during the Great Depression. Close-up view of American flag waving in breeze at U.S. Capitol building. Newly inducted President Franklin Roosevelt gives a speech to the American people, saying, "this great nation will endure as it has endured" and notes that if Congress does not act to address the economic emergency, then he will seek "broad executive power to wage a war against the emergency...this nation is asking for action, and action now." He further comments that “In this dedication of a Nation we humbly ask the blessing of God. May He protect each and every one of us. May He guide me in the days to come.” Franklin Roosevelt ends his speech to cheering crowd.
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