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Franklin D Roosevelt goes to church and then makes plans for "Bank Holiday."

President Franklin D Roosevelt in the United States. A calendar shows the date 5th March 1933. Roosevelt leaves in a car after attending church service in Washington DC, United States on 5th March 1933. On March 9th 1933 Senate passes a bill proposed by Roosevelt to address bank crisis. The House also passes the President's proposed bill . Inside the White House, Franklin Roosevelt in his first fireside chat broadcasts on March 12, 1933, and talks about the bank crisis. He asks people to have confidence in the government. He ensures that banks will provide sufficient currency to meet the situation.

Date: 1933, March 5
Duration: 3 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049692
President Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) works on Emergency Banking Act during Great Depression; nationwide broadcast of first "Fireside Chats" by Roosevelt.

Calendar shows March 1933, the 4th and 5th of March are encircled. View of St. Thomas’ Parish (1517 18th St NW, Washington, DC 20036, United States). Presidential limousine in church driveway. United States President Franklin Roosevelt puts on his top hat. Presidential limousine carrying Franklin Roosevelt drives away from St. Thomas’ Parish. Inside the White House, President Franklin Roosevelt at his desk discussing with William H. Woodin, the United States Secretary of the Treasury. President Franklin Roosevelt signs a document. Sign announcing Bank Holidays on March 6, 7, 8 and 9, 1933, upon proclamation by President Franklin Roosevelt. Guards stand outside a Northern Trust Company bank. Calendar shows March 1933, the 4th, 5th and 9th of March are encircled. United States Senate in session to pass President Franklin Roosevelt’s new banking measures, the Great Economy Bill. The senate claps for the new Speaker of the House, Henry Thomas Rainey. Calendar shows March 1933, the 4th, 5th, 9th and 12th of March are encircled. President Franklin Roosevelt speaks to the public through radio about the new banking measures. View of console radio and a family with a young child and a pet dog seated in their living room listening to Roosevelt’s speech on radio. View of several different men listening to radio. Middle-class family with five children listens to radio. President Franklin Roosevelt speaking to the people from his desk with a microphone for radio broadcast. A middle-class family listens to the radio with the children sitting on their parents’ laps. A rich family listens to radio together. A family with one teenage son listens to radio in living room. With regard to runs on banks, FDR notes that "hoarding during the past week has become an exceedingly unfashionable pastime...." He notes further that ,"it is up to you to support and make it work. It is your problem, my friends, no less than it is mine. Together we cannot fail.” President Franklin Roosevelt ends speech on the economy.

Date: 1933, March 5
Duration: 3 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079100
Bootleggers during unauthorized mining activities at an abandoned mine shaft in Scranton, Pennsylvania.

Bootleggers at abandoned coal mine shafts in Scranton, Pennsylvania, obtaining coal illegally during the Great Depression. A vehicle passes on a paved way beside a coal field. A man stands on an area on the side of the vehicle. An explosion near a cave on the coal field. Two miners, who are carrying on with the mining activities without authorization , are seen beside the explosion area. The coal deposits, accessed via the explosion, are loaded in small carts passes along a track. The deposits loaded on to trucks by a few men in the team. Three men converse beside the truck.

Date: 1933, August 16
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055003
People gather to watch the athletes compete at the Penn Relay meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Penn Relay meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. People gather in a large number to watch the games. Men run on the race track. People watch the race. Men cross over obstacles. Score board on a building in the background. People seated in a large number at the grandstand. A participant jumps over a pole in the high jump. Men run on the race track.

Date: 1933, May 1
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063206
Various works carried out in factories and smoke released from vent pipes of factories in Pennsylvania.

A factory site in United States. A crane lifts material and drops it in a railroad car. Pennsylvania Railroad car. A specialized vehicle moves up a slope. Workers load heavy motors on to a truck using a chain block and tackle device. Factory yard. automobiles parked. A worker moves a hand cart. A truck follows. Workers load paper packages on a cart and one moves the loaded cart away. Cylinders of pressurized gas stand by the loading dock. Smoke arises from stacks and vent pipes of various factories.

Date: 1933
Duration: 4 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024277
United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt watches the Inaugural Parade on Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC.

Inauguration Ceremony of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt in Washington DC. Police and cavalry escort President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt to the White House. Police on motorcycles followed by officers on horseback. Huge crowd cheers standing along the road. President Roosevelt along with his wife in a car. President and guests take their seats in the Court of Honor to review the Inaugural Parade. Ongoing parade on the Pennsylvania Avenue take a turn on the 15th Street. U.S. Army band and troops of the 1st Division parade on the street. Troops march with the American flag. The 12th U.S. Infantry marches with rifles in hand. The 13th Engineers take a turn on the 5th Street. Crowd gathered along the road to watch the parade.

Date: 1933, March 4
Duration: 4 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064320