Events prior to World War II. President Franklin D Roosevelt presides over a meeting of his cabinet members to discuss the crisis situation in Europe and the threat of a world conflict.
Chickamauga Dam in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Presidential motorcade moves past a large crowd. A number of people gathers at the Chickamauga Dam as President Franklin D Roosevelt arrives for inspecting the dam.
President Franklin D Roosevelt receives a degree at University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill. During his speech on the occasion he calls himself a mild mannered peace loving person. He states that he firmly believes in capitalistic system and would not plunge into war. A number of students seated in the auditorium listen to the President.
James Roosevelt, son of Presdient Franklin D Roosevelt, seen in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, meeting with Samuel Goldwyn, the famous film executive and Hollywood movie business mogul. James Roosevelt examines a motion picture movie camera, with instruction from Samuel Goldwyn. They enter a movie studio office where Roosevelt signs a job contract and gets a film job with the Samuel Goldwyn Productions movie company.
Democratic Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates from various states at the Democratic Convention. Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky delivers Keynote address, including a call for Congress to repeal the 18th Amendment to the Constitution (Prohibition). A woman temperance supporter who gives the impression of being in a trance (perhaps "channeling" a spirit?), says she is George Nye, the Quaker Evangelist of Madison, Wisconsin. She speaks for the Prohibition Party (sometimes called the Dry's or Dries) and condemns both Republican and Democratic parties for their alcohol tolerance. William McAdoo addresses the convention and declares Franklin D Roosevelt the Democratic candidate for President of the United States.
Franklin D Roosevelt, along with his sons, James. Franklin Jr. and John, aboard the 40 foot yawl, "Myth II," sails off on a vacation along the New England Coast. People at the coast look on. A power boat tows the yacht out of the harbor as his sons start raising sails on the boat.
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