U.S. Post Office mail trucks delivering many bags of mail to the White House, Washington, DC, on the occasion of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's Birthday, January 30, 1940. Inside, stacks of letters are seen and women sort through them and empty coins from many of them. (These are contributions to the March of Dimes Campaign to fight Polio, instituted by President Roosevelt in 1938.) A huge birthday cake is also seen and men shown carrying it into the White House. Camera focuses again on the stacks of postal letters and coins. Several open letters contain dollar bills, as well. Mail carriers continue to bring in and empty mail bags. (World War II period).
President Franklin D. Roosevelt holds a press conference, while seated on a couch on a lawn outside a building at Hickam Field Hawaii, during World War II. He is surrounded by members of the press and military officers and photographers. Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, Commander in Chief, Pacific Ocean Areas, is seen standing next to a sailor photographer. Palm trees and ocean in background. The president, wearing a tropical suit, with bow tie, responds to reporters' questions.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt visits Aiea Naval Hospital in Honolulu, Hawaii. President Roosevelt review sailors, nurses and hospital staff during a dress parade. Exteriors of Saint Louis College Administration Building.
Large crowd gathers outside the White House in Washington DC to get a glimpse of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt. People wave U.S. flags in their hands. People chant slogan saying, 'We Want Congress'. Thousands of people swarm outside the main entrance of the White House. Some men climb on pillars at the entrance.
James J Farley, campaign manager and postmaster-general, speaks as reelected President Franklin D. Roosevelt, stands at his side, during Democratic Party victory dinner to celebrate FDR's second term, at the Willard Hotel, in Washington, DC. Vice President, John Nance Garner joins Roosevelt and Farley, at the podium. Scenes are partly interupted, as National Anthem is played. The President's son, James Roosevelt, approaches the podium, shakes hands with Garmer, and speaks briefly to his father who hands him a paper. View from a balcony, of the celebrants in formal attire mingling and socializing.
Senator Joseph Taylor Robinson calls the 1936 National Convention of the Democratic Party to order and asks delegates to remain standing for the opening invocation delivered by a clergyman. The words of invocation are heard. Afterwards, he asks delegates to be seated. Microphones of all the major radio broadcasters are seen at the podium, such as NBC, CBS, and others. Large crowd of delegates are present in the hall but still milling about. Photographers take pictures. The first speaker addresses the assembly.
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