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U.S. President Roosevelt reads cards and letters received after his victory in the U.S. Presidential election in New York.

After the United States Presidential election of 1936 in New York. Women seated on wheel cart or carriage move through streets of New York City in humorous stunt. Poster on cart reads "We Bet on Roosevelt". Man pulling the wheel cart hold a poster which reads "Landon also ran". President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt seated at desk. Woman shows him letters and cards he received after his victory in the Presidential election. President Roosevelt reads them.

Date: 1936, November 4
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072528
New York ticker-tape parade for American athlete Jesse Owens following his win of four gold medals in the Berlin Olympics.

New York ticker-tape parade for American track and field athlete Jesse Owens following his winning four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Jesse Owens motorcade passes along a street and is cheered by a crowd. Ticker-tape falls from New York City buildings. A band plays. Jesse Owens waves to the cheering crowd from a convertible car.

Date: 1936, September 3
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075158
Berlin Olympic participants including Jesse Owens honored at a ceremony in New York City, United States.

Women members of the 1936 American Olympic Team receive special medals created by the City of New York, to honor each member of the team. Other American athletes are also called, in groups, according to events in which they participated. Jesse Owens comes to the podium.and is praised by New York Mayor Laguardia. Jesse Owens then speaks at the microsphone, and presents a medal to Bill Robinson, the "Mayor" of Harlem. The ceremony continues as other athletes receive their medals. Mayor Fiorello Laguardia and former World Champion Heavyweight Boxer, Jack Dempsey, are present on the stage through the proceedings.

Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049739
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt reads a telegram from Alfred M Landon, congratulating him on his reelection in 1936

A telegram from Alfred M Landon to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, congratulates him on his victory in the elections. President Roosevelt at desk in his study at the family home, Springwood, in Hyde Park, New York. He reads congratulatory letters and telegrams with his mother Sara Roosevelt. Roosevelt talks to his mother, Sara, and drinks from a glass.

Date: 1936, November 4
Duration: 3 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050236
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt in his study at the family home, Springwood, in Hyde Park, following his reelection in 1936

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt, in his study at the family home, Springwood, in Hyde Park, New York. He smiles and speaks. His desk is piled high with congratulatory messages following his reelection to a second term.

Date: 1936, November 4
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050237
WPA laborers work at various development programs in New York City, United States.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York City during the Great Depression. Aerial view of New York City as a plane flies by and clouds part to show Manhattan island below. Buildings and skyscrapers of New York City as seen from river and harbor views, with some ships and tugboats seen. Trucks on roads of Governor's Island at tip of Manhattan. An older home seen under renovation and reconstruction. View of the Brooklyn Navy Yard with WPA workers busy building and improving new roads and shops and warehouses near the docks. A bulkhead construction project is shown at Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn, to reclaim land from the waters of the Bay. The work includes construction of a new Boulevard and sanitary and sewer system improvements. View of the front entrance of the Beaux Arts style Alexander Hamilton U.S. Custom House on Bowling Green at the tip of Manhattan. Pedestrians and WPA workers are seen in front of the building. WPA laborers on an unidentified Manhattan street (with elevated railway running in background) are busy removing old street car rail lines from the streets, in sections, and loading them into truck beds to haul away. Large public swimming pool and bath house construction projects are shown, influenced by city planner and avid swimmer Robert Moses (scene possibly shows McCarren Park pool - note archway seen under construction). WPA workers are seen building the new East River Drive, including highways, walks, and flanking parks. Construction workers seen building the roadway, with the Williamsburg Bridge in the background. A model of the project is shown with the new drive from Grand Street to 14th Street. Camera pans down from the Empire State Building to show the roof of the New York Public Library teeming with WPA workers as they remove the old corroded copper roof and replace it with a new metal roof. View of busy Manhattan streets below the workers, including a street car passing by.

Date: 1936
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062811