The Great Depression in the United States. (Most scenes circa 1932, but produced in 1967). A woman hangs out clothes beside a water pump. View of slum and tenement homes beside railroad tracks. A sad-looking child. Unemployed and homeless men in a queue wait to get food in a soup kitchen line. Men sorting through trash among shacks and tenements. Americans converse and read newspapers. A campaign parade and men holding a large sign, "Abolish Bread Lines Vote For Roosevelt." The Governor of New York, Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks to a large crowd. He encourages people during the Great Depression. While seated in his open car, Roosevelt pets a horse that is beside the car. Roosevelt at the Democratic National Convention in Chicago accepting the nomination of his party for President.
Recovery efforts from the Great Depression in the United States. (Footage largely from mid 1930's, produced in 1967). A farmer plows his field using oxen. Men and women work in fields. Price tags on food products. Officials of the Agricultural Adjustment Administration in an office discuss reforms to solve farming over production and low demand. Statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial. The White House building. Scenes of dilapidated farms and fields overcome by drought and dust bowl conditions. Farmers sit outside their houses fatigued and exhausted. Faces of tired, fatigued farmers. A town meeting of farmers in a small town. Franklin Roosevelt with cabinet and other officals in early days of his administration. Floods in Tennessee Valley washing away farmland. Farmland scarred by erosion lines and trenches. The Tennessee Valley Authority builds dams and power plants in the Tennessee Valley and helps farmers reclaim and improve land. Farmers in a rural town listen to a Tennessee Valley Authority official present plans of development. Establishment of Rural Electrification Administration. Electric power lines set up in the rural areas of the United States. Franklin Roosevelt addressing the U.S. Congress in the Capitol. Scenes from voting centers and of a voting booth in an American town. Wendell Willkie addressing a crowd. U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt converses with an African American official (possibly in connection with signing of Executive Order 8802, the Fair Employment Act). Eleanor Roosevelt behind him, and Secretary of State Edward Stettinius, Jr. to her left. Eleanor Roosevelt speaking to group of African American children.
A briefing on the Strategic Defense Initiative in Washington DC. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State European and Canadian Affairs Richard Burt and U.S. Assistant Secretary of Defense Richard Perle discuss United States government policy with regard to the Strategic Defense Initiative. Richard Burt in a studio talks about the Soviet aggression. Richard Perle talks about the policies with regard to the Strategic Defense Initiative.
A briefing on the Strategic Defense Initiative in Washington DC. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State European and Canadian Affairs Richard Burt discusses U.S. government policy with regard to the Strategic Defense Initiative. U.S. Secretary of State, George Shultz in his speech talks about U.S. President Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative. President Ronald Reagan speaks about the Defense Budget of the United States.
A briefing on the Strategic Defense Initiative in Washington DC. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State European and Canadian Affairs Richard Burt discusses U.S. government policy with regard to the Strategic Defense Initiative. U.S. Lieutenant General James Abrahamson, Director of Strategic Defense Initiative Organization, talks about a Laser Missile weapon of SDI (or the so-called Star Wars initiative). An animation shows the ground base missile firing at a target in he sky. The missile launches from a launch pad. An animation shows the frequency generated.
A briefing on the Strategic Defense Initiative in Washington DC. U.S. Assistant Secretary of State European and Canadian Affairs Richard Burt discusses U.S. government policy with regard to the Strategic Defense Initiative. He also talks about the SDI ( Strategic Defense Initiative) criteria. U.S. Secretary of State, George Shultz, talks about the SDI being consistent in the ABM (Anti Ballistic Missile) Treaty.
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