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American voters from various backgrounds cast their votes during WWII

A secretary, Helen Shaw, registers before polling officials during the 1944 elections. A man and a woman sign a logbook before voting. Hollywood actor, Lewis Stone, searches for his name and signs a logbook before voting. A matron signs a logbook. A farmer, wearing a fedora, filling out a ballot. Hollywood actress signs a logbook before voting. Americans of different occupations line up to sign a logbook before voting. An elderly shipyard worker fills out his ballot. During World War II, British-American stand-up comedian and USO Entertainer, Bob Hope, searches for his name on the voters’ index and goes inside the polling station. Man closes curtains to vote. View of man’s feet while voting. View of woman’s feet slightly crossed. View of voters’ feet behind the curtains. Man casts his vote in metal containers inside polling station. Ballot inserted in glass ballot box. Man enters polling booth. Election volunteer tally using a machine. A woman casts her vote in Precinct 7-A. Newspaper says “Millions at polls First Texas, North Carolina Reports”. Shipyard workers on top deck of ship end a day’s work to head to the polling stations to vote, walking through ship structure on their way out.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944, November 7
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079034
Roosevelt wins 1944 United States Presidential Election during WWII

Newspaper boy peddling newspapers with headline "Nip and Tuck Race." View of Times Square in New York City during WW2. Shops in Times Square with barricades to prevent vandalism by crowds. View of Times Building. An Asian man and a White man standing together while checking for election updates from Times Building. Election officials and staff open a machine processing election returns from the small towns from the Eastern United States. Election official opens a Perfection ballot box. Radio announcer with CBS microphone, possibly Bob Trout, broadcasts updates as votes are tabulated. Volunteers tabulate results. Woman's hand seen turning on radio. United States soldiers based in Italy and France listen to radio to hear that current United States President and Democratic party candidate Franklin D. Roosevelt was leading race. Two United States soldiers smiling as they hear the news. WEAF Radio announcer broadcasts election returns from the west coast. An American family listening to the radio in their living room. An American family, with a picture of a serviceman on top of radio, listens to the news that Roosevelt won. Zipper marquee on Times building announcing election returns. Crowds gathering in Times Square New York. Americans celebrated the victory in New York. View of the Times Square at night. American civilians and soldiers celebrate the victory of United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt’s fourth term in office.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1944, November 7
Duration: 3 min 8 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079035
Vaudeville stars, Jameson and De Coursey, perform a song and dance number together. Scenes of theaters during the Great Depression in Chicago Illinois

“De Coursey and Jameson “A Wish of Song””. Jameson, wearing a tulle empire dress, sings beside De Coursey. De Coursey and Jameson dance and sings together. The couple raise their hands as they finish their performance. De Coursey and Jameson bow on stage. They head for the exit, before coming back to bow abruptly, and leave again. Sign saying “To rent Theater- 600 seats completely equipped. Low rental. Alex. Friend&co. inc. 29 S. La Salle St. Randolph 4913”. View of Majestic Theater in Chicago (now known as the CIBC Theater). View of Biltmore Theater. View of Variety newspaper from March 14, 1933.

Location: Chicago Illinois USA
Date: 1933, March 14
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079040
Work Progress Administration directors review scripts; performance of "It Can't Happen Here" in Boston; WPA African American actors perform

Work Progress Administration (WPA) play readers and directors review piles of scripts made for the Federal Theater Project. Work Progress Administration staff sort out scripts. A Work Progress Administration staff staples a script. View of The Repertory Theater of Boston marquee presenting "It Can't Happen Here", based on a political novel by Sinclair Lewis during the Great Depression. People line up to watch a sold-out performance of "It Can't Happen Here". View of the audience from the stage. From a scene of "It Can't Happen Here", the Minute Men (the paramilitary force of the fascist American government in the story) enter the house of Doremus Jessup to search for material with "questionable morals." The officer confronts Doremus Jessup with a book by Charles Dickens, an author deemed as a "communist." A playbill for "Macbeth" by the WPA Federal Theater African American Unit. African American actors, portraying Macbeth and Macduff, engage in swordfight as the whole stage get swarmed by shrieking soldiers holding feathered props.

Location: Boston Massachusetts USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079044
Telemetry communicators on the Mercury-Atlas 6 network in the Goddard Space Flight Center prepare for astronaut John Glenn’s launch on “Friendship 7”

A telemetry communicator presses a white button. A paired bantam patch cable is plugged into a patchbay. Beside the auxiliary ports are buttons with labels for the telemetry stations of the Mercury-Atlas 6 network worldwide. Telemetry communicator connecting cables in machine. Two telemetry communicators in a corridor- one is monitoring the machines, the other talks on the phone. Telemetry communicators in Goddard Space Flight Center wait for the countdown of the Friendship 7 launch in Cape Canaveral. Buttons are pressed on reel to reel tape drive. Telemetry communicator operates an IBM 7090 telemetry machine. Telemetry communicator on the printer. Telemetry communicator working on an IBM 7090 computer. Telemetry communicators preparing for Mercury-Atlas 6 launch at Goddard Space Flight Center.

Location: Greenbelt Maryland USA
Date: 1962, February 20
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079056
The first-term inauguration of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt (FDR) at the eastern front of the U.S. Capitol

Opening credits of “The Fighting President”, a film about United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Scrolling description about how the economic collapse of the United States made it possible for Americans to vote for Franklin Delano Roosevelt as their new President. First Inauguration of United States President Franklin Roosevelt at the eastern front of the U.S. Capitol. “I, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, do solemnly swear that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. So, help me God”. Crowd cheers after President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ends his oath.

Location: Washington DC USA
Date: 1933, March 4
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079072
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