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Excerpt from film about national elections in the United States. This segment covers election of November 7, 1944, in World War II
Excerpt from film about national elections in the United States. Opening scene show a banner stretched across a downtown street, reading: "Vote Democratic, vote for full employment. Below that are pictured two local candidates and Franklin D. Roosevelt (running for an unprecedented 4th term as President). Underneath, the banner reads:"Conners for Congress.Glimpses of other political signs are shown, on telephone poles, buildings,and automobile windows. Citizens discuss the elections in various places: A man and woman in their living room; workers in a machine shop; men in a diner restaurant; a man and woman at home; a farmer and a delivery man; a housewife speaks to another homemaker over a back fence; a dentist and his patient; school boys; and politicians. Representative Clare Booth Luce speaking. New York Governor, Thomas E. Dewey, at a podium. Vice Presidential candidate Harry Truman about to speak. People gathered in local forums and other political campaign activities. President Roosevelt driving along a city street, on a rainy day, in an open car with Secret Service agents riding on the running boards of his car. Crowds jamming the sidewalks in spite of the weather. Other gatherings of people waving American flags and showing support for their politcal parties and candidates. Philip Murray, President of the CIO Labor Union and AFL Head, William Green. Radio broadcast antenna shown denoting importance of radio for political communications. Harry S. Truman (Democrat), Thomas E. Dewey (Republican) and incumbent President Roosevelt are seen delivering speeches in front of numerous microphones. Various views of many men, women, children, and families gathered around radios listening to radio campaign speeches, in various places, including American soldiers at the front (This election is during World War 2) and Nurses in a hospital. President Roosevelt speaking at a political dinner. Views of people at political party conventions. Next, people are seen calmly walking in and out of polling places. Three members of an election board begin counting votes. After checking, one member telephones the results from their precinct to headquarters. Views of recorded votes being reported by telephone. People using tabulating machines to compile the results. Views of spectators in vote posting centers awaiting the results. Final results being brought to news media for dissemination to the nation. People gathered in Times square, New York, where news is posted in moving lights on the Times building marquee. Others gathered around their radios. Marquee Lights on the Times Building announce the reelection of President Roosevelt.
U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower with cabinet members arrives for a meeting at Camp David in Maryland, United States.
U.S. President Dwight David Eisenhower calls for a cabinet meeting at Camp David in Maryland, United States. Dignitaries disembark from a car at Camp David. United States Secretary of the Treasury George Magoffin Humphrey, U.S. Secretary of the Interior Douglas McKay and other cabinet members arrive for the meeting. The President gets off his car. He is greeted by officials. The President is joined by United States Ambassador to the United Nations Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr. and United States Secretary of State John Foster Dulles . The cabinet seated for the meeting.
Fashion models display latest clothes, footwear and accessories for the summer of 1944 in New York City, United States.
A newsreel titled 'Black, white, and cool' shows models displaying white kid gloves,white suede kid sandals and white hand bags at the Saint Regis Hotel in New York City. A model displays her black summer dress. Another model shows a matching dress and parasol combination "to avoid freckles" according to narrator Vicki Vola. A mother and daughter in matching cotton plaid dresses.
Firestone family take a walk and enjoy in a stream while camping in Maryland, United States
Firestone family camp in Maryland, United States. Harvey Samuel Firestone founder of the Firestone Tire and Rubber Company with wife Idabelle Smith Firestone and son Harvey Samuel Firestone Jr and his wife Elizabeth Parke Firestone walk on a path with trees on either side. One of the members climb a rock formation. They enjoy near a stream of water. They walk at the edge of the rock formation in water. Maryland state police officers at a service
Machine guns are fired from helicopters and military trucks are driven past the stands in Maryland, United States
Demonstration of new weapons and equipment for members of the American Ordnance Association at Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland, United States. A United States Army OH-23 Raven helicopter and a United States Army UH-1 Iroquois helicopter fly over a range. Machine guns are fired from the helicopters. Explosions on the ground. Four trucks including a five ton XM-453 vehicle drive past the stands. Sky divers land near a target. A United States Army CV-2 Caribou aircraft flies by. Members of the American Ordnance Association in the stands.
The 1944 U.S. Presidential election in World War II
On Election Day, November 7, 1944, in World War 2, Americans are seen waiting patiently to vote. They stand in a long line extending down a city sidewalk next to brick and stone buildings. Views of several persons in the line. Scene shifts in flashback to the election of Woodrow Wilson, in 1912. Four men on horseback arrive at a polling place. Another travels to vote, in his 1910 Ford Model T truck. Change of time and place shows farmer arriving by horse-drawn wagon and walking to polling place past 1930s car and truck. A fully laden truck stops at a rural gasoline station, temporarily serving as polling place. American town residential street scene in the 1930s. Citizens gathering to vote at a polling place set up at a laundry shop, in the Bronx Borough of New York City. Views of various places in the United States, serving as polling places. Americans seen waiting to vote at various places, in the 1944 national election. Among the sites shown is Bridgeport Central High School, built in 1916, (which later became Bridgeport City Hall), at 45 Lyon Terrace in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Persons in various places, registering to vote, including actor Lewis Stone, actress Esther Williams, and USO entertainer, Bob Hope. Voter closing curtain behind him as he votes in a voting booth. Views of voters' feet, below curtains, as they vote. Various types of boxes. Newspaper headline speaks of the large voter turnout in millions during the 1944 election. Shipyard workers at end of their shift, are seen heading to the polls to vote.
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