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Unemployed men living in shacks as they take to their daily chores in New York City during the Great Depression

Unemployed men in New York, United States during the Great Depression. Slum shacks in a temporary living area. A sign reads: 'City Hall'. A flag flies atop a flag pole on the terrace of a building. jobless men who have formed the community together walk outside the shacks. A man irons a cloth kept on a table. Other man get his beard shaved by a barber.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1932, August 4
Duration: 57 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063353
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
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.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 3 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062811
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt with family, during the Democratic Convention, and during 1933 inaugural address in the U.S.

Life of the President of the United States Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the United States. American flag flying at half staff over the White House after the death of President Franklin Roosevelt. People gathered in front of the White House mourning Franklin D Roosevelt. View inside the Cabinet Room of the White House as Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone administers the oath of office to new President Harry S. Truman. Remainder of clip shows various scenes of Franklin D. Roosevelt from prior years: Franklin D Roosevelt greets people and talks to them as they enter a house in the 1920s. Franklin Roosevelt with family in a sailing yacht or boat. Franklin Roosevelt sits with wife Eleanor Roosevelt in a garden. Son John brings in granddaughter Eleanor (Sistie) Dall, son Elliott carries in Curtis (Buzzie) Dall, son Franklin Jr enters, then daughter Anna and her husband Curtis Dall. Franklin Roosevelt with family members in a swimming pool. Franklin Roosevelt as Secretary of the Navy during World War 1 as he walks toward a car, stands beside it, removes his hat and smiles for cameras. Franklin Roosevelt as a nominee for Vice President poses with his wife Eleanor, his daughter, and his mother. A crowd hold banner supporting Franklin Roosevelt as the next President during the Democratic Convention of 1932. Franklin D Roosevelt addresses people. Many banners and signs for Roosevelt for President. Franklin D Roosevelt takes the oath of office as President at the 1933 inaugural ceremony, and is seen speaking during his inaugural address.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068117
Beer kegs punctured by prohibition agents while New York City Beer Parade participants march.

Prohibition agents take axes to beer barrels during Prohibition. Beer gushes out as agents destroy the bootlegged barrels. The "We Want Beer!" Parade in New York City demonstration against the 18th Amendment. Marchers carry signs that read "Taxation for Beer" View of the Statue of Liberty from below. Men look out windows in the head of the Statue of Liberty. Flood lights set to light up the Statue of Liberty. The Great Beer Parade in New York City at night. Aerial view of New York City in evening.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1932, May 14
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079084
Temperance supporter Fred A Victor speaks on 'Prohibition' in New York.

Temperance supporter Fred A. Victor stands with document in hands and speaks about 'Prohibition' in New York. Fred A Victor is the New York State Head of the Anti-Saloon League

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1932, June 12
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023919
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