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Newsreel restrospective produced following the death of President Franklin D. Roosevelt (WW2)

Opening scene shows the White House in Washington, DC. Scene shifts to President Roosevelt seated, ready to address the Nation by radio. View of the statue of Abraham Lincoln in the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC. FDR with his entire family posing, in front of the family home "Springwood" at Hyde Park, New York. Roosevelt, when Governor of New York, seen in a sail boat, in 1929. FDR in his car at his Institute for Rehabilitation in Warm Springs, Georgia. He is speaking with a man associated with the Institute, who then greets several polio victims in wheel chairs there. Crowds celebrating Roosevelt's election, in Times Square, Manhattan, New York City, in 1932. Roosevelt, at the Democratic Headquarters at the Biltmore Hotel on November 8, 1932. He is standing, supported by his son James, as he remarks: "It looks my friends like a real landslide this time." Aerial view of the U.S. Capitol. FDR taking the oath of office on March 4, 1933. Brief view of New York Stock Exchange trading floor. A man looking at stock market ticker tape. A group of people raising a National Recovery Administration member flag. Glimpse of "Springwood" and then view of President Roosevelt sitting next to his mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt. Next, as Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt sit in the garden, their grandchildren, Anna Eleanor Dall ("Sistie") and Curtis Roosevelt Dall ("Buzzie") come past riding horses, with granddaughter Sara, behind them on a pony. FDR pets the pony and talks with Sara. FDR being nominated for a second term as President, in the 1936 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. President Roosevelt, riding in an inaugural motorcade as he begins an unprecedented 4th term as President in 1941. Glimpse of President and Mrs. Roosevelt in an open car. West point cadets marching in the inaugural parade. Military trucks towing artillery pieces in the parade. President Roosevelt speaking at the dinner of the White House Correspondents' Association at the Willard hotel in Washington, DC, March 15, 1941. He extols the virtues of Winston Churchill and the British people. And he promises that America will supply them with the war materiel they need in World War II (This is known as the Lend Lease Speech.)

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058021
Strike of workers in a wage dispute spreads to Philadelphia's transportation system affecting half a million people.

Strike of workers in a wage dispute spreads to Philadelphia's transportation system. People walking to work in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Transport union protesting for pay hike. Streetcars, subways and buses lie idle. 'Station Closed' sign at Philadelphia subway entrance. Huge crowd of people walking to get to work, waiting at railway station and on streets for transportation. View of empty 46th street metro rail station in Philadelphia. View of taxis on streets and a press company without workers. Buildings and shops along streets of downtown Philadelphia. A line of African American men and women hitchhiking in downtown Philadelphia to get a ride. Group of 5 people runs to catch an available Philadelphia taxicab. Scene changes to New York City where striking newspaper workers form a picket line. Empty newspaper offices are shown. Longshoreman dock workers on strike so office workers are seen hoisting a giant rope and assisting the Cunard Line Ocean liner Queen Mary (RMS Queen Mary) in docking operations at New York harbor slip covered in thin ice. Cunard Queen Mary passengers carrying their own luggage at the dock area due to the labor strike.

Date: 1963, January 17
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039149
People gather to watch the athletes compete at the Penn Relay meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

The Penn Relay meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. People gather in a large number to watch the games. Men run on the race track. People watch the race. Men cross over obstacles. Score board on a building in the background. People seated in a large number at the grandstand. A participant jumps over a pole in the high jump. Men run on the race track.

Date: 1933, May 1
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063206
Cierva C30 Autogiro parked at airfield. Autogiro lands on roof of new Post Office Building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.

Cierva C30 Autogiro (G-ACIO) built by British A.V. Roe & Co. is seen parked at Air Park, London, England. Several views of the autogiro. Scene shifts to aerial view of the new Federal Post Office building in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. A Kellett autogiro lands on the building roof, on May 25, 1935,as part of dedication ceremonies,for the new Post Office building. Officials stand on the rooftop watching the landing. The pilot delivers a mail pouch to James A. Farley, the U.S. Postmaster General, thus initiating airmail service between Camden New Jersey and Philadelphia. Aerial views of the Post Office building and surrounding downtown Philadelphia. The autogiro climbing steeply away.

Date: 1935, May 25
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072925
Brazil takes possession of USS Philadelphia and USS St. Louis at Philadelphia Naval Yard.

Occasion is the transfer to Brazil of the USS Philadelphia (CL-41) and the USS St. Louis (CL-49). A number of U.S. Navy warships are docked as part of the U.S. Atlantic Reserve Fleet at Philadelphia Naval Yard in Pennsylvania. Rear Admiral Schuirmann comes aboard the USS Philadelphia (CL-41) light cruiser prior to the transfer ceremony. American and Brazilian Naval officers are assembled on deck and salute as the American flag is lowered from the mast of the USS Philadelphia. Views of the assembled officers and of several Brazilian sailors, as well. All salute as the Brazilian flag is raised on the Philadelphia Closeup of Brazilian sailors and Marine raising their flag on the USS St. Louis. Views of the USS Philadelphia and the USS St. Louis, at dockside. A Brazilian sailor standing near the St. Louis. He salutes the Brazilian flag flying from her mast.

Date: 1951, January 29
Duration: 2 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072496
City officials mark Independence Day in colorful ceremony at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Philadelphia City officials mark July 4th Indepdence Day in colorful ceremony at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. View of Independence Hall and Public Library in Philadelphia. American flags flutter on building. City and US Navy officials and women pose for photographs. Display of stacked rifles with U.S. Navy sailors in the background in Independence Square. Bronze statue of Commodore John Barry visible. US Navy Vice Admiral Harris Laning stands with Philadelphia Mayor J. Hampton Moore. Between them is a young man, Edward Weiner, a graduate of Central High School, to whom was given the annual honor of reading the Declaration of Independence. US Navy sailors march during the ceremony.

Date: 1934, July 4
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022431
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