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Primary school children welcome U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt during his visit to Pine Mountain Valley elementary school

First Grade students at Pine Mountain Valley elementary school, Georgia, welcome U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt during his visit to the school, in his second term as President. Children hold a banner that reads, 'Welcome Mr President-First Grade". The children sing "Happy Days Are Here Again," and wave U.S. flags.

Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050179
Activities associated with the Works Progress Administration (WPA) Pine Mountain Valley project in Georgia.

Citizens in Pine Mountain Valley community bring horses and wagons to a gathering. One settler stands beside his wagon with his wife and two children seated aboard. They are all assembled outside a large community building. Scene shifts to a new, large, community building with 5 large ventilators on the peak of its roof. A herd of cattle are seen at fenced location. A new house is shown, with occupants moving about on its porch. Cattle grazing near the new community buildings built under the WPA during the Great Depression.

Date: 1937
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050180
American President Franklin Roosevelt gives his Annual Message to the Congress in Washington DC, USA.

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his Annual Message to Congress (State of the Union) in Washington DC, USA. President delivers his message to a new Congress within a fortnight of the expiration of his office term. He reviews the existing state of U.S. National affairs and outline broad future problems. He asks immediate consideration of Congress in matters such as extending the life of certain authorizations and powers, addition to the existing Neutrality Act to cover specific points raised by the unfortunate civil strife in Spain (Spanish Civil War), and a deficiency appropriation bill.

Date: 1937, January 6
Duration: 2 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050241
President Franklin Roosevelt speaks on problems in the society, during his Annual Message to the Congress in Washington DC.

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his Annual Message to Congress in Washington DC, USA. In his speech he makes the following remarks, 'American must head in the direction of a greater satisfaction in life for the average man. Democracy must find solutions for far-reaching problems. Millions of Americans in slums and small cities live in habitations which fail to provide benefits of modern civilization breed disease and impair the health of future generations. Tenant farmers could be provided with some financial assistance, advice and training, to make them self-supporting on land which can eventually belong to them. Social security system needs to be developed. Immediate industrial and commercial activity does not justify the unemployment problem'.

Date: 1937, January 6
Duration: 2 min 35 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050242
Franklin Roosevelt speaks on problems of overproduction, underproduction and speculation during his Annual Message to Congress.

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his Annual Message to Congress in Washington DC, USA. In his speech he makes the following remarks, 'Loss to society comes from reckless overproduction and monopolistic underproduction of natural and manufactured commodities. Overproduction, underproduction and speculation are three evil problems that result in unsound inflation and disastrous deflation. Government should help private enterprise to gain sound general price levels and to prevent perilous fluctuations in the prices'.

Date: 1937, January 6
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050243
President Franklin Roosevelt during his Annual message to Congress speaks on the failure of the National Recovery Act.

U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt delivers his Annual Message to Congress in Washington DC, USA. In his speech he makes the following remarks, 'Failure of the National Recovery Act arose from the fact that it tried to do too much. Same agency should not regulate the length of working hours, minimum wages, child labor and collective bargaining on the one hand and the complicated questions of unfair trade practices and business controls on the other. Closer harmony must be brought between legislative and judicial actions'.

Date: 1937, January 6
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050244