Franklin D. Roosevelt seen standing in courtyard of White House, with other officials. The old Executive Office Building is in the background. Democratic National Convention of July, 1920. Roosevelt is nominated as Vice Presidential candidate on ticket with James M. Cox. The two of them campaigning in San Francisco. Supporters parading. Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt with their four children and dog, at Hyde Park in New York. Crowds gather to hear Roosevelt campaign speeches. Franklin D. Roosevelt returns to Hyde Park and is greeted by his mother. He speaks there and greets supporters. Roosevelt on chrutches (due to polio) standing with John W. Davis and Alfred Smith. Scenes of the Democratic National Convention of 1924, in New York.
War veterans swamp the Bureau for loans on new bonus plan in Washington DC. The war veterans of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force) stand in a queue for loans. J. M. Betz, Deputy Disbursing Officer operates an automatic signature device which certifies 15 vouchers at a clip and 20000 in a day. A crowd of beneficiaries line up outside Uncle Sam's pay window in New York.
Retired U.S. Army Major General Walter Campbell Short testifies before a Joint Congressional Committee investigating the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He talks about attack and defends himself. He says that he did not receive any information of the attack from the war department untill December 6, 1941 and all emphasis was on defending against sabotage. He makes a statement that he does not believe that he has made any mistake regarding this attack. Other officials seated around him listen to him.
U.S. President Herbert Hoover and the First Lady Louise Henry Hoover arrive to meet disabled war veterans on the South lawn of the White House. They circulate among and speak to disabled war veterans seated in wheel chairs.The President and Mrs. Hoover speak with disabled veterans, many of whom had lost limbs, as nurses bring them forward in wheel chairs, to meet the President and First Lady. They meet a war veteran lying on a stretcher. A man with crutches meets the President and the First Lady.
Inside the Chicago Stadium, Chicago, illinois, the Republican National Convention renominates President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis as their candidates in the next election. The stadium is filled with flag-waving delegates. Hoover is about to address the convention. Banners bearing the images of Hoover and Curtis, respectively, are displayed beside the speaker's stand.
U.S. President Herbert Hoover and his wife Louise Henry Hoover relaxing at Camp Rapidan, their retreat in the Shenandoah forest of Virginia. The President does some fly casting for trout. President Hoover and his wife seated in wicker chairs with their pet dog.. The President reads and his wife knits. A waterfall in the background.
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