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Mid 1940's New York City; also John C Campbell Folk School in Brasstown North Carolina helps farmer to develop creative ideas
Credits for the documentary titled 'Creative Hands' about mountain handicrafts in North Carolina. Background info about earlier handicrafts as an important part of civilization. Hands of a woman working on a wooden hand loom. An artisan sculpting a swan in clay. A person working clay on a potter's wheel. Scene change to New York City and busy areas of Manhattan, with pedestrians outside the Rockefeller Center in New York watching ice skaters. Women do window shopping. Crowd of people in a line outside a broadcast studio entrance in the RCA building. Marquee on the building advertises "Invasion Preview" and "Robert Benchley". Scene change again to farming areas in the mountains of southwest North Carolina. Animated map of United States. Wide views of farmland and a house in Brasstown North Carolina. Men cut a tree for lumber using a two man saw. Teacher at John C Campbell Folk School in Brasstown helps farmer to develop creative ideas using local materials. A sign reads "John C Campbell Folk School Handcrafts." Farmers walk with their materials and are seen seated at a table of the school showing some of their handicrafts. They are taught creative ideas by the teacher.
President of United States Franklin Roosevelt delivers a fireside chat in Washington D.C. to the nation.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt delivers Fireside Chat speech to the nation on 29th December, 1940 in Washington D.C. during World War II. In portions from his "Great Arsenal of Democracy" speech, Roosevelt talks about lower chances of the United States getting into war by supporting the nations that are defending themselves against attack by the Axis Powers. Roosevelt speaks about supplying equipment required by the nations defending against Axis Powers. He denies any demand for sending an American Expeditionary Force outside the United States. He says that any talk of sending armies to Europe is untrue. He talks about cooperation between the Government, industry and labor. Roosevelt also speaks about immediate expansion of industries essential to defend the nation. He lays stress on aiding Great Britain through lend lease and similar programs, and Roosevelt expresses his belief that the Axis Powers will not win World War II. He says that "we must be the great arsenal of democracy."
Republicans monitor election returns during the U.S. 1940 National Elections
Huge boards listing the 48 States and their respective voter demographics, are set up in a Republican headquarters during the 1940 U.S. National elections. Three men on ladders, update election information on the boards, as returns come in. A large poster of Wendell Wilkie is at one side of the boards and one of Charles McNary on the other. Newspaper and radio reporters, and Republican supporters fill the hall. It is late at night, and some tired campaign workers are seen sitting with feet outstretched on the floor at the back of the hall. Noise of conversation fills the room as people discuss the election returns being posted.
Wendell Wilkie makes an appearance at Republican election headquarters during U.S. 1940 National Elections
Republican headquarters during the 1940 U.S. National elections. Huge boards listing the 48 States and their respective voter demographics, are set up to record election returns as they are reported. Posters of Wendell Wilkie and Charles McNary flank the status boards. Newspaper and radio reporters, and Republican supporters fill the hall. Suddenly cheers erupt among the crowd as candidate wendell Wilkie enters the hall and walks to a set of microphones. The crowd chants: "We want Wilkie,"preventing him from speaking.After some call for quiet, the room settles down. Wilkie tells the crowd: "I never felt better in my life," eliciting cheers.He speaks of being part of the greatest crusade of this century. Scene shifts to volunteers resting with feet outstretched in back of the hall. (It is well past midnight, and now November 6th.) Some are sleeping.
African American children dressed in battered clothes and men and women work on a farm to earn a living in the United States.
Poor conditions of African American citizens in the rural south of the United States in 1940. African American children and women outside a simple house or shack. Battered clothes of a child depict the poor condition of the family. A young child gnaws on a rib bone. Barefeet of a child. A woman sows seed in a plowed field. African American man tills and plows a field as a horse pulls the plow. Closeup of a old woman wearing a scarf. She smiles. Men in dungarees talk in a circle as one of them holds a child. Closeup views of a a boy and a man who smile.
George Washington University campus in Washington DC,United States
Students of George Washington University read books as they sit on benches in the private grounds of the University campus in Washington DC, United States, in the early 1940s. Some students walk across the grounds with the University building in the backdrop.
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