“ ROOSEVELT AND US HISTORY 1930-1945 “ PRESIDENT FRANKLIN DELANO ROOSEVELT FDR BIOGRAPHY XD56624

Join this channel to get access to perks: Want to learn more about Periscope Film and get access to exclusive swag? Join us on Patreon. Visit Visit our website “Roosevelt and U.S. History 1930-1945” (1974) is an educational film made by Centron Educational Films (CEF) that recounts Franklin D. Roosevelt’s career as President. It includes his entire presidency, from his first term during the Great Depression to his fourth term and death at the end of World War II. It features narration by Sir Michael Redgrave. Poverty during Great Depression (0:25). Shantytown (Hooverville) (1:04). Farmer burn wheat, dump canisters of milk (1:23). United States Capitol Building, “Bonus Expeditionary Forces” (BEF); Bonus Army Conflict (2:29). “We Want Beer Parade” Manhattan (2:53). FDR “Speech at the Democratic Convention (1932)” (3:29). FDR on campaign trail: waving from “the Roosevelt Special” train (4:24). Crowds at FDR campaign rallies 1932 (4:36). FDR sits with Sara Roosevelt, various generations of Roosevelt family for cameras; Walt Whitman, Oliver Wendell Holmes quotes critiquing FDR (5:10). FDR 1933 Presidential Inauguration (5:47). Hitler addresses Nazi supporters, elected party leader of National Socialists (6:25). Nazi supporters salute Hitler as he drives through streets of Germany (6:37). Roosevelt address to Congress on Bank Holiday 1933 (6:42). Montage families, men gathered around radios, Fireside Chat 1: On the Banking Crisis (7:13). Sign for the Terminal National Bank of Chicago (7:36). Volunteers at soup kitchen (8:39). FDR throws baseball at Yankees game (8:55). Beer and Wine Revenue Act; Times Square lit up with advertisements (9:16). Great Plains, Dust Bowl - farmers slowly returning to work, AAA (Agricultural Adjustment Administration) (9:47). Perhaps Republican River Flood of 1935, families flee (10:25). Abandoned farm houses, starving cow walks across field, somber faces during Dust Bowl (10:53). Work of Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA): structures for new dams, irrigation systems (11:43). Public Works Association, Civilian Conservation Corps (12:19). Wagner Act (12:51). Women with logo of NRA (National Recovery Administration) painted on their backs (13:04). FDR delivers 1936 campaign speech (13:29). Violent labor strikes 1936 (14:40). Stockton cannery strike 1937 (15:14). Detroit car factory strike (15:21). Political cartoons, footage of strikes (15:27). Flier calling for Roosevelt impeachment (16:02). “Missy“ LeHand (16:24). Harry Hopkins (16:29). Paratroopers jump out of plane (17:06). Militarization of Nazi Germany, rise of fascism: Nazi military parades, Hitler march into Rhineland, Italian invasion of Ethiopia (17:11). Japanese Rising Sun Flag (17:38). The Neutrality Acts (17:49). FDR as an internationalist: Russia, Good Neighbor Policy 1933, Canada, footage from WWI plays as FDR speaks (18:06). Silver Shirts (American Nazis) rally, Madison Square Garden (19:16). Charles Lindbergh speech (19:35). WWII begins: military tanks, planes, guns during fighting across Norway, Belgium, Holland, Denmark, France (20:03). (20:36). Audio FDR campaign address in Boston 1940 - young men gathered by radios (20:35). Civilian bomb shelter drills (20:56). NBC Newsroom announces attack on Pearl Harbor (21:19). Destruction at Pearl Harbor (21:24). FDR Declaration of War Address (21:43). Mobilization of American troops, young recruits march through streets of New York City, couples kiss goodbye (22:06). FDR and Winston Churchill (22:49). American troops land in North Africa (23:13). The Casablanca Conference 1943 (23:38). Stalin, FDR at Tehran Conference (23:49). The Pacific Theater: Battle of Midway (24:08). Battle of the Philippine Sea - Grumman F6F Hellcat attack (24:45). Marianas Turkey Shoot (25:18). Fighting in Europe, D-Day landings (26:04). Marine landings on Saipan (26:31). Fallen Japanese soldiers on Island of Tarawa, Kiribati (26:54). Douglas MacArthur, Chester Nimitz with FDR at Pacific War Council 1944 (27:24). Battle for Leyte Gulf, Philippines - Japanese kamikaze plane attacks (27:39). Japanese Internment Camps, internment of the Nisei (28:50). FDR, Churchill, Stalin at Yalta Conference 1945; plan the United Nations (29:00). FDR sudden death, mourners across the country (29:41). Convergence Russian, American troops on Elbe River (30:07). Audio FDR final address to Congress after Yalta plays, scenes of celebration as war ends, aerial views of destroyed buildings in Europe (30:26). Surrender of Japan, Potsdam Declaration (30:58). Montage fallen soldiers laid to rest at sea (31:06). This film is part of the Periscope Film LLC archive, one of the largest historic military, transportation, and aviation stock footage collections in the USA. Entirely film backed, this material is available for licensing in 24p HD, 2k and 4k. For more information visit
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