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1933 - Depression, USA: Bonus Army Arrives, Washington, DC Tent City. ca10May33

Reel Number: 220461-20

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL

Year / Date: 1933

Country: USA

Location: Washington, DC

TC Begins: 07:28:27

TC Ends: 07:29:21

Duration: 00:00:54

1933 - Depression, USA: Bonus Army Arrives, Washington, DC Tent City. ca10May33 Title: Vanguard Of 2nd B.E.F. Reaches The Capital; Will Live In Tent City. 07:28:34 Marchers / WWI military veterans led by men w/ flag marching along street, turn & cross. 07:28:40 Men beside road changing socks. Men getting out of trucks, assemble in front of tent & US flag w/ Capitol dome in background. 07:28:50 Men standing in double line outside large tent roll up. CU filling out papers, registering. 07:29:08 Men putting up lines on electric poles w/ many tents seen beyond. MCU electric wires to tops of tents. View thru partially erected tents. Men pounding stakes, soldiers watching. Airplane over field of tents. 1930s; Post-WW1 Protesters; Economics; Economy; Bonus Expeditionary Force; Demonstrators; NOTE: This was the Second Bonus Army march that came to appeal to newly elected FDR (not seen in story).

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