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1938 - President Roosevelt: New Deal Village Visit; Speaking To High School; Square Dance. May38

Reel Number: 220461-38

Color: Black and White

Sound: SIL and SD

Year / Date: 1938,1930s

Country: USA

Location: Arthurdale, West Virginia

TC Begins: 07:56:14

TC Ends: 07:57:41

Duration: 00:01:27

1938 - President Roosevelt: New Deal Village Visit; Speaking To High School; Square Dance. May38 Intertitle: Arthurdale, W. VA. 07:56:16 LS Long motorcade on narrow road past newly (?) built houses; MS President Roosevelt in open car w/ others & secret service on running boards approaching freshly painted houses & into farmyard. 07:56:29 SOF FDR pats cow & jokes. MS Family of well dressed family posing. FDR shakes hands w/ baby held by father. 07:56:45 27May38 Large crowd watching; MLS FDR at lectern, young Arthurdale, West Virginia high school women in graduation cap & gowns sit & listen. 07:56:53 SOF FDR: “Tonight this new tax bill will automatically become law. But it will become law without my signature or may approval.” (applause). 07:57:07 SOF High Angle / HA Middle-aged couples including Eleanor Roosevelt square dancing to rural country western band & sound of caller; MS of band w/ banjo, guitar, violin or fiddle. CU caller. GOOD. Farming Community; Graduates; Depression Government Programs; Employment; 1930s; NOTE: Arthurdale, West Virginia was the first of many New Deal planned communities & was designed to be self-sufficient. NOTE: Sold at per reel rate. Will order entire reel upon request if time permits.

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