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1937 - President Roosevelt Speech: Excerpts State of the Union 06Jan37 part 1 of 2
LS from balcony, applause & FDR speaking to Congress, SOF: “For the first time in our national history a President delivers his annual message to a new Congress within a fortnight of the expiration of his term of office. While there is no change in the Presidency this year, change will occur in future years. It is my belief that under this new constitutional practice the President should in every fourth year, insofar as seems reasonable, review the existing state of our national affairs & outline broad future problems, leaving specific recommendations for future legislation to be made by the President about to be inaugurated. At this time, however, circumstances of the moment compel me to ask your immediate consideration of: First, measures extending the life of certain authorizations and powers which, under present statutes, expire within a few weeks; second, an addition to the existing Neutrality Act to cover specific points raised by the unfortunate civil strife in Spain; and, third, a deficiency appropriation bill for which I will submit estimates this week. In March 1933 the problems which faced (camera edit).
19:09:10 “It is not enough that the wheels turn. They must carry us in the direction of a greater satisfaction in the life for the average citizen (applause & camera edit.) Even within our present recovery we are far from the goal of that deeper purpose. There are far-reaching problems still w/ us for which democracy must find solutions if it is to consider itself successful (applause). For example, many millions of Americans still live in habitations which not only fail to provide the physical benefits of modern civilization but breed disease and impair the health of future generations. The menace exists not only in the slum areas of the very large cities, but in many smaller cities as well. It exists on tens of thousands of farms, in varying degrees, in every part of the country. Another example is the prevalence of an un-American type of tenant farming. I do not suggest that every farm family has the capacity to earn a satisfactory living on its own farm. But many thousands, tens of thousands of tenant farmers - indeed, most of them I believe - w/ some financial assistance & with some advice & training, can be made self-supporting on land which can eventually belong to them. (applause & edit)
19:10:54 “Another national problem is the intelligent development of our social security system, the broadening of the services it renders, & practical improvement in its operation. In many nations where such laws are in effect success in meeting the expectations of the community has come through frequent amendment of the original statute. And of course... (camera edit)
19:11:20 “We cannot assume that immediate industrial & commercial activity which mitigates present pressures justifies the National Government at this time in placing the unemployment problem in a filing cabinet of finished business... (applause & camera edit)
19:11:43 “And, as is now well known to all of us, the same net loss to society comes from reckless overproduction & monopolistic underproduction of our natural & manufactured commodities. (applause) Yes, overproduction, underproduction, & speculation are three evil sisters who distill the troubles of unbound inflation & disastrous deflation. It is to the interest of the Nation as a whole, to have government help private enterprise to gain sound general price levels & to protect those levels form wide & perilous fluctuations. We know now... (edit) Continued on second card.
Spanish Civil War; Welfare; Assistance; Depression; Presidential Address; Americana; Politics; Politician;
NOTE: Entire speech on two cards 19:06:44 - 19:16:45 at per reel rate. Good b/w; sound okay.
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NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk 1937 - President Roosevelt Speech: Excerpts State of the Union 06Jan37 part 1 of 2 LS from balcony, applause & FDR speaking to Congress, SOF: “For the first time in our national history a President delivers his annual message to a new Congress within a fortnight of the expiration of his term of office. While there is no change in the Presidency this year, change will occur in future years. It is my belief that under this new constitutional practice the President should in every fourth year, insofar as seems reasonable, review the existing state of our national affairs & outline broad future problems, leaving specific recommendations for future legislation to be made by the President about to be inaugurated. At this time, however, circumstances of the moment compel me to ask your immediate consideration of: First, measures extending the life of certain authorizations and powers which, under present statutes, expire within a few weeks; second, an addition to the existing Neutrality Act to cover specific points raised by the unfortunate civil strife in Spain; and, third, a deficiency appropriation bill for which I will submit estimates this week. In March 1933 the problems which faced (camera edit). 19:09:10 “It is not enough that the wheels turn. They must carry us in the direction of a greater satisfaction in the life for the average citizen (applause & camera edit.) Even within our present recovery we are far from the goal of that deeper purpose. There are far-reaching problems still w/ us for which democracy must find solutions if it is to consider itself successful (applause). For example, many millions of Americans still live in habitations which not only fail to provide the physical benefits of modern civilization but breed disease and impair the health of future generations. The menace exists not only in the slum areas of the very large cities, but in many smaller cities as well. It exists on tens of thousands of farms, in varying degrees, in every part of the country. Another example is the prevalence of an un-American type of tenant farming. I do not suggest that every farm family has the capacity to earn a satisfactory living on its own farm. But many thousands, tens of thousands of tenant farmers - indeed, most of them I believe - w/ some financial assistance & with some advice & training, can be made self-supporting on land which can eventually belong to them. (applause & edit) 19:10:54 “Another national problem is the intelligent development of our social security system, the broadening of the services it renders, & practical improvement in its operation. In many nations where such laws are in effect success in meeting the expectations of the community has come through frequent amendment of the original statute. And of course... (camera edit) 19:11:20 “We cannot assume that immediate industrial & commercial activity which mitigates present pressures justifies the National Government at this time in placing the unemployment problem in a filing cabinet of finished business... (applause & camera edit) 19:11:43 “And, as is now well known to all of us, the same net loss to society comes from reckless overproduction & monopolistic underproduction of our natural & manufactured commodities. (applause) Yes, overproduction, underproduction, & speculation are three evil sisters who distill the troubles of unbound inflation & disastrous deflation. It is to the interest of the Nation as a whole, to have government help private enterprise to gain sound general price levels & to protect those levels form wide & perilous fluctuations. We know now... (edit) Continued on second card. Spanish Civil War; Welfare; Assistance; Depression; Presidential Address; Americana; Politics; Politician; NOTE: Entire speech on two cards 19:06:44 - 19:16:45 at per reel rate. Good b/w; sound okay. NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk