The Roosevelt Story Reels 3 & 4 Spliced (1930-1949)

Reels 1 & 2 are missing. Reels 3 & 4 (spliced). Graphic map of North America. Hand knocking on a door appears inside the shape, man looks through a peephole, unlocks door and lets another man inside. 1932 - American voice over about unemployment. Money changing hands, crops on fire, milk being wasted. A couple walk along by the side of a river and look out into the distance. Sad music on the soundtrack. Man flicks cigarette butt into the water. Funeral (Roosevelt’s?) with large crowds of people. A man is “picked out of the crowd“ to tell his story. View of San Francisco including Golden Gate Bridge. Shanty towns. Man looking through rubbish bins. Employment Agency. Many unemployed men. Men looking at a board with jobs advertised on cards. Signs reading: “Jobless Men Keep Going - We Can’t Take Care of Our Own - Chamber of Commerce“ and “No Men Wanted“. Factories for sale or closed. Men sitting and lying on benches in a town square. This is described as their “club“. Man reads a ne
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