Roosevelt Library Inaugurated (1941)

Item title reads - Roosevelt library dedicated. Hyde Park, New York. (America, USA). Exterior L/S of the Roosevelt library. Various interior shots of the library, apart from books, the library houses paintings, statues and records of the Roosevelt family in private apartments. M/S’s of an effigy of Roosevelt in the style of the sphinx and life-size figures of Franklin and Eleanor Roosevelt. A crowd gathers outside library and President Franklin D. Roosevelt makes a speech where he hands over his library to the nation and talks about the fight for democracy. The crowd applauds FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News