FDR speaks

Identifier
irn1000933
Language of Description
English
Alt. Identifiers
  • 1991.253.1
  • RG-60.0569
Level of Description
Item
Languages
  • English
Source
EHRI Partner

Creator(s)

  • United States. National Archives and Records Administration. Motion Picture Reference
  • Universal News (Producer)

Scope and Content

Universal Newsreel, Vol. 7, No. 327, Part 1. Release date, 02/11/1935. Roosevelt, wearing a bowtie, reads script in front of camera. Shot of boy scouts huddled around radio in uniforms (also shot from inside the radio looking out). CU of boy scout, VS of scouts grouped together. On the occasion of the National Scouting Convention to be held in Washington, DC. Roosevelt invites scouts from other countries to attend the convention, speaks of scouting as an activity that goes beyond barriers of "race or creed," an important activity in all civilized countries.

Subjects

  • SPEECHES
  • SCOUTS
  • ROOSEVELT, FRANKLIN D.
  • PROPAGANDA
  • RADIOS

Places

  • Washington, DC, United States

Genre

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