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Modern History: Franklin D. Roosevelt - Six Fireside Chats 1933-1938
About this film
These clips deal with the New Deal. They include six of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chats on the economic policy for fighting the Great Depression. All clips are somewhat edited partial Universal Newsreels. In these recordings Roosevelt reads shortened versions of the speeches. The full texts can be found here: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/firesi90.html And, the achievements of the Roosevelt administration are discussed in this film: http://www.archive.org/details/openmind_ep1152 And, a discussion of the Roosevelts compared to recent politicians is found here: http://www.archive.org/details/openmind_ep195 Clips: Fireside Chat 2. Outlining the New Deal Program. Sunday, May 7, 1933 Source: http://www.archive.org/details/1933-05-08_President_Speaks_To_The_Nation Fireside Chat 4. On the Currency Situation. Sunday, October 22, 1933 Source: http://www.archive.org/details/1933-10-23_President_Outlines_Recovery_Progress Fireside Chat 5. Review of the Achievements of the Seventy-third Congress. Thursday, June 28, 1934 Source: http://www.archive.org/details/1934-06-27_President_Reports_To_Nation Fireside Chat 6. On Moving Forward to Greater Freedom and Security. Sunday, September 30…
Directors & creators
Universal Studios
Subjects
stock footage;Franklin D. Roosevelt;New Deal;1930s