Playlist: HIST 3678: Week Five, FDR and His First 100 Days by Kathleen Saylor, Alexander Street Press
This playlist contains primary and secondary material that addresses Franklin Roosevelt as U.S. President and his first days in office.
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Franklin Roosevelt on His New Deal Idea, 1932
directed by John Alan Kane; produced by Caleb B. Stratton; in FDR: The War Years, Biography (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2002), 3 mins
In 1932 , America was caught up in the grips of the Great Depression. Rising unemployment led to widespread panic and a run on the banks. But in the midst of this crisis, one man emerged, promising the country a new deal.
02:50
31 Oct 2014
Harry Hopkins: At FDR's Side
produced by Verne Newton, Educational Film Center (New York, NY: Filmakers Library, 1992), 2 hours 7 mins
During the turbulent times of the Great Depression and World War II, Franklin D. Roosevelt presided over great changes in America and the world - changes that would have been impossible without the efforts of one extraordinary man - FDR's friend and advisor, Harry Hopkins. Within four weeks, he had put four million people to work. He went on to help Roosevelt establish numerous federal programs that live on today.
02:06:50
31 Oct 2014
Discussion of Joseph Kennedy's Support of Franklin Roosevelt and Work as Chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 1934-1935
produced by Edward Mallory; in Joseph Kennedy, Sr.: Father of An American Dynasty, Biography (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 1997), 5 mins
Joseph Kennedy realized that with the Depression, there had been a power shift in the country. Real power would now come from Washington. He joined FDR's campaign, and in the summer of 1934, the president would appoint Kennedy as chairman of the newly formed Security and Exchange Commission, a commission that would police Wall Street and make illegal many of the tactics that Joe himself had used in the past.
04:45
31 Oct 2014
Discussion of Franklin Roosevelt's Inauguration and First Days in Office, 1933
directed by John Alan Kane; produced by Caleb B. Stratton; in FDR: Years of Crisis, Biography (New York, NY: A&E Television Networks, 2005), 4 mins
Within five days of his inauguration, Congress had been called into emergency session and received the President's Banking Bill. In less than eight hours it had passed both houses. On March 12th, in the first of his radio fireside chats, the President gave the people a progress report.
04:00
31 Oct 2014
Proclaiming the New Deal
in Universal Newsreels, Release 470 (Los Angeles, CA - Hollywood: Universal Pictures Company, 1936, originally published 1936), 9 mins
The New Deal is announced at the 1936 Democratic National Convention.
01:38
31 Oct 2014
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