Townsend Plan fails to pass Congress in 1930s but US Government comes up with alternative
Montage US Capitol in winter, with snow-covered trees in foreground / dissolve / montage session of US House of Representatives / elderly couple / POV over reader's shoulder of the New York Times, with front page story about US President Franklin Roosevelt's proposed security plans for the jobless and the elderly / CU Dr. Francis Townsend, activist on behalf of the elderly / black / end credits / from Greatest Headlines of the Century series / Note: [exact dates not known]
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Editorial #:
502168548
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
January 01, 1935
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License type:
Rights-ready
Release info:
Not released. More information
Clip length:
00:00:32:08
Location:
Washington DC, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 8-bit Photo-JPEG SD 720x576 25p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
ghoc_m-04_07.mov
- Unemployment,
- Franklin Roosevelt,
- Newspaper Headline,
- Senior Adult,
- Economy,
- Front Page,
- Great Depression,
- Reading,
- 1930-1939,
- Activist,
- Archival,
- Black And White,
- Business Finance and Industry,
- Capitol Building - Washington DC,
- Couple - Relationship,
- Deep Snow,
- Dissolving,
- Documentary Footage,
- Film - Moving Image,
- Film Montage,
- Finance,
- Finance and Economy,
- House Of Representatives,
- New York Times,
- Newspaper,
- Newsreel,
- Planning,
- Produced Segment,
- Real Time Video,
- Security,
- Selective Focus,
- Snow,
- Social Issues,
- Social Justice - Concept,
- Tree,
- US President,
- USA,
- United States Congress,
- Video with Sound,
- Washington DC,
- Winter,