| Description |
1 online resource (video file (8 min.)) : sound, black and white |
| Summary |
Over the White House at Washington, the flag flies at half-staff as a grief-stricken nation mourns the death of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, President of the United States. Inside, in the historic Cabinet Room, Vice President Harry B. Truman takes the oath of office as 32nd President, administered by Chief Justice Harlan Fiske Stone. Mrs. Truman is at his side. President Truman asks the four Roosevelt Cabinet to remain in office, expressing his intention to carry on American policies as formulated by the Roosevelt administration. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who became one of the greatest presidents of the United States, a friendly, quick-smiling man who loved his neighbors and his family |
| Analysis |
Democratic Party |
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Republican Party |
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Roosevelt, Franklin Delano, 1882-1945 |
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International relations |
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Death |
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Heads of state |
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World War II, 1939-1945 |
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Yalta Conference meets, 1945 |
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Franklin D. Roosevelt dies, 1945 |
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Depression & World War II (1929-1945) |
| Notes |
In English |
| Genre/Form |
Actualities (Motion pictures)
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Newsreels.
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Nonfiction films.
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Newsreels.
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Nonfiction films.
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Actualities (Motion pictures)
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Actualités (Films)
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Films autres que de fiction.
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Streaming video
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| Author |
United Newsreel Corporation, production company.
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