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Summary: A biography on Eleanor Roosevelt, describing how she changed the role of the first lady through her active and outspoken participation in American politics.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Heinemann Library 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ROOHarris, Duchess
Summary: Eleanor Roosevelt is well known for her time as First Lady of the United States, but she also made important contributions to women's rights before, during, and after her husband's presidency. Eleanor Roosevelt Champions Women's Rights examines her efforts from multiple perspectives, including those of Roosevelt herself, her husband, Franklin, and later feminist activists.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Core Library, An Imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J973.917 HARWortman, Marc (Marc Josef)
Summary: Describes how Franklin D. Roosevelt quietly used his power and all the tools he had to assist Winston Churchill in fighting the Axis long before the United States' official entry into World War II. --Publisher
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 WORSummary: This Universal newsreel focuses on a Nazi SA parade. Berlin, Germany: An unprecedented display of power and organization by the brown-shirted forces of the German Chancellor marks the final pre-election activities of the Social Democrats, with long columns of uniformed men in spirited procession down Unter den Linden from Brandenburg Gate to the Lustgarten, with Swastika banners fluttering over...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the killings of Alexander I of Yugoslavia and France's Foreign Minister Louis Barthou. Universal Newsreel brings you the first actual motion pictures of the murder of King Alexander of Yugoslavia and French Foreign Minister Barthou, shot down in the streets of Marseilles; furious spectators batter the killer to death!
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, Washington, D.C.: J. Edgar Hoover, chief of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, attacks the methods of lenient parole boards in releasing known criminals. Reel 2, Quantico, Va.: Machineguns rattle as Federal agents "raid" a prop gangster hideout.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, North Beach Airport, N.Y.: Taking off from the waters of Bowery Bay, the Flying Colonel and his wife are seen in unusual pictures on the start of their flight to Greenland to survey a route across the North Atlantic for Pan American Airways. Reel 2, Freeport, Ill.: A remarkable screen interview with Mrs. Caroline Mattern as she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the 1935 Toledo Strike. Toledo, Ohio: Huge crowds of picketers patrol the approaches to an automobile factory when negotiations between workers and owners fail. Francis J. Dillon explains the American Federation of Labor's position in the industry.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, New York, N.Y.: Thousands of radio listeners throughout the U.S. are frightened into mass hysteria by a dramatization of H. G. Wells' old thriller, The War of the Worlds, as staged by Orson Welles. Reel 2, London, England: Patients at the Hospital for Sick Children in Great Ormond Street get a great thrill when King George and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on a cattle drive in Colorado. Eads, Colorado: Spectacular scenes reminiscent of the Old West are revived as cowboys start their annual round-up of 4,000 steers from the summer ranges in the mountains to the winter grazing grounds in the lowlands.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on a Congressional racket probe involving "Spike" O'Donnell. Chicago, Ill.: "Spike" O'Donnell, a former South Side beer baron who bears the title of "the most shot-at gangster in the country," tells members of a Federal committee investigating crime of his reaction to the latest Federal drive on kidnappers and other lawbreakers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the reelection of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Washington, D.C.: President Roosevelt receives an enthusiastic reception as he returns to the city following his triumphant reelection. The Chief Executive thanks the nation for its support, through a newsreel interview.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Nelson, Craig
Summary: "New York Times bestselling historian Craig Nelson reveals how FDR confronted an American public disinterested in going to war in Europe, skillfully won their support, and pushed government and American industry to build the greatest war machine in history, "the arsenal of democracy" that won World War II. As Nazi Germany began to conquer Europe, America's military was unprepared, too small,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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Summary: A warm, intimate account of the love between Eleanor Roosevelt and reporter Lorena Hickok—a relationship that, over more than three decades, transformed both women's lives and empowered them to play significant roles in one of the most tumultuous periods in American history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 920 QUICopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Relation QuinnSummary: This Universal newsreel focuses on Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chat No. 2. Washington, D.C.: In a dramatic newsreel interview at the White House, the Chief Executive reviews the accomplishments of his two-months-old administration, promising further legislation designed to better economic conditions throughout the United States and to improve the financial standing of the industrial...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the town crier of Provincetown. Provincetown, Mass.: The brassy voice of this historic village's recently appointed town crier forces attention to his recital of community news delivered in time-honored manner.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the sinking of the U.S. gunboat Panay by Japanese naval aircraft. Footage of the Rape of Nanking is followed by the U.S.S. Panay bombing in its entirety--exactly as photographed! Filmed by Norman Alley.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on two topics, as follows. Reel 1, Fort Meade, Md.: Mechanical monsters of the 66th U.S. Infantry (Light Tanks) sweep everything before them as they advance through smoke and shell fire to the attack. A thrilling sight, from daylight to dark, as the "battle wagons" roll along. Reel 2, Pimlico, Md.: In the horseracing classic of the century, War Admiral, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the inauguration of Franklin D. Roosevelt. Washington, D.C.: Striking close-up views of President-elect Roosevelt's arrival at the White House to take President Hoover to the Capitol for the Inaugural ceremony, and the historic ride of the celebrated pair down Pennsylvania Avenue, with a Congressional escort, as cheering thousands, massed on the sidewalks,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chat No. 4. Washington D.C.: In a dramatic message to the nation, the Chief Executive outlines in clear terms the steps the Government will take to speed economic recovery in America. Mr. Roosevelt describes striking plans for the stabilization of currency, and for mortgage and home relief.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the repeal of Prohibition. As the December 5th deadline for the ratification of the 21st Amendment approaches, work is rushed at distilleries and bottling plants to prepare for the renewal of alcohol sales. In some towns, though, the lid is already off as the repeal of Prohibition is celebrated with old-time abandon. Gone are the days when federal agents could...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Summary: This Universal newsreel focuses on the Hindenburg disaster. Lakehurst, N.J.: Thirty-five persons die and scores of others are injured as the mighty dirigible Hindenburg explodes 300 feet over the landing field at the end of her first voyage of the season from Europe. A terrific burst of flame engulfs the stern of the ship and spreads with the rapidity of lightning to the bow. The inferno of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2010
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Folsom, Burton W.
Summary: A revisionist perspective on FDR's presidency and the New Deal argues that such government programs as social security, minimum wage, and farm subsidies didn't work in the 1930s and do not work now, in a critical report that traces many modern problems to the FDR administration.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Threshold Editions 2008
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.917 FOLDallek, Robert
Summary: "A one-volume biography of Roosevelt by the #1 New York Times bestselling biographer of JFK, focusing on his career as an incomparable politician, uniter, and dealmaker In an era of such great national divisiveness, there could be no more timely biographyof one of our greatest presidents than one that focuses on his unparalleled political ability as a uniter and consensus-maker. While Robert...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Viking 2017