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- Rebroadcast of speeches by U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt on the first anniversary of his death
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1946-04-12
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Broadcast includes the 1937 quarantine speech, with the quote "America hates war, America hopes for peace." Also includes news clips where Roosevelt calls for new spending and lending program, for priming the pump, and for consolidating the New Deal. News that Congress voted to build the biggest navy in the world is heard.
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- Fireside chat. 1937 March 9
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1937-03-09
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks about the reorganization of the judicial branch of the federal government. Includes brief introduction and closing from an unidentified reporter.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks at the 1941 White House Correspondents' Dinner
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1941-03-15
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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At the White House Correspondents' Dinner, Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks about the rise of dictatorships in Europe, the dangers of Nazism, and threats to democracy. He argues in favor of sending aid to the Allied nations and states that American citizens will need to make sacrifices in order to help the war effort.
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- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's third inaugural address
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1941-01-20
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Franklin D. Roosevelt's third inaugural address. He speaks in broad terms about the history of inauguration day, democracy, and current events. Speech given in Washington, D.C.
- Title
- Fireside chat. 1940 December 29
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1940-12-29
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's fireside chat on the national defense program, giving reasons for American aid to Britain.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a D-Day speech and prayer followed by a chorus singing hymns
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1944-06-06
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Franklin D. Roosevelt leads the nation in prayer for the troops landing on Normandy beaches on D-Day and a mixed chorus sings popular hymns. Introduced by an unidentified speaker.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks at the tomb of the unknown soldier
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1940-11-11
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks at the grave of the unknown soldier in Arlington Cemetery on Armistice Day, 1940. He is preceded by the chaplain and introduced by the National Chairman of the American Legion's Armistice Day Committee, Joseph J. Malloy.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks about the extension of selective military service
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1941-07-21
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Franklin D. Roosevelt reads his message to Congress regarding extension of selective military service, the Reserve, and National Guard. The message asks Congress to extend the term of duty of draftees, preventing the demobilization that would have taken place in August.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's address to a joint session of Congress
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1940-05-16
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks on measures to strengthen the United States' national defense; asks for funds for general preparedness.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1940-10-29
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft from the "fish bowl." Roosevelt says that those selected will join the proud history and an honorable tradition of the United States Army, which he says exists solely for the defense of our freedom. Roosevelt assert that Americans always have and always will answer the call until war is "banished from the earth." Following Roosevelt's comments, U.S. Secretary of War...
Show moreU.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt addresses the nation before the first lottery numbers are drawn for the military draft from the "fish bowl." Roosevelt says that those selected will join the proud history and an honorable tradition of the United States Army, which he says exists solely for the defense of our freedom. Roosevelt assert that Americans always have and always will answer the call until war is "banished from the earth." Following Roosevelt's comments, U.S. Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr. draw the first two numbers and Roosevelt reads the numbers aloud.
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- Title
- Fireside chat. 1940 May 26
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1940-05-26
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's fireside talk discussing the necessity of a speed-up in national defense and reviewing accomplishments of military and economic preparedness so far.
- Title
- Franklin D. Roosevelt's campaign speech in Philadelphia, PA
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1940-10-23
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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In a campaign speech in Philadelphia, Roosevelt scotches rumors about plans for concentration camps, secret telephone calls to Mussolini and Hitler, and discusses America's economic conditions.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt's fourth inaugural address
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1945-01-20
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his fourth inaugural address, speaking briefly about the war and democracy.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt speaks to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters in Washington, D.C
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1944-09-23
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt opens the campaign for his fourth term with a speech in Washington, D.C., delivered to the International Brotherhood of Teamsters. He attacks the Republican party for its non-progressive attitude, rebuffs attacks made by Republicans that he sent a U.S. Destroyer to retrieve his dog, Fala, after leaving him on the Aleutian Islands. Introduction by Daniel J. Tobin, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt promotes the fifth war loan drive
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1944-06-12
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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The last fireside chat by President Roosevelt, intended to promote the opening of the fifth war loan drive.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers a D-Day speech and prayer
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1944-06-06
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Franklin D. Roosevelt makes an announcement of troops crossing channel on D-Day and offers a prayer.
- Title
- Fireside chat. 1941 December 8
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1941-12-08
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Pearl Harbor Day fireside chat: U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers a message to the American people on the implications and plans for the war.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers his eleventh State of the Union address
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1944-01-11
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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President Franklin Delano Roosevelt delivers his State of the Union address during a fireside chat. He hopes to increase the standard of living, and warns of wartime special interest lobbyists only out for profit. The President recommends initiatives to Congress: a simplified tax law, a continuation of the law for the renegotiation of war contracts, a cost of food law, an early reenactment of the Stabilization Act of 1942, and a national service law.
- Title
- U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt talks about the capture of Rome by Allied forces
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1944-06-05
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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President Franklin Roosevelt's fireside chat on the fall of Rome to Allied troops and the recovery measures undertaken for the people of Italy.
- Title
- The first inauguration of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Creator
- Roosevelt, Franklin D. (Franklin Delano), 1882-1945
- Date
- 1933-03-04
- Collection
- G. Robert Vincent Voice Library Collection
- Description
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt takes the oath of office of President, administered by Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, and delivers his first inaugural address.