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 Brandenberg Gate to the Lustgarten, with Swastika banners fluttering over the Pretorian Guard the Storm Battalions that back up the new regine. Prof. Albert Einstein, world famous physicist, renounces his homeland because of Nazi anti-Semitic excesses.
9/08/2007
1933/03/16 - Hitlerites Parade In Rain
1933/03/09 - Roosevelt's Emergency Bank Bill Passed By Congress
Washington, D.C.: First sound pictures of the epochal opening of the special session of the Seventy-third Congress, the elevation of Representative Henry T. Rainey of Illinois to the Speaker's Chair, the reading of President Roosevelt's dramatic message calling for immediate banking legislation, and striking scenes of the president as he signs the resulting banking bill less than eight hours after his call for action to relieve the financial crisis. Meanwhile, in all parts of the country, philosophical citizens cheerfully make the best of the situation and transact
business on a 'credit and carry' basis, while 'barter marts' brow and flourish." Congress deliberates on the bill, signs in stores, guitar traded for apples, police and people on the street
1933/03/05 - Roosevelt Inaugurated
Washington D.C.: The First Sound Pictures Ever Shown of a Presidential Inauguration. The Brilliant Ceremonies marking. The Induction of Franklin D. Roosevelt as the 32nd President of the United States. 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, hail the event.
1932/02/04 - Pacific Armada
San Pedro / California: Navy battleships and aircraft carriers prepare for Hawaii war games.
1932/02/22 - Mightiest War Game
Honolulu / Hawaii: Navy battleships and aircraft carriers prepare for Hawaii war games
1932/02/22 - Sudden Gale Akron at Lakehurst NJ
Lakehurst / New Jersey: Navy dirigible is damaged by wind.
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