Eleanor Roosevelt Motion Pictures In The Public Domain

MP58-9:1
ER at AFL-CIO Merger, 1955 - NYC

Presented to ER by the Glass Blowers Association

27 mins. (975 ft), sound, b & w, 16mm (Kinescope original)

ER's speech at the AFL-CIO merger meeting in NYC, Dec.1955.

Donated by Eleanor Roosevelt

MP63-8:5
ER in Morocco

Source unknown

5 mins. (113 ft), silent, color, 16mm

ER attends rec eption in Morocco during her trip, March 1957.

Donated by Eleanor Roosevelt

MP63-8:7
ER in Montpellier, France, 1955

Source unknown

2 mins. (50 ft), silent, b & w, 16mm

ER visits Youth Aliyah camp and Herbert Lehman Home near

Montpellier, France, March 13, 1955.

Donated by Eleanor Roosevelt

MP71-8:32-33
Youth Visits Our Nations Capitol

National Youth Administration, Division of Information, 1939

34 mins. (825 ft, 2 reels), silent, color, titles, 16mm

Three youngsters sightseeing in Washington on reel one and

visiting local NYA projects and area pageants on reel two.

Shots of Friendship House, Alexandria Academy, Cherry Blossom

Festival, Apple Blossom Festival in Winchester, VA, and Easter Egg

Roll at the White House. Individuals filmed include Aubrey

Williams, Alben Barkley, Gov. Price of VA, Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:49
ER's South Pacific Tour, Aug-Sept 1943

Source unknown

50 mins. (1200 ft), silent, b & w, no titles, 16mm

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:55
FDR's Cruise on the Amberjack II , June 1933

Source unknown

9 mins. (325 ft), silent, b & w, titles, 16mm

FDR's vacation trip on the sea and at Campobello. Includes

shots of Norman Davis, Raymond Moley, James Roosevelt, John

Roosevelt, FDR, Jr., Paul Rust and Eleanor Roosevelt.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8: 58
ER Visits Guadalcanal Yank, The Army Newsreel, 1943

Photographed by Sgt. John A. Bushemi, text by Sgt. Mack

Morriss, edited by Pvt. George E. Wilbern.

5 mins. (125 ft), silent, color, 16mm

ER's visit to Guadalcanal, Sept. 1943.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:70(1)
Royalty Visits White House

National Youth Administration

17 mins. (400 ft), silent, color, titles, 16mm

Visit of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth of Great Britain

to Washington, DC, June 1939

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:70(2)
The Visit of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, June 1939

National Youth Administration

17 mins. (400 ft), silent, color

Arrival at Union Station; procession up Pennsylvania Avenue;

garden party at British Embassy; reception at British Embassy

for British residents; and at Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:71(1-3)
The Visit of Their Majesties King George VI and Queen Elizabeth, June 1939

National Youth Administration

34 mins. (800 ft, 3 reels), silent, color, titles, 16mm

1. On the way to the British Embassy; Sir Ronald Lindsay;

ladies of the press; returning to the White House; Mt. Vernon

and Washington's tomb.

2. Royal party arrives in New York and attends the World's

Fair.

3. White House is well guarded; on way to British Embassy;

repeats rest of reel 1.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:105
ER in Hawaii - August 1943

Source unknown

2 mins. (50 ft), silent, color, 16mm

ER with Adm. Nimitz and other Navy brass.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:106,108
Student Leadership Institute

Source unknown

23 mins. (550 ft), silent, b & w, 16mm

Film of Aug. 3, 1941 of Student Leadership Institute sponsored

by International Student Service held on Campobello island,

NB, Canada. Featured with the students are Felix Frankfurter;

William A. Neilson, President-Emeritus of Smith College;

Joseph P. Lash; Eleanor, James and Sara D. Roosevelt.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP71-8:112
Training Women for War Production

National Youth Administration

Introduced and narrated by Eleanor Roosevelt

25 mins. (900 ft), sound, color, 16mm

Young women in wartime jobs. ER shown giving introduction.

From President Roosevelt's collection

MP73-23:1-6
Campobello and Hyde Park

Victor Hammer home movies - 1953, 1955

46 1/2 mins. (2115 ft, 6 reels), silent, color, 16mm

Includes shots of ER at Campobello and Hyde Park including

Val-Kill Cottage; John Roosevelt, Sara D. Roosevelt II, and

other Roosevelt grandchildren.

Donated by Victor Hammer

MP78-1:7
FDR and Roosevelt Family, 1944-1945

John Boettiger home movie

13 mins. (310 ft), silent, color/b & w, 16mm

FDR and Eleanor Roosevelt at Hyde Park, NY with Winston

Churchill and Clementine Churchill; Edward, Duke of Windsor and

Adm. William Leahy. Anna Roosevelt, John Boettiger, John R.

Boettiger, Curtis Roosevelt, Eleanor Seagraves on board boat,

at Mercer Island, Hyde Park and White House.

Short scene of Fala playing on White House lawn.

Donated by John Boettiger, Eleanor Seagraves and Curtis Roosevelt

MP78-11:13
Boettiger Family at Mercer Island, Wa; Hyde Park, NY and Sun Valley

John Boettiger home movie

15 mins. (353 ft), silent, color, 16mm

Seaside and boat scenes with John Boettiger, John R.

Boettiger, Curtis Roosevelt, , Eleanor Seagraves, Anna

Roosevelt, Eleanor Roosevelt, and Malvina Thompson, Hyde Park:

FDR driving with Anna and Princess Martha of Norway. Also

Henry and Elinor Morgenthau. Sun Valley: Anna and John

Boettiger hunting. Also Gary Cooper.

Donated by John Boettiger, Eleanor Seagraves and Curtis Roosevelt

MP78-1:15
John R. Boettiger; 1st and 2nd Birthdays, Seattle and Washington, DC

John Boettiger home movie, 1939-1941

17 mins. (394 ft), silent, color, 16mm

Scenes focus on John R. Boettiger with Anna Roosevelt, Eleanor

Seagraves, John Boettiger, Curtis Roosevelt, Sara D.

Roosevelt, Eleanor and Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Donated by John Boettiger, Eleanor Seagraves and Curtis Roosevelt

MP78-5
ER in Japan

Dwight M. Burkam home movie

1 1/2 mins. (35 ft), silent, color, 16mm

ER visits Itazuki Air Base, Fukuoka, Kyushu Island, Japan in

1953.

Donated by Dwight M. Burkam, USAF, Lt. Col. (Ret.)

MP81-1(1)
ER Addressing the United Nations General Assembly c. 1952

1 min. 50 sec. (63 ft), sound, b & w, 16mm

Excerpt from speech apparently given at end of session.

Donated by Estelle Linzer

MP& VT 83-11
ER at Cornell University - Feb. 16, 1933

Home movie

Videotape made from original 16mm print donated by Sylvia

Diehl.

10 ft, (total length 24 ft), silent, b & w, 16mm

Donated to government

FDR2594-16
ER Speaks in behalf of the 2nd War Loan (168-193)

Source unknown

FDR2594-16
ER Speaks in behalf of the 2nd War Loan (201-247)

Source unknown

ER speaking for the 2nd War Bond Drive she tells her famed

"To Hell with Roosevelt" story she heard during her 1943 tour

to the Pacific Theatre Operations.

FDR2594-22-1
Cairo and Teheran

Produced by US Signal Corps

8 mins. (819 ft), composite, b & w, 35mm

Sound track is read by FDR - he speaks on the strategic

concepts of the Pacific war; the choice of Eisenhower to lead the

European invasion; postwar treatment of Germany; relations with

USSR and Stalin. Final caption: "This Film is Restricted."

FDR2594-23(1)
ER and Red Cross

4 mins. (142 ft), silent, b & w, 35mm

FDR2594-23(2)
ER and Red Cross

9 mins. (392 ft), composite, b & w, 35mm

ER in New Zealand. Tells story about "Rover lost her pup" -

trying to visit Elliott Roosevelt at base in England.

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