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Biography: John L. Lewis

Biography: John L. Lewis
Clip: 540829_1_1
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1845
Original Film: WPA 1908
HD: N/A
Location: United States
Timecode: 01:37:38 - 01:38:27

Biography of U.S. labor leader John L. Lewis.

Biography: John L. Lewis
Clip: 540829_1_2
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1845
Original Film: WPA 1908
HD: N/A
Location: United States
Timecode: 01:37:38 - 01:37:58

LS idle smokestacks outside factory. Panning CU "No Men Wanted" sign on fence outside shuttered factory. Unemployment, the Great Depression. MS older white man hammering "Closed" sign to wood fence. TLS several white men sitting outside store, most smiling, one man with young son; MS unemployed white men playing cards. TLS line of men forming, entering church or mission.

Biography: John L. Lewis
Clip: 540829_1_3
Year Shot: 1935 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1845
Original Film: WPA 1908
HD: N/A
Location: United States
Timecode: 01:37:58 - 01:38:08

TLS political rally for Warner Ely. US President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Franklin Delano Roosevelt, FDR) standing with confetti on shoulders, delivering speech.

Biography: John L. Lewis
Clip: 540829_1_4
Year Shot: 1930 (Estimated Year)
Audio: Yes
Video: B/W
Tape Master: 1845
Original Film: WPA 1908
HD: N/A
Location: United States
Timecode: 01:38:08 - 01:38:27

Low angle MSs NRA (National Recovery Administration) flag flying outside building in New York City. Marchers, marching bands in NRA parade.