Biography: Herbert Hoover
Tight LS of Hoover, surrounded by suits and politicians, standing on a platform at a Republican National Convention. He receives a nice pop, loud and lengthy. MS of Hoover speaking into the mics at the podium, thanking the audience for the wonderful welcome.
DO NOT USE: Opening credits and Wallace's introduction.
Aerial of battleship Maryland in water. MS Herbert Hoover standing in doorway of private boat. Various shots of Hoover boarding & traveling on battleship for goodwill tour to South America.
DO NOT USE: Still photos of Hoover's early years, boyhood home, college years.
Various shots of gold mining operation in California, men pan for gold in stream, men in trenches using pickaxes to chip at rock walls, men pull heavy carts up steep hill.
DO NOT USE: Various still photos of Herbert Hoover.
WWI: Various shots of U.S. citizens in lines & large groups as they attempt to leave European countries due to the start of WWI. MS people climbing aboard ship. GV ship packed w/US passengers on their way back to the states. MS/CU Hoover on ship.
WWI: MS procession along street w/banners calling for "War Gardens". MCUs Herbert Hoover seated at desk signing & flipping through documents. MCU women preparing food: peeling potato, separating grapes from vine. MCU women preparing food for jam or jelly. MS women stacking jars of jelly on display table. GV group of men & women posing for photo in front of backdrop reading "Sign the Hoover Food Pledge". MCU boy scouts holding place cards supporting Hoover's less waist food plan. MCU poster reading "Save a loaf a week help win the war."