Rare Footage of FDR Walking With Leg Braces
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- Опубликовано: 22 сен 2024
- FDR contracted polio at the age of 39, which left his legs partially paralyzed. Fearing this would impact his bid for presidency, he came to an agreement with the press: no photos of him walking or getting in and out of cars.
From the Series: America in Color: The 1930s bit.ly/2hwYyUR
My grandmother had polio as a child and had trouble walking. She greatly admired FDR. She actually wrote to him and received a hand written letter back from the president.
That's part of why Americans loved him. He constantly did personal things like that.
No pic no proof
@@mapsinvideogames8621 u Ok man? You must be new to RUclips
I too would like to see this letter on the off chance that it’s available to do so (anyone can comment a link to a photo) and I too think it would be pretty cool to see
@@mapsinvideogames8621 i love when kids post these little comments acting like they don't look stupider than the person they're responding to
My uncle had a handwritten letter from Kennedy but it was stolen in a burglary when he lived in LA
"They see me rollin', they hatin'."
~ Franklin D. Roosevelt
Legendary comment
"I know theyre thinkin Im so white and nerdy."
**They called me rollypolly*
The Wasp “they see me strolling, they laughin
And so far, they all think I’m so white and nerdy”
And Blacks been suckers ever since then.
I can't help but find the irony in FDR's leadership in defeating the Nazis when the Nazis would have thrown a man in his physical condition into the ovens. What a sharp juxtaposition that I don't think really gets enough attention.
Ovens??
There were other fighting nations
That is very blue pilled.
I think not, he was affected by polio not by a genetic disease. Gobbels himself suffered from polio in his childhood
@@andreaz9971 It's not about being sick in general. It's about being physically impaired/disabled which was a big no no and would indeed get you killed.
"Roosevelt looks like an energetic candidate. But he has something to hide."---(1:10), the camera shows it: his COMB-OVER!!!
This is a very underrated comment
The last secret of FDR knew about the difficulty walking but the bald spot has been kept under the hat for a very long time.
Thats what I thought?
Kyle Schaff presidents nowadays can buy their hair back then you had to be creative
Who cares?!? People are obsessed with Trump's hair too! How can that possibly be important?
FDR: 'The only thing to fear is fear itself'.
"And lack of wheelchair accessibility"
“And the public witnessing me walking”
And sharks
And snakes
"The only thing to fear, is fear itself...or my throwing you in prison because of your racial ties to the enemy." - FDR
No smartphone for sneaky videos of him walking
Exactly, it wasn’t so easy to take secret footage of someone in 1932.
no smartphone, just people enjoying the moment
@@432leumas"teChnoLogY bAd"
@@bluepikman7851 it is bad
@@JohnWayne-rg1hm Then why are you using it then? Tell me how so too.
When you really look at the video, this is also rare footage of FDR in color
It's artificial colouring, not real color
@@him12672 there was color back then. Gone with the wind , Wizard of Oz came out in 1939. That was before this. It's just that most movies and TV shows stayed black and white until the mid 1960's.
@@adaminfinity1733 they werent recorded in color
Color was added later
@@adaminfinity1733 Exactly. This footage wasn't recorded in color. It was artificially added.
@@RianeBane I believe Kodak has had color film since 1924, it was just more expensive then B&W, and color film STILL is substantially more expensive then black and white...
It’s weird to imagine a public figure setting boundaries with the press and the press observing them. The change in attitudes from FDR to Lady Di is dizzying
Nixon blew it in the US
@@SandfordSmythe how so?
@@VedantMishra55 Nixon became fair bait, as his presidency was corrupt .There was little sense of honor and respect left. Unfortunately this tradition carried on in the press.
@@SandfordSmythe he was a good president until he got exposed, which made him one of the worst presidents of the US. He ruined his own presidency
@@mickeymouse7704 Heck, Nixon wasn't even really involved in the break in at Watergate. He got caught trying to sweep it under the rug.
I didn’t know youtube existed in the 30’s.
T.R.E.V.O.R.
why everyone replying with trevor
😡😡😡😡😡😡😡🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬
That would be u vacuum tube
@@williampfeiffer4536 no
Back when the press had some respect for the greater good. Now they would all be clamoring to get a shot of him trying to walk in public just to get some publicity.
Anonymous Guy Still not as bad as Trump would be, mocking his leg braces and pretending to walk like him!
I don’t think hiding a serious disease of a presidential candidate is something to be proud of...
@@eliwurster5237 no trump mocked a disable reporter when he was running for president
Eli Wurster he didn’t have the disease he just couldn’t walk because of it
Eli Wurster With his stage of polio it wouldn’t affect his long term health just his mobility.
FDR: “The only thing we have to fear, is fear itself!”
Random person: “...and spiders!”
FDR: “Well, yes, ‘and spiders’, that goes without saying...”
🕷
G Blizzard it was actually from “Robot Chicken”.
@@princessmarlena1359 I gotta watch that.
Lol, and it's true it could go on and on
*Billie Eilish has left the chat*
🤣🤣😂
What a legend. He was shut down by the government time and time again when wanting to get involved in WW2, yet still finding ways to lend aid to our future allies. For four consecutive terms, he walked when he could not, and walked all the way to the finish line. It's a terrible shame he could not live to see the war end.
Yes, he wanted to get into the war so badly that he initiated the attack on pearl harbor, by cutting off oil to Japan. He knew it would instigate retaliation from them, AND he knew that they were going to attack pearl harbor, specifically, and did nothing about it. He allowed it to happen, to get Americans to support entering the war.
@@rossvaneldik3562 Japan was going to come after America anyways. The Philippines were too strategically important and resource rich. By cutting off the oil and moving the Pacific fleet to Hawaii he hoped that it would deter Japan's military posturing.
Above not below. 🎩✌️
“tough times never last, only tough people last, wblblblbl.” -FDR 1932
underrated ^^^
You’ve gotta admire the respect of the media back then.
Nowadays, the media would try to convince you he’s a cyborg from the future that here to end humanity because he has metal braces....
A line must be drawn between 'media,' as in reporters, who are generally respectful even today, and the public in general, who were granted an exactly equal appearance to actual reporters when the internet was set up in spite of the vast gulf between them.
@@dashiellgillingham4579 Yeah because the modern press is so great?
@@greenearth975 Not say'n they're perfect. Just that they're still the same people doing the same job, as they always have.
If the media didn't do & say what FDR wanted. He would send the IRS after them.
Honestly the media has always been divided like this.
Just the fact that he had the confidence to run to be President with his condition is incredible. I love listening to his Fireside Chats even though I’m only in my 30’s. I have never felt my age, I have always been fascinated with the 1940’s and 1950’s and I live my everyday life with it centred around those times.
You are not alone. I lived through the 1950s but am fascinated with the 1940s. My father lived and saw those times. I like the way men and women dressed back then and how life centered around family and family dinners and the radio with Roosevelt speaking.
Warm. 🎩✌️
2020: "He can't walk right, he's not fit to be president"
No they would be like: “he’s extremely racist, he’s not fit to be president”
Indonesia once had a blind president.
Every news article would be "He's not fit for President!"
@@JD-Media no they would be “he’s racist, he’s not fit to be president”
Didn't the GOP throw that wheelchair guy on stage and make him stand up and salute during the RNC last year? Oddly enough I think FDR would have been shown off as a underdog story in modern politics but not to the point of presidency . Also his policies would get shot down immediately in America's currently political climate
1:30 FDR is like “Stop filming me “
He wouldn’t last in today’s political world.
@@TheMan05555 yeah lol
Anyone else think John Lithgow would make an FDR spitting image on film?
@@neilfeinberg7825 He does make a good Churchill tho. Idk about FDR.
@@TheMan05555 If Joe Biden could, FDR could.
You know, JFK actually admired FDR as FDR was the president who gave JFK's father the role of Ambassador to the United Kingdom in 1938 - 1940. Additionally, JFK also had to sometimes walk with crutches as FDR did. He usually walked up to the stage where he was speaking and ditched the crutches at the last minute and leaned on the podium. JFK didnt have polio though, he had many diseases, one of them being Addisons Disease. The reason he had to walk with crutches is he had many back surguries and injuries when he was younger.
Amazing. I am huge fan of both Presidents, in my opinion the two greatest of all time. I think President Kennedy was friend of FDR son, am I right? God Bless You.
Nice detail relation with president John Fitsgerald Kennedy and FDR you probably know there are wiered conections with Abraham Lincoln and JFK for example they were elected president 100 years from each other in 1860 and 1960 respectibly or the fact that they were both shot in the back of the head by the side of their wifes or the fact that Lincoln was shot in FORDS theater and JFK was shot in a LINCOLN car made by FORD or that both of their assasins were killed before beeing put to trial or the fact that both of there succesors AKA vice presidents were named johnson and were southeners but there are some lies too like the fact that LIncoln had a secretary named Kennedy and Kennedy had a secretary named lincoln there are many other coincidences betteween many other presidents like the fact that Thomas Jefferson and John Adams both died the same day and 50 years since they helped write and adopt the Declaration of Independence or the fact that both teedy Roosevelt and Ronald Regan were shot and survived
JFK was a physical mess. He was often photographed and filmed in a rocking chair, which he needed for his back. Oftentimes, JFK could barely move. I would argue he was in much worse health than FDR was.
@Airlord 1300 you mean like chain smoking and having double martini's at lunch, dinner and in the evening? Not to mention messing around with his "secretaries"...
I believe JFK's back problems were largely caused by a serious injury he sustained in naval combat in WWII, after which he spent two days floating in the ocean rescuing crewmen.
I think this is so awesome. The respect between the president and the press and also him not letting his disability hold him back. A great man.
I was shocked at his combover more than anything else
What do you mean
@@Ooth9999 1:10 I always knew he couldn't walk I never knew he was this bald tho
@@benjaminteixeira4709 because he had enough length in the front to cover the mid section
He had a weird tape up
His legs were fully paralyzed. When he "walked" he was locking his legs in braces and forcing the legs to swivel along.
Yes, he was using his upper body to swing his hips, more or less, and simulate the act of walking.
As Commander in Chief he kicked the ass of an enemy who would have viewed him as a worthless eater. Fitting. He is one of the greatest leaders our nation has known.
He was a good speaker, but a pretty bad president.
Steven Hart I guess that’s why the nation re-elected him three times and his administration began with the Great Depression and ended with America’s golden age.
@@nicolasg8091 4 times
@@nicolasg8091 based
@@stevenhart6788 Yeah right, Hoover was such a better option.Are you for real?
FDRs smile always hits me different.
Like it’s so over the top it’s wonderful
I’ve never seen color footage of FDR- and Hoover. Quite interesting
It's artificial
Maserati7200 there is colour on Eisenhower’s oath you can see Hoover on the side
black and white film, recently colorized
@@1960markN Cyrano de Bergerac is thought to be the first film shown in color and sound. It was filmed in 1900 so its completely possible.
@@soaplore first of all your not Churchill and second of all and there’s been color photos and videos they weren’t common but in the late 1920s and even before that
It's nice to know that his condition wasn't focused on by media or opponents of him, at least not significantly it seems
Proving that physical disabilities should not disqualify anyone from any job. FDR was one of our greatest presidents.
*The Greatest
Democrats had
FDR, JFK, RFK, LBJ, Truman, and somehow we got Hillary for 2016......
Since FDR, somehow every president is worse/not a lot better than the one before him. :/
I know!! Truly, 'What Happened?' to the Democratic Party? Back in those days we had real leaders with real vision. The closest people to them these days are Obama and Bernie. Bernie's job plan actually would bring back New Deal programs.
awakeningspirit20 exactly I’m a democrat
I’ve been a democrat my whole life
Bernie got my hyped to be a democrat but when he lost I didn’t even go vote
I've taken political quizzes and I score as a Democrat on every category! I just consider myself one of the New Deal era. I support guns and life and God but also left wing economic causes and solutions. It's a shame that I can't find peace in either party these days, but I believe that after the Dems lose a bit more they will eventually revert back to their old way, FDR's way!
Donald Trump and Mitch McConnell thank you for not voting for Hillary Clinton on principal. Thanks for guaranteeing that the Supreme Court will be progressively more hostile to the basic rights of women and minorities for another generation.
This is one of two known existing pieces of footage of him "walking" with the braces. The other (a short ten second clip of him doing it with one of his sons) can be seen on the American Experience video "FDR" and I believe the clip itself is up on YT.
And about two months ago a third piece of footage of him doing the walk at the White House balcony in 1935 was found
1:34 Roosevelt looks in great shape there for someone with polio. Or, really, great shape in general.
he always look much older than he really was. Pollio and heavy smoking took it's toll. When he died he was only 63 and he looked like he was 85 years old.
FDR did not make the best decisions, but that can only be said due to hindsight, of the day, I think FDR did everything with the best interest of the nation in mind. 75 years later very easy to arm chair quarterback his decisions. And wow, look at the press back then, actual true Americans in the press on a wide scale. It's difficult to imagine.
Geog Acct
While FDR did fuck up at times, he helped America slowly get back on its feet (especially with the war).
His moto was if something doesn't work admit it frankly and try something else - so at least he tried new ideas!
The vast majority of his policies worked, and many of them are still in effect to this day. His biggest mistake, which hurt his image and went against his otherwise progressive policies, was the interment of Japanese-Americans.
Aside from that, which was very, very bad. He was a fantastic president and one of the absolute best we've ever had.
Joseph Price I would also say his attempt to pack the court was even worse than the internment camps, was downright racist.
Joseph Price facist *
I heard him speak on a video at the 50th celebration of Lady Liberty. His voice resonates confidence, hope and trust that things will be all right. Looking at his mannerisms and the way he speaks, his head stance, I can see why he is so lovingly remembered and why people voted for him a FOURTH term! He was a beacon of hope when the nation was at its lowest. People never forgot how he pulled the nation through when he was needed the most. He is so loved that all you have to do is say "FDR" and practically everybody know exactly who you mean. Wow, he was something. My uncle's first name is ROOSEVELT!
Nowadays, nobody would believe he ever had polio in the first place.
I love how he bounces his head when he talks.
He's "doing" the "chicken"
Just like Oprah
@@destubae3271 shut up this is about Franklin D Roosevelt not Oprah
This is so cool! The audio and filter are very restored
The thing is, FDR’s fear of being seen like that is totally justified, especially in today’s world. Regardless whether you’re a politician or a famous person, people (and by that I mean the press) will just focus on all your worst aspects and point out at you to make you weak.
“Had an agreement with the press”
_bruh_
You think press should have freedom of speech when it can be used as the voice of the government to push political agendas like making the sitting President look able? Well it does.
Many talk with their feet but for FDR talks and speaks with one America's heart. To the rest can only be "my foot!"
Can't remember where I saw it. But years back PBS had a documentary about FDR. It stated that his son, which always walked at his side. Held his Father's weight while he walked beside him. Both men did strength training to make FDR's walk look flawless. The same doc said he had his car rigged to allow him to drive. With the shifter, brakes and gas near the wheel, not on the floor by his feet...quite interesting of a man.
Thank goodness we had him during such trying times. We have had so few ' exemplary presidents'!
He lead the country greatly even with polio
I'm happy to be named Roosevelt. Planning to visit his memorial some day
I did last year and it was wonderful. I also visited Hyde Park.
Names dont mean anything, do something for yourself
I bet you're black
You shouldn't look into FDR.
im happy to be named Franklin
Impressive how the coloring is, it looks like a 1990's film
The most badass president ever. Had to deal with the great depression, world war 2, oh, and 4 elections. Won each one by a landslide, real landslides, not a narrow margin of a few thousand votes in a couple of swing states. That's what I call winning.
He carried the weight of a superpower at war without working legs
He was a wonderful leader.
Like Obama, he had a pen and a phone, that's how through executive order, he had millions of Japanese Americans incarcerated for the duration of the war.
Imagine living during this time with no vaccine for polio and have to worry about contracting it. I’d be washing my hands every hour. Hygiene is one of the best areas that the world has improved on.
imagine a president today speaking with such strength and pathos
"What would they think of me if they saw me? Nobody would vote for me, they'll think i'm weak"
*Takes the country out of the depression and proceeds to get elected 4 times in a row*
What a man.
What a racist! This man was no hero, and for whatever reason, the left refuses to tell the truth about this racist communist!!!
Thank you Nacho. 🎩✌️
Well, I guess it's a fair discussion whether you can have a state leader in a wheelchair. Even the late german politician Wolfgang Schäuble (who was in wheelchair himself) said that.
@@Ettibridget I want to know the impedances beyond mobility.
We need you again, Franklin.
Why?
Nah He can stay worm food
Along with His "New World Order" agenda
He demonstrated that it’s not the physical attributes that makes one great but rather the content of one’s character.
FDR was a great man and president. He led the US well during WW2, a most difficult time
And a Great Depression
wow trying to keep something like that secret today would be impossible
a brilliant statesman, a man of courage and integrity God Bless FDR.
Your name suits you poorly. He was a crippled bigoted Fascist. You are devoid of knowledge of history.
who killd Jay if kay?
@Mihai Craciun The nazis got all their race laws from DEMOCRATS and, eugenics ideas from Progressives like MARGARET SANGER of planned partenhood. FDR had a 90% tax rate which made the depression go on YEARS after it should have ended. You need you read you some THOMAS SOWELL.
Roland Deschain hile, gunslinger
@@isorokudono "FDR had a 90% tax rate which made the depression go on YEARS after it should have ended" well considering we didn't have another Great Recession for the next 60 years or so following his New Deal and ONLY after his acts (like Glass-Steagall) were repealed did we start having recessions every 10 years.
During World War II Franklin Roosevelt visited a military hospital full of war casualties. He made sure to visit every ward in which there were men who had lost a leg. He wanted them to see that he could not walk properly but had still become President, so that they would not despair about their own futures.
Legal Vampire I know that I saw that in a documentary about him
So many people looking back in time and thinking: "Why can we not have these types of presidents today?" The thing is that you will never see men like this again because the modern culture is so different from theirs. Trump is the product of modern culture. Think about the way he behaves and the way he speaks and compare it to the composure and eloquence of FDR, Truman or Eisenhower. If we want this to be the standard then we all have work to do. I am a product of my European culture just like Trump is a product of American modern culture.
@Thomas Paine I"m shocked that a Bernie supporter like you admire's Jimmy Carter the president who started era of deregulation.
Obama isn't class?
C caymer I'd rather take The Great communicator "Ronald Reagan" or JFK.
Becaue Fascism is dead.
After Churchill and Hitler, all European leaders became a joke, except for Vladimir Putin, the most powerful man on Earth. If he was in WW2 leader of Russia, he would've fucked Hitler's Nazi ass before he commits suicide and then come back to Russia to spank Stalin's commie ass out.
And he went on to became the longest serving president of the United States, and perhaps one of the best.
definitely not one of the best
@@s.c5714 FDR led the US through the depression in the 1930s, ordered the New Deal, he also led the US through the WWII, and is by many considered as one of the best. But of course one can argue about that, and considering we so far have had 46 presidents, I'm sure there are plenty to count as better or best.
@@sarkaniemi He also re-segregated the White House, aired The Clansmen in the theater, appointed Klansmen to government rôles, denied black Olympians White House access, imprisoned Japanese in concentration camps, attempted to stack the courts in 1937, had ridiculous taxes of 75%-94% which dragged the depression, which he solved by provoking the Japanese into war. He did this all while having polio, interesting indeed.
@@googeleioguy Surely he made some decisions that today sound controversial or crazy. But back then, it was different. Times change. Back then, the American society was a bit different, and certain values were more accepted. I do not defend it, but I only say that certain things were more common and more accepted back then. Not only by FDR, but by the American public. But let's keep in mind that FDR is the longest-serving US president who won four consecutive presidential terms, and was in office for twelve years. He was elected by the people, and the American people voted for him. So he was elected as the best choice during that time by the American people. Again, times change, and so do certain values. Two hundred years ago, slavery was a common practice. Today it's unthinkable and wrong in all aspects. So if we look back at history, we can certainly notice mistakes that some people (leaders etc.) made, but it's easier now to point them out in our time. Back then or back in time, some things were different. I don't defend FDR for everything he did, and you are right about the points you mention, but still we need to keep in mind that he was elected by the American people as the best choice. And also I think US presidents (or any other leader) make an oath to do their best for their country and make the best decisions for their country. I assume the choices and the decisions he made back then were the best for America.
@@sarkaniemi I understand your point about his 4 consecutive elections, but in his time, previous presidents had already de-segregated, he brought the country into war and put people in concentration camps. Judging him by 20th century standards, he was still a racist and a war-monger; he did win 4 elections though. I give him credit for that [helped from the wartime hype]
Leg me get this straight. You asked the media to not do something they could exploit you for, and they just listened...twilight zone.
I had no clue about his legs. First time hearing this, and I always liked hearing about FDR.
Well it’s more of American pride and symbolism. They chose not to show him handicapped because we were in WWII and we needed a powerful leader.
Mama said they was my magic shoes, Mama said they’d take me anywhere.
FDR would _not_ be elected today, and here's why:
_22nd Amendment_
FDR would _not_ be elected today, and here’s why:
_He’s dead_
The 22nd amendment only applies to people who are elected after 1947, he could still run.
@@SPYC_1 umm actually he can’t.
@@SPYC_1 he had polio so I don’t think he could run very well
@@AP-23 tru, tru
I read recently that FDR complained of pain in his legs, which isn't a symptom of the effects of polio and that some Doctors think he possibly had Guillain-Barré syndrome .
And He died in bed, with his mistress on top of him.
What a horrible society to discriminate against a handicapped person.
Its not about discrimination towards a handicapped guy, its about the health concerns of the presidential office. The Government and the people don't want to elect a guy who can't even function on his own to the most difficult job in the entire country. FDR dying in 1945 and Truman taking his place only proved that further.
@@bullmoosevelt4495 FDR died in 1945 not 1944
*MAUDE:* _THAT man had charisma!_
*ARCHIE:* _I don't care if he was SICK!_
lol
The media would never agree to such an agreement nowadays.
I've never seen FDR in such vivid color before, it's always been black and white recordings
As a Republican, while I don’t always agree with all of FDR policies. I still find his character to be one of genuine goodness and love for his country and his fight against Polio to be inspiring and heartfelt. While I may not have voted for him, I can see why he earned his place in American history.
Good person, Bad president
It was a different time then in that the press respected FDR’s request that he not be filmed “walking” with his leg braces and holding onto an aide. FDR could not walk. He swung his hips from one side and then the other to give the semblance of actually walking with his legs held ridged by the steel braces. Today, his inability to walk would always be foremost in conversation and in video. His request to not have his disability shown would be ignored.
The way this man led a country in crisis and in the midst of an attack demanding an immediate response and the obligation to participate in a war against the most powerful European army.
No doubt Franklin Delano Roosevelt was the greatest president in the United States, a lot of respect for Lincoln whom I have as the second best president.
With all these ailments he still became president. Something to learn from
I think (just my opinion) that FDR is the greatest US President, even more than Lincoln and Washington. The "Three Saints" of US Presidents.
Washington ruled like a tyrant, Lincoln ruled out the chance of ever having peaceful secession and FDR ruined the economy and made socialism semi mainstream
@@helpme2999 define socialism
Love or hate the man... He had massive balls.
This man always had a plan. A true president.
respect from Chinese. I love to read history book, but Roosevelt was a regular in my middle school history exam.
Things are much better when seen in color.
the video and audio quality is amazing for the 1930s/1940s
Franklin Roosevelt was one of the greatest leaders this country has ever had.
jewish puppet
Franklin delanp roosevelt, please say his name well
Feels like they saw his physical impairment as a weakness, instead of bad luck.
It's however amazing how respectful the media was back then, stopping the cameras out of respect.
Amazing video!!!
I wonder how many dropped dead when FDR angrily screamed at them
FDR was a great man.
MORE LIKE RARE FOOTAGE OF FDR IN COLOR
I admire FDR for his leadership. We could use another guy like this.
More like, rare footage of FDR IN COLOR!!
Some of you are way behind the times, haven't you seen some old movies, that were black and white that have since been colorized, in this digital age?
Rare footage of FDR wearing a pinky ring. 0:05 And check out that wave at 1:31 to 1:34.
Guy was a queen. Married his cousin for a beard.
He had a little sugar in his gas tank.
Wow he walked well with leg braces.
FDR IS AMAZING
Nah lbj better
@Sebastian Guevara it was a expirement lbj is horrible fdr is the best
The footage isn't really rare anymore if it's shared on the internet
We should really use that trick on rare endangered species
It’s rare because there’s very little footage of said subject... not because of how many people see this video.
So even back then the media decided what they wanted the public to think. Some things never change
POV: You are here after the Rick and Morty episode
Back when the press could show respect
I love how Hoover wanted FDR to win the democratic nomination because he thought FDR would be the easiest to beat, mostly because he thought no one would elect a crippled president 😂😂😂
I didn’t know he had such a prominent bald spot.
Hoover says there are 2 philosophies of government at issue. He did not believe the Federal government had any business helping the poor during the Depression. Local governments and private parties should do that. He wanted to help big business and railroads to overcome the Depression. Sort of early trickle down. Of course he failed to solve anything and lost to FDR who pushed through the New Deal, helping millions. The GOP still believes what Hoover did.
The good ol’ days of America, back when everyone wore hats. 🎩
We should bring that back fr
"Came to an agreement with the press" excuse me? That was possible back then?
The last reliable Democrat. I adore this man. Its sad that much of what he worked for and gave to us has been driven into the dirt. But his heart and the things he did for us are never forgotten. He was a man of his word. A genuine human being and he carried us through 4 terms . Hard times. Very hard. He made things happen for the people of our nation. Simple as that. The last true great President of the Democratic party. He held us strong. Still makes me feel proud. And I am not from those times. And I would not vote Democrat these days if my life depended on it. God bless him. And First Lady Eleanor.
You still got Bernie.
Have always wondered who is that majestic voice in so many documentaries?
The greatest president we ever had, and probably ever will have. He cemented American economic vitality and cultural supremacy for decades to come. Nor should his excellent cabinet be forgotten, particularly Frances Perkins, Secretary of Labor and the first female cabinet secretary in American history, who was the brains behind things we take for granted now like minimum wage and Social Security--she literally wrote the first draft of the Social Security Act bill. FDR and his administration led this nation through its worst economic nightmare in history, and through the most terrifying war in our history, with unswerving resolve, a brilliant respect for public opinion, and great personal sacrifice--up to and including his own life. His mistakes, and there are many--most notably the internment of Japanese Americans in response to the racist bloodlust of the American public--should not be minimized or glossed over, but they also cannot detract from the fact that this individual, more than any other human being, saved the United States and saved democracy. Everyone who has lived in freedom since, owes him their thanks.
As a brazilian I agree with you. He visited my country in 1940s and helped our industrial projects and by first time in Latin American History, US treated us like equals in effort to defeat fascism.
Perkins was a friend from NY politics. He said that she was only the cabinet member he trusted to be totally open and honest with him.
@@SandfordSmythe I believe it. She was like Bernie Sanders in that respect: You always knew what she stood for, because she was so vocal and persistent about it. A lot of activists are like that; I can't imagine ever lying about my positions on the issues to win votes in an election. I'd rather lose than be a weather vane. FDR's genius was that he managed to combine the two: He didn't do anything big without popular public approval calling for it first, but behind the scenes he had clear and consistent ideological goals and worked very hard through his speeches and the news to bring the voters around to his way of seeing things rather than vice versa.
@@Josh_Fredman Perkins was disappointed that the Social Security Administration was not put under her in the Labor Department. Maybe because that Department had had a bad reputation as being run by self-serving union leaders, and he thinking of the future. Some of the labor leaders and hard-core leftists were against progressive legislation because it stole their thunder.
The crazy thing about the audio at the start of this is that it isn’t that much better than the phonograph recording of Benjamin Harrison from the 1880s.
"Run Forrest, Run!"
Each of some form of disability which we would hate to have photographed and over-analyzed.
I now right. Nobody needs to know about my Lupus lol. Silent but cruel disease. Disability? Well, I try to push on forward. On we go! Be brave!