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These clips deal with the New Deal. They include six of Franklin D. Roosevelt's Fireside Chats on the economic policy for fighting the Great Depression. All clips are somewhat edited partial Universal Newsreels. In these recordings Roosevelt reads shortened versions of the speeches. The full texts can be found here: http://www.fdrlibrary.marist.edu/firesi90.html And, the achievements of the Roosevelt administration are discussed in this film: http://www.archive.org/details/openmind_ep1152 And, a discussion of the Roosevelts compared to recent politicians is found here: http://www.archive.org/details/openmind_ep195 Clips: Fireside Chat 2. Outlining the New Deal Program. Sunday, May 7, 1933 Source: http://www.archive.org/details/1933-05-08_President_Speaks_To_The_Nation Fireside Chat 4. On the Currency Situation. Sunday, October 22, 1933 Source: http://www.archive.org/details/1933-10-23_President_Outlines_Recovery_Pr... Fireside Chat 5. Review of the Achievements of the Seventy-third Congress. Thursday, June 28, 1934 Source: http://www.archive.org/details/1934-06-27_President_Reports_To_Nation Fireside Chat 6. On Moving Forward to Greater Freedom and Security. Sunday, September 30, 1934 Source: http://www.archive.org/details/Roosevelt_Asked_To_Ban_On_Strikes Fireside Chat 7. On the Works Relief Program. Sunday, April 28, 1935 Source: http://www.archive.org/details/1935-04-29_FDR_Sees_Fear_Vanishing Fireside Chat 12. On Economic Conditions. Thursday, April 14, 1938 Source: http://www.archive.org/details/1938-04-20_World-Wide_News_Events Best regards Eva Vikström, Stockholm in August, 2007