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A fifteen-minute documentary produced in the mid to late 1930s
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wpa
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fdr
Added: 20th August 2007
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Newsreel film of the event travels at the speed of the technology of the day: In a monoplane traveling at 230 miles per hour from Washington to be shown in the theaters of New York City that afternoon.
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fdr
franklin
roosevelt
inauguration
1933
Added: 6th October 2007
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FDR asked Congress for “a corporation clothed with the power of government but possessed of the flexibility and initiative of a private enterprise.” On May 18, 1933 Congress passed the TVA Act, creating the Tennessee Valley Authority.
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tennessee
valley
authority
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FDR
1933
Added: 1st December 2007
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