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Perle Mesta addresses the 1952 Democratic National Convention; India Edwards appears with Eleanor Roosevelt

US Ambassador to Luxembourg Perle Mesta stepping onto rostrum to speak, Governor Paul Dever standing behind her applauding / SOT Mesta: "it's a great thing to be an American. It is a great thing to be an American woman"; "When newsreels of this convention are shown all over the world, I think one of the facts that will impress many of the audiences most deeply is the numbers of women present. It will demonstrate to them more clearly than anything else that in America women play a political role - a real role, an important role. In America today, women are a tremendous force" / India Edwards, Vice Chair of Democratic National Committee and candidate for VP nomination, standing on rostrum and waving at crowd, Dever standing behind her applauding / Edwards greeting Eleanor Roosevelt, former first lady, as Eleanor steps up to rostrum / Edwards and Eleanor standing next to one another on rostrum as Eleanor prepares to speak / Note: exact day not known
US Ambassador to Luxembourg Perle Mesta stepping onto rostrum to speak, Governor Paul Dever standing behind her applauding / SOT Mesta: "it's a great thing to be an American. It is a great thing to be an American woman"; "When newsreels of this convention are shown all over the world, I think one of the facts that will impress many of the audiences most deeply is the numbers of women present. It will demonstrate to them more clearly than anything else that in America women play a political role - a real role, an important role. In America today, women are a tremendous force" / India Edwards, Vice Chair of Democratic National Committee and candidate for VP nomination, standing on rostrum and waving at crowd, Dever standing behind her applauding / Edwards greeting Eleanor Roosevelt, former first lady, as Eleanor steps up to rostrum / Edwards and Eleanor standing next to one another on rostrum as Eleanor prepares to speak / Note: exact day not known
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Editorial #:
1070199922
Collection:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Date created:
July 01, 1952
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Rights-ready
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Clip length:
00:01:31:14
Location:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Mastered to:
QuickTime 10-bit ProRes 422 (HQ) HD 1920x1080 23.98p
Originally shot on:
35mm B/W Neg
Source:
Sherman Grinberg Library
Object name:
sr003236_01_07.mov