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1928 USA: POLITICS: Secretary Hoover nominated at Republican Convention
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1:43Now PlayingDate: 16th June 1928
Location: U.S.A., MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: GAUMONT GRAPHIC NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
SLATE INFORMATION
CAPTION - INTERNATIONAL NEWSREEL - G.O.P NOMINATES SECRETARY HOOVER FOR PRESIDENCY
U.S.A., MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY. (JUNE 1928)
GENERAL VIEW (under spotlight) banners scattered among delegates sitting in assembly hall / Delegates sitting down, names of the various states on banners / Delegates in assembly hall
CAPTION : Outside the convention hall aggrieved Western farmers stage a vivid anti-Hoover demonstration!
People with banners and flags marching down street under presidential banners, carrying their own banners (WE DON'T WANT HOOVER!) / Demonstrators, waving American flags past camera / Demonstration down decorated street / Demonstrators down decorated street (banner in street roads: REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION), one of the demonstrators' banners reads: 50,000 INDIAN FARMERS SIGN PETITION PROTESTING FARM BILL VETO
CAPTION : But the Secretary easily wins his party's support - the delegates acclaim the nomination.
Delegates clapping in assembly hall / Signs for states
CAPTION : The Republican standard bearer - a native of Iowa, he is 54 years old.
UNKNOWN LOCATION (PRESUMABLY WASHINGTON D.C , USA)
Close up of of Herbert Hoover sitting in garden, talking
CAPTION : Mr and Mrs. Hoover at their beautiful Washingon home.
Herbert and wife Lou Henry Hoover down steps of front staircase of their home and sitting down on garden bench
CAPTION: The nominee's wife - formerly Miss Lou Henry of California - is a splendid housekeeper and devoted to outdoor life as well.
Close up of Mrs. Hoover sitting on couch, knitting and talking to her husband PAN Hoover
SLATE INFORMATION: The Secretary in his office at the Department of Commerce.
Hoover talking
U.S.A., MISSOURI, KANSAS CITY. (JUNE 1928)
Demonstrators immobile in front of building / Demonstrators with banners and flags (banner reads: THIS CONVENTION CAN KEEP OR KILL THE ELEPHANT) / People waving hats / Demonstrators carrying anti-Hoover banner and waving flags/ banner reading
"We don't want Hoover"
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