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Franklin D Roosevelt Talking To the Press, 1932. USA. 'A man of anything but humble origins, born and bred on the richest of Hyde Park. And yet a man who had always tried to understand the other side of the picture. A man whose innate humanity endowed him with sympathy for all people who, as he put it, "are left out". And though Roosevelt drew wide support, Al Smith was no mean rival, so the pace of the convention was a hot one. For and against, with speech after speech, wrangle after wrangle, the majority balance of support swayed this way and that. Al Smith was not to give up easily...at last after bitter battles, the vote was finally cast, and with its casting, something new in American political history. For the first time, a chosen candidate for the presidency flew to the convention to accept the nomination in person - something new and different'. From "Time To Remember - Around the Corner", 1932 (Reel 3); diary of events in 1932 in the United States of America - Franklin Roosevelt becomes the President.