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Recorded Speeches and Utterances of Franklin D. Roosevelt, 1920-1945
The following is a list of recorded utterances by FDR that are housed within the Audio/Visual Collections at the FDR Presidential Library.
Each of the recordings listed below has been digitized, and users can stream and/or download the audio files (mp3) directly from this page. Related document-based speech materials can be found in FDR’s Master Speech File, now fully available online through the FRANKLIN digital repository. For a more detailed description of the collection, see Audio/Visual Collections at the FDR Library.
Copyright Note: Most materials listed may be duplicated for reference purposes without restriction. Any rebroadcast of commercially produced radio and television programs requires the permission of the media networks. Commercially produced recordings may not be duplicated for rebroadcast or other commercial purposes without permission of the copyright holder.
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1920 | Americanism - Recording made under the heading of "Nation's Forum" by Columbia Phonograph Co. Franklin D. Roosevelt delivers excerpts from his Vice-Presidential acceptance Speech, given at Hyde Park, NY, August 9, 1920. (4 min.) | Download Audio File | "RLxA-1-P [dig]. 73-7:2(1). " |
1924/06/26 | New York City - Remarks to Democratic National Convention offering to withdraw nomination of Alfred E. Smith (2 min). | Download Audio File | "RLxB-1 [dig]. 73-7:1(1). 73-72:2(2). " |
1928/06/27 | Houston, TX - "The Happy Warrior" speech final sentences only (25 secs) | Download Audio File | 73-7:1(2) [dig]. |
1932/04/07 | New York City - "Forgotton Man" speech, Radio appearance for the Democratic Party on Lucky Strike Program. (10 min) | Download Audio File | 75-6 [dig]. |
1932/07/02 | Chicago, IL - Address to the Democratic Convention accepting nomination of President (lengthy excerpts) (20 min) | Download Audio File | 75-3 [dig].72-24 .72-13:14 .73-7:1(3). 73-21. |
1932/07/30 | Albany, NY - Radio address discussing Democratic Party Platform (28 min) | Download Audio File | "RLxB-2 [dig]. 73-7:2(3) " |
1932/10/02 | Detroit, MI - "The Philosophy of Social Justice through Social Action" (Radio address)(9 min) | Download Audio File | RLxB-85-1 [dig]. 65-9:1(7-8). |
1932/11/05 | New York City - Campaign speech from Madison Square Garden (18 min) (incomplete) | Download Audio File | 82-6(2) [dig]. |
1932/11/09 | New York City - Remarks acknowledging victory in 1932 Presidential election (1min) | Download Audio File 1 | 75-24(5) [dig]. |
1932/11/22 | Washington, DC - Informal remarks to the Washington Press Club (4 min) | Download Audio File | 64-12:5 [dig]. 71-20(1). 73-7:1(4) |
1933/02/15 | Miami, FL - President-elect Franklin D. Roosevelt's comments upon his arrival, followed by recreation of the assassination attempt by Giuseppe Zangara and a statement by Mrs. W. F. Cross. (May not be duplicated without the donor's permission) (2 min) | Download Audio File | 79-16:1 [dig]. |
1933/03/04 | Washington, DC - First inaugural address (27 min | Download Audio File | 74-24 [dig]. 71-10:2. 71-40:2. RLxA-2. RLxA-2D. |
1933/03/12 | Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on banking (13 min 42 sec) | Download Audio File | 65-9:2(1-2) [dig]. RLxA-4. |
1933/05/07 | Washington, DC - Fireside Chat - Outlining New Deal Program (Permission required for commercial use) (23 min) | Download Audio File | 74-3 [dig]. |
1933/10/02 | Chicago, IL - Address at the American Legion Convention (May not be duplicated without donor's permission) | Download Audio File | 79-16:2 [dig]. |
1934/03/05 | Washington, DC - Message to Code Authorities on first year of NRA. (Permission required for commercial use) (29 min) | Download Audio File | 74-19(1) [dig]. |
1934/07/10 | Cartegena, Columbia - FDR's response to President Enrique Oloya Herrera's welcoming speech. (Permission required for commercial use) | Download Audio File | 72-9:4 [dig]. |
1934/09/27 | Washington, DC - Remarks to the Herald Tribune Forum (by radio) in New York (7 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-91 [dig]. |
1934/09/30 | Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on Moving Forward to Greater Freedom and Greater Security (27 min) | Download Audio File | "74-4:4 [dig]. RL-14(excerpts). 74-19(5)(excerpts). " |
1934/10/22 | Remarks on opening the 1934 Mobilization for Human Needs campaign (Permission required for commercial use) (4 min)(incomplete) | Download Audio File | 74-19(2) [dig]. |
1934/11/16 | Address to the George Rogers Clark Celebration, Harrodsburg, KY (Permission required for commercial use) | Download Audio File | 74-19(3) [dig]. |
1935/04/28 | Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on Works Relief Program (28 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-7 [dig]. |
1935/05/22 | Washington, DC - Address to Congress Vetoing the Veterans' Bonus (40 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-8:1 and RLxA-8:2 [dig]. RLxA-8. RLxA-8-A. RLxA-8-B. |
1935/06/13 | West Point, NY - US Military Academy Commencement address (11 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-91 [dig]. RLxA-9-A. |
1935/08/14 | Washington, DC - Remarks on signing the Social Security Act (2 min) | Download Audio File | 74-2:2 [dig]. |
1935/08/21 | Washington, DC - Radio speech to Boy Scouts of America canceling Jamboree (11 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-10 [dig]. RLxA-97. |
1935/08/24 | Washington, DC - Radio address to Young Democratic Clubs (28 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-11 [dig]. |
1935/09/30 | Boulder City, NV - Dedication of Boulder Dam (21 min) | Download Audio File 1 Download Audio File 2 | 65-9:3-7 [dig]. 65-9:3(7-9). 201-177. |
1935/10/24 | Washington, DC - Radio address to Detroit Mobilization for Human Needs (Permission required for commercial use) (10 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:5A & 72-9:5B [dig]. |
1935/11/11 | Washington, DC - Armistice Day Address (16 min) | Download Audio File | 201-185B [dig]. 65-9:3(10-11). |
1935/11/29 | Atlanta, GA - "Progress means not only sound business but sound improvement in American Life." (38 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-12:1 & RLxA-12:2 [dig]. |
1935/12/09 | Chicago, IL - Address to American Farm Bureau Federation (Permission required for commercial use) (37 min 2 sec) | Download Audio File | 72-9:3A & 72-9:3B [dig]. |
1935/12/09 | Notre Dame, IN - Address at Notre Dame University (14 min) | Download Audio File | 201-178 [dig]. |
1935/12/24 | Washington, DC - Christmas Tree Lighting (5 min) | Download Audio File | RL 35 [dig]. 65-9:4. |
1936/01/03 | Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (51 min 46 sec) | Download Audio File | RL36-37 & RL38-39 [dig]. |
1936/01/08 | Washington, DC - Jackson Day Dinner Address (31 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-15 [dig]. |
1936/01/18 | New York City - Address broadcast to President's Birthday Ball Committee Dinner (10 min) | Download Audio File | 201-232-A [dig]. 65-9:4(3). |
1935/01/19 | New York City - Address at dedication of T. Roosevelt Memorial (27min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-16 [dig]. |
1936/01/30 | Washington, DC - Radio address on President's Third Birthday Ball (6 min) | Download Audio File | 201-233-A [dig]. |
1936/02/08 | Washington, DC - Radio broadcast to Patrolmen's Benevolent Association of New York City (4 min) | Download Audio File | 74-28:124 [dig]. |
1936/02/08 | Washington, DC - Radio greeting to Boy Scouts on 26th Anniversary (4 min) | Download Audio File | 201-231-A [dig]. |
1936/02/22 | Philadelphia, PA - Address at Temple University on Honorary Doctor of Jurisprudence degree (26 min) | Download Audio File | 201-233 [dig]. RLxA-17 |
1936/02/23 | Hyde Park, NY - Radio Address on Brotherhood Day (7 min) | Download Audio File | RL49 [dig]. |
1936/04/13 | Baltimore, MD - Address to Young DemocratsClub of Maryland (37 min 50 sec) (cassette) | Download Audio File | RLxA-18 [dig]. RL-50-51(18min). |
1936/04/16 | Washington, DC - Address at laying of cornerstone of Interior Department Building (excerpt only) | Download Audio File | RLxA-19 [dig]. |
1936/04/25 | New York City - Thomas Jefferson Dinner Address (32 min) | Download Audio File | 54-58 (reel 1 & reel 2) [dig]. |
1936/06/10 | Little Rock, AR - Arkansas Centennial Address (32 min) | Download Audio File | 201-180 [dig]. RL 59-61. |
1936/06/14 | Vincennes, IN - Remarks at dedication of George Rogers Clark Memorial (Permission required for commercial use) (19 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:6 [dig]. |
1936/06/27 | Philadelphia, PA - Address accepting renomination for Presidency (34 min 15 sec) | Download Audio File | RLxB-3 [dig]. 73-21(excerpts). |
1936/07/03 | Shenandoah National Park, VA - Dedication Address (12 min) | Download Audio File | 201-179-A [dig]. |
1936/07/04 | Monticello, VA - Address to Thomas Jefferson Memorial Foundation (Permission required for commercial use) (16 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:2A & 72-9:2B [dig]. |
1936/07/11 | New York City - Dedication of Tri-Borough Bridge (6 min) | Download Audio File | 201-179 [dig]. |
1936/07/23 | Washington, DC - Address to the New York Herald Tribune Forum (by telephone) (excerpts) | Download Audio File | 74-26:1 [dig]. |
1936/07/31 | Quebec, Canada - Remarks on visit (11 min) | Download Audio File | 201-178-A [dig]. |
1936/08/14 | Chautaqua, NY - Address (29 min) | Download Audio File | 201-181 [dig]. 68/69. |
1936/09/06 | Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on Drought Conditions (27 min) | Download Audio File | 201-182 [dig]. 70/71. |
1936/09/10 | Charlotte, NC - Address to Green Pastures Rally (Permission required for commercial use) (32 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:1A & 72-9:1B [dig]. |
1936/09/11 | Washington, DC - Greetings to the Third World Power Conference | Download Audio File | 201-183 [dig]. 65-9:8(1). |
1936/09/18 | Cambridge, MA - Address to Harvard University Tercentenary Celebration (Permission required for commercial use) (15 min) | Download Audio File | 71-40:3(1), 71-40:3(2), & 71-40:3(3) [dig]. |
1936/09/29 | Syracuse, NY - Address to NY Democratic State Committee (Permission required for commercial use) (30 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:8 [dig]. 73-21(excerpts) . |
1936/10/01 | Pittsburgh, PA - Political address from Forbes Field (Permission required for commercial use) (31 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:9 [dig]. |
1936/10/10 | Omaha, NE - Political speech (Permission required for commercial use) (34 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:11 [dig]. 73-21. |
1936/10/14 | Chicago, IL - Political speech from Chicago Stadium | Download Audio File | 72-9:10-C [dig]. 72-9:10-A & B. |
1936/10/21 | Worcester, MA - Political speech (Permission required for commercial use) (31 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:12 [dig]. |
1936/10/26 | Washington, DC - Address at dedication of Howard University Chemistry Building (10 min) | Download Audio File | 201-184(1) [dig]. 65-9:8(8). |
1936/10/28 | New York City - Address at 50th anniversary of Statue of Liberty (12 min) | Download Audio File | 201-184-A [dig]. |
1936/10/31 | New York City - Madison Square Garden address on American desire for peace (36 min 55 sec) | Download Audio File | 201-185 [dig]. 74-2:1. |
1936/11/02 | Hyde Park, NY - President's election eve radio broadcast (Permission required for commercial use) (11 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:14(1), 72-9:14(2), & 72-9:14(3) [dig]. |
1936/11/06 | Washington, DC - Informal remarks after re-election (2 min) | Download Audio File | 74-28:144 [dig]. |
1936/11/06 | Washington, DC - Remarks on opening of 1936 Mobilization for Human Needs (5 min) | Download Audio File | 201-185-A [dig]. |
1936/11/07 | Washington, DC - Radio greeting to 21 American nations meeting in Buenos Aires (6 min) | Download Audio File | 201-184(2) [dig]. |
1936/11/27 | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - Address before the National Congress and Supreme Court of Brazil (19 min) | Download Audio File | 201-229 [dig]. |
1936/12/01 | Buenos Aires, Argentina - Address before Inter-American Conference (24 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-98 (reel 1 & reel 2) [dig]. |
1936/12/03 | Montevideo, Uruguay - Address (13 min) | Download Audio File | 201-180-A [dig]. |
1936/12/24 | Washington, DC - Community Christmas Tree Lighting (Permission required for commercial use) | Download Audio File | 72-9:7 [dig]. 201-188-B. |
1937/01/06 | Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (32 min) | Download Audio File | "RLxA-22-D [dig]. 73-21. 74-28:147. " |
1937/01/20 | Washington, DC - 2nd Inaugural Address (25 min) (Total program 36 min) | Download Audio File | 73-1 [dig]. 73-21. |
1937/01/30 | Washington , DC - Radio address, President's 4th Birthday Ball (55th Birthday) (8min) | Download Audio File | 201-186-A [dig]. |
1937/02/08 | Washington, DC - Radio address to Boy Scouts (Permission required for commercial use) (4 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:16 [dig]. RLxA-24. |
1937/02/15 | Washington, DC - James A. Farley Testimonial Dinner address (14 min) | Download Audio File | RLxB-4 [dig]. |
1937/03/04 | Washington, DC - Democratic Victory Dinner Address (35 min 25 sec | Download Audio File | RL96-98 [dig]. 65-9:11(4-7). 201-186. |
1937/03/09 | Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on the Reorganization of the Judiciary (35 min 28 sec) | Download Audio File | RL99-101 [dig]. 201-187. |
1937/03/29 | Washington, DC - Remarks to Easter Egg Rollers (Permission required for commercial use) | Download Audio File | 72-9:17 9 [dig]. |
1937/04/14 | Washington, DC - Address to Governing Board of Pan American Union (8 min) | Download Audio File | 201-187-A [dig]. |
1937/07/01 | Hyde Park, NY - Radio address on 70th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation (4 min) | Download Audio File | 201-187-B [dig]. |
1937/08/01 | Washington, DC - Radio address to France on dedication of American War Monument (6 min) | Download Audio File | 48-156:104 [dig]. |
1937/08/18 | Roanoke Island, NC - Address at celebration of Anglo-American Civilization (31 min) | Download Audio File | 74-1:3 [dig]. |
1937/09/17 | Washington, DC - Constitution Day Address (35 min) | Download Audio File | 65-9:12(8-11) [dig]. |
1937/09/24 | Cheyenne, WY - Informal extemporary remarks (16 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-27 [dig]. |
1937/09/28 | Mt. Hood, OR - Dedication of Timberline Lodge (15 min | Download Audio File | RLxA-29 [dig]. RL 116. |
1937/09/28 | Bonneville Dam, OR - Address - "We in America are wiser . . . " (17 min 45 sec) | Download Audio File | 77-7 [dig]. RLxA-28. |
1937/10/05 | Chicago, IL - Dedication of Outer-Link Bridge (22 min) | Download Audio File | 72-1:2 [dig]. RLxA-30. |
1937/10/05 | Cleveland, OH - Radio address to Herald Tribune Forum (6 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-31 [dig]. |
1937/10/11 | Washington, DC - Address on reburial of Brigadier General V.B. Krzyzanowski (5 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-32 [dig]. |
1937/10/12 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat discussing legislation to be recommended to Extraordinary Session of Congress (28 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-33D [dig]. 73-15:5(incomplete). |
1937/10/18 | Hyde Park, NY - Radio address at annual Mobilization for Human Needs (7 min) | Download Audio File | 201-186-B [dig]. |
1937/10/20 | Washington, DC - Address at opening of new Federal Reserve Building (13 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-34D [dig]. |
1937/11/14 | Washington, DC - Radio address Requesting Cooperation in the taking of the Unemployment Census (14 min) | Download Audio File | 201-187-C [dig]. |
1937/11/15 | Message at opening of Special Session of Congress (Read by Clerk of the House) | Download Audio File | 72-1:15 [dig]. |
1937/12/24 | Washington, DC - Christmas Greeting to Nation (8 min) | Download Audio File | 201-186-C [dig]. |
1938/01/03 | Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (52 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-35(1) & RLxA-35(2) [dig]. |
1938/01/08 | Washington, DC - Jackson Day Dinner Address (30 min) | Download Audio File 1 Download Audio File 2 | 74-28(163) (Cassette) [dig]. RLxA-36(incom). |
1938/01/29 | Washington, DC - Radio address on President's 5th Birthday Ball (6 min) | Download Audio File 1 | 201-188-C [dig]. |
1938/02/07 | Washington, DC - Radio greetings to Boy Scouts (5 min) | Download Audio File | 49-156:134 [dig]. |
1938/04/14 | Washington, DC - Address to Board of Pan American Union (9 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-39 [dig]. NLR-138. |
1938/04/14 | Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on Present Economic Conditions (40 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-38(1) & RLxA-38(2) [dig]. |
1938/04/18 | Washington, DC - Greetings on Easter Egg Rolling Festivities (2 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-40 [dig]. |
1938/05/27 | Arthurdale, WV - Arthurdale High School 4th annual commencement exercises (42 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-41(1) & RLxA-41(2) [dig]. |
1938/26/02 | Annapolis, MD - Address to US Naval Academy graduating class (19 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-42 & RLxA-42B [dig]. |
1938/06/24 | Washington, DC - Fireside Chat - Report on National Affairs (Party Primaries) (29 min) | Download Audio File | RL145-147 [dig]. |
1938/06/27 | Wilmington, DE - Address at Tercentenary Celebration of New Sweden (10 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-44(1), RLxA-44(2), & RLxA-44(3) [dig]. |
1938/06/30 | New York City - Address at laying of cornerstone of Federal building at NY World's Fair (13 min) | Download Audio File | 201-188 [dig]. RLxA-45. |
1938/06/30 | NY World's Fair - Address to closing session of National Education Assoc. (Permission required for commercial use) (22 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-45B (reels 1 and 2) [dig]. 72-9:18. |
1938/07 | San Francisco, CA - Informal remarks upon arrival at railroad station (FDR 3 min) | Download Audio File | 74-19:4 [dig]. |
1938/07/03 | Gettysburg, PA - Address at dedication of Gettysburg Battlefield (9 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-46 [dig]. |
1938/07/08 | Marietta, OH - Address at dedication of Gutzen Borglum Memorial (18 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-47 [dig]. |
1938/07/08 | Covington, KY - Address on accomplishments of New Deal (30 min) | Download Audio File | 75-11 [dig]. |
1938/07/09 | Oklahoma City, OK - Address "America needs a government . . ." (19 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-49(1D-2D) & RLxA-49(3D) [dig]. 74-28:174. |
1938/07/14 | San Francisco, CA - Address at Treasure Island (10 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-51 [dig]. |
1938/08/15 | Washington, DC - Radio address on 3rd anniversary of Social Security Act (14 min 44 sec) | Download Audio File | 75-12 [dig]. RLxA-52. |
1938/08/18 | Clayton, NY - Address at dedication of International Bridge (19 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-53 [dig]. 175/177. |
1938/08/18 | Kingston, Ontario, Canada - Address at Queen's University on receiving Honorary Doctor of Law Degree (15 min) | Download Audio File | 201-189 [dig]. 65-9:19(2-4). |
1938/09/05 | Denton, MD - Labor Day Address (35 min 32 sec) | Download Audio File | RLxA-54(1D, 2D) & RLxA-54(3D) [dig]. |
1938/09/17 | Washington, DC - Radio address to Constitutional Convention Day ceremonies at Poughkeepsie, NY (8 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-55 [dig]. 65-9:19(10). |
1938/10/14 | Washington, DC - Radio address on 1938 Mobilization for Human Needs (8 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-57 [dig]. |
1938/10/26 | Washington, DC - Radio address to Herald Tribune Forum in NY (9 min) | Download Audio File | 65-9:19(11-12) [dig]. |
1938/11/04 | Hyde Park, NY - Radio address dedicating Will Rogers Memorial in Claremore, OK (3 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-58 [dig]. |
1938/11/04 | Hyde Park, NY - Election eve broadcast (29 min) | Download Audio File | 74-28:180 [dig]. RLxB-5. |
1938/11/24 | Warm Springs, GA - Thanksgiving Day address (6 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-59 [dig]. |
1938/12/05 | Chapel Hill, NC - Address on receiving Honorary Degree to Carolina Political Union (29 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-60(1+2) & RLxA-60(3) [dig]. |
1938/12/15 | Washington, DC - Thomas Jefferson Memorial ground breaking ceremonies (7 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-61 [dig]. |
1938/12/24 | Washington, DC - Address at Community Tree Lighting ceremonies | Download Audio File | RLxA-62 [dig]. |
1939/01/04 | Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (45 min) | Download Audio File | 72-1:17/1, 72-1:17/2 & 72-1:17/3 [dig]. RLxA-63 |
1939/01/07 | Washington, DC - Jackson Day Dinner Address (34 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-64(1+2) & RLxA-64(3) [dig]. |
1939/01/30 | Washington, DC - Radio address on the President's 6th Birthday Ball (8 min) | Download Audio File | 201-189-B [dig]. |
1939/02/08 | Washington, DC - Radio address on 29th anniversary of Boy Scouts (5 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-65 [dig]. |
1939/02/18 | Key West, FL - Radio address opening Golden Gate Exposition, San Francisco, CA (6 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-66 [dig]. |
1939/03/04 | Washington, DC - Address on 150th anniversary of US Congress (25 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-67(1), RLxA-67(2), RLxA-67(3), & RLxA-67(4) [dig]. |
1939/04/14 | Washington, DC - Address to Governing Board of Pan American Union | Download Audio File | RLxA-69 [dig]. |
1939/04/14 | Mt Vernon, VA - Address on 150th anniversary of formal announcement of election of 1st President of US (12 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-68 [dig]. RL-218. |
1939/04/17 | Washington, DC - Address to National Parole Conference (30 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-70(1) & RLxA-70(2) [dig]. 72-13:8. |
1939/04/26 | Washington, DC - Address to White House Conference on Children in a Democracy (15 min) Washington, DC - Address to White House Conference on Children in a Democracy (15 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-71D [dig]. |
1939/04/30 | New York City - Remarks on opening of New York World's Fair (17 min) | Download Audio File | 201-190-A [dig]. |
1939/05/09 | Washington, DC - Radio broadcast introducing "Cabinet Series" on freedom of the press (10 min) | Download Audio File | RLxC-1 [dig]. NLR-229. |
1939/05/10 | Washington, DC - Remarks on dedication of Museum of Modern Art (Permission required for commercial use) (9 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:19A & 72-9:19B [dig]. 72-13:3. RLxA-73. |
1939/05/22 | Washington, DC - Address before the American Retail Federation (42 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-74(1) & RLxA-74(2) [dig]. 201-231. |
1939/06/12 | West Point, NY - Address to graduating class atUS Military Academy (16 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-75 [dig]. |
1939/09/03 | Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on War in Europe (11 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-76 [dig]. 71-10:6. |
1939/09/21 | Washington, DC - Address to Congress on Neutrality Act (35 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-77(1), RLxA-77(2), RLxA-77(3) [dig]. 71-1:1. |
1939/10/09 | Washington, DC - Radio address on 1939 Mobilization for Human Needs (7 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-78 [dig]. |
1939/10/26 | Radio Address to the New York Herald Tribune Forum | Download Audio File | RLxA-79 [dig]. |
1939/11/11 | Washington, DC - Radio appeal launching Annual Roll Call of American Red Cross (6 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-80(1) & RLxA-80(2) [dig]. |
1939/11/15 | Washington, DC - Address at laying cornerstone of Jefferson Memorial (9 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-81 [dig]. |
1939/11/19 | Hyde Park, NY - Address at laying cornerstone at FDRL | Download Audio File | RLxA-82 [dig]. |
1939/12/24 | Washington, DC - Radio Christmas greeting to nation (8 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-83 [dig]. |
1940/01/03 | Washington, DC - State of the Union Address (35 min) | Download Audio File | 201-191 [dig]. 71-1:2. |
1940/01/08 | Washington, DC - Jackson Day Dinner Address (42 min) | Download Audio File | 201-190(1) & 201-190(2) [dig]. |
1940/01/19 | Washington, DC - Radio address before White House Conference on Children in Democracy (37 min) | Download Audio File | 201-192 (reels 1 and 2) [dig]. |
1940/01/30 | Washington, DC - Radio address on President's 7th Birthday Ball (7 min) | Download Audio File | 201-192-A [dig]. |
1940/02/08 | Washington, DC - Radio address on the 30th anniversary of Boy Scouts (5 min) | Download Audio File | 201-192-B [dig]. |
1940/02/10 | Washington, DC - Address to delegates of American Youth Congress (33 min) | Download Audio File | 201-193(1) & 201-193(2) [dig]. 74-1:5 |
1940/03/08 | Washington, DC - Radio address to anniversary Farm Dinners (14 min) | Download Audio File | 201-194 [dig]. 72-1:9. |
1940/03/16 | Washington, DC - Radio address on Christian Foreign Service Convocation (7 min) | Download Audio File | 73-2:3 [dig]. |
1940/04/15 | Washington, DC - Radio address before Governing Board of Pan American Union (18 min) | Download Audio File | 201-194-A [dig]. |
1940/04/20 | Washington, DC - Radio address to Young Democratic Clubs of America (16 min) | Download Audio File | 201-195 [dig]. 73-15:6. |
1940/05/10 | Washington, DC - Radio address before 8th Pan American Scientific Congress (20 min) | Download Audio File | 201-193-A [dig]. 72-13:1. |
1940/05/16 | Washington, DC - Message to Congress (32 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-84 [dig]. 71-16:1. NLR 279/280. 74-11:4 |
1940/05/26 | Washington, DC - Fireside Chat on National Defense (32 min) | Download Audio File | RL281-283 [dig]. RLxA-85. |
1940/06/10 | University of Virginia - Graduating Class Address (14 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-86 [dig]. 72-1:13. |
1940/07/19 | Washington, DC - Radio address to Democratic National Convention accepting nomination for 3rd term (32 min) | Download Audio File | 74-28(212) [dig]. RLxB-18(excerpts). |
1940/08/19 | Hyde Park, NY - Radio address on dedication of WKIP radio, Poughkeepsie, NY (6 min) | Download Audio File | 71-20(1-5) [dig]. |
1940/08/23 | White House Press Conference #674 (fair) (15 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:6(1) [dig]. |
1940/08/23-27 | White House - conversation in President's office with Lowell Mellett and others (poor) (30 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:13 [dig]. |
1940/08/27 | White House Press Conference #675 (fair/good) (35 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:6(2) / 48-61:7 (one tape) [dig]. |
1940/08/31 | Hyde Park, NY - Informal remarks to Roosevelt Home Club (12 min) | Download Audio File | 71-20(3) [dig]. |
1940/09/1-8 | White House - conversation in President's office re politics and Far Eastern situation (fair) (7 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:1(3) [dig]. |
1940/09/02 | Great Smoky Mt National Park - Dedication address (23 min) | Download Audio File | 201-196 |
1940/09/02 | Chattanooga, TN - Dedication of Chickamauga dam, part of TVA complex (20 min) | Download Audio File | 201-197 [dig]. |
1940/09/06 | White House Press Conference #678 (good) (19 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:5(3) [dig]. |
1940/09/11 | Washington, DC - Address to Teamsters Union Convention (39 min) | Download Audio File | RLxB-19:1 & RLxB-19:2 [dig]. |
1940/09/13 | White House - Statement on limitation of export of planes, aircraft plans and designs (16 min) | Download Audio File 1 Download Audio File 2 | 74-28:217 [dig]. |
1940/09/13 | White House Press Conference #680 (good) (21 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:10 [dig]. |
1940/09/20 | Philadelphia, PA - Address on 200th anniversary of founding of University of Pennsylvania (32 min) | Download Audio File | 201-198 [dig]. 72-1:5. |
1940/09/24 | White House Press Conference #682 (good) (21 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:9(1) [dig]. |
1940/09/27 | White House Press Conference #683 (good/fair) (incomplete) (10 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:9(2) [dig]. |
1940/09/27 | White House - Conference in President's office re African Americans in armed forces (good) (8 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:3(1) [dig]. |
1940/09/27 | White House reception of unidentified group in President's office in favor of loan of destroyers to Great Britain (fair) (6 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:5(1) [dig]. |
1940/09/28 | Washington, DC - Address at new Washington National Airport (16 min) | Download Audio File | 201-195A [dig]. |
1940/10/01 | White House - President, Miss LeHand and others in President's office (fair) (14 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:2(3) [dig]. |
1940/10/01 | White House Press Conference #685 (good) (14 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:5(2) [dig]. |
1940/10/04 | Conference in FDR's office with House leaders re Hitler and Mussolini and politics (fair) (20 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:1(1) [dig]. |
1940/10/04 | FDR's side of telephone conversation with Cordell Hull (fair) (4 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:1(2) [dig]. |
1940/10/04 | White House Press Conference #686 (fair) (16 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:11(1) [dig]. |
1940/10/05 | Hyde Park, NY - Radio message to Dutchess County Democratic Committee (6 min) | Download Audio File | 71-40:4(1) [dig]. 71-28:1. |
1940/10/05 | Hyde Park, NY - Address at dedication of three new schools in Hyde Park (25 min) | Download Audio File | 201-199 [dig]. 72-13:4. |
1940/10/08 | White House Press Conference #688 (good) (16 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:8(1) [dig]. |
1940/10/10 | White House group conference in the President's office on Japanese policy in the Pacific and conditions in the Navy (fair) (13 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:8(2) [dig]. |
1940/10/11 | Pittsburgh, PA - Informal remarks on occasion of dedication of 100,000th housing unit in Terrace Village (6 min) | Download Audio File | NNV 169-59 [dig]. |
1940/10/12 | Dayton, OH - Address on hemisphere defense (25 min) | Download Audio File | 201-200 [dig]. |
1940/10/13 | Washington, DC - Radio address for 1940 Mobilization for Human Needs (9 min) | Download Audio File | 201-199A [dig]. |
1940/10/16 | Washington, DC - Radio address on Registration Day for Selective Service (6 min) | Download Audio File | 201-201 [dig]. |
1940/10/18 | Washington, DC - Radio address for 1940 White House Press Conference #690 (good/fair) (20 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:3(2) / 48-61:2(1) (one tape) [dig]. |
1940/10/22 | White House Press Conference #691 (fair)(incomplete) (8 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:2(2) [dig]. |
1940/10/23 | Philadelphia, PA - Address opening 1940 Presidential campaign (46 min) | Download Audio File | RLxB-20(1) & RLxB-20(2) [dig]. |
1940/10/24 | Washington, DC - Radio address to NY Herald Tribune Forum (11 min) | Download Audio File | 72-13:2 [dig]. |
1940/10/25 | White House Press Conference #692 (fair) (25 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:4 [dig]. |
1940/10/28 | New York City - Informal remarks at ground breaking ceremonies for Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel (8 min) | Download Audio File | 201-203 [dig]. |
1940/10/28 | New York City - Campaign address at Madison Square Garden (complete) (44 min) (cassette) | Download Audio File | "RLxB-21(1) & RLxB-21(2) [dig]. 74-28(227). 74-26:4-5(excerpts). " |
1940/10/29 | Washington, DC - Radio address on drawing number under Selective Service Act of 1940 (16 min) | Download Audio File | 201-201B [dig]. |
1940/10/30 | Boston, MA - Campaign address: "I have said this before, your boys are not going to be sent . . ." (45 min) | Download Audio File | RLxB-23(1) & RLxB-23(2) [dig]. 65-9:33(12). 65-9:34(5) |
1940/10/31 | Bethesda, MD - Remarks at dedication of National Health Institute for Cancer Research (Permission required for commercial use) (12 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:20 [dig]. |
1940/11/01 | White House Press Conference #693 (good) (13 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:3(3) [dig]. |
1940/11/01 | Brooklyn, NY - Address at Brooklyn Academy of Music "Paupers who not worth . . ." (43 min) | Download Audio File | RLxB-22(1) & RLxB-22(2) [dig]. |
1940/11/02 | Cleveland, OH - Last campaign address of 1940 "I see an America . ." (46 min) | Download Audio File | RLxB-24(1) & RLxB-24(2) [dig]. |
1940/11/04 | Poughkeepsie, NY - Remarks at Election eve rally (9 min) | Download Audio File | 71-20(4) [dig]. |
1940/11/04 | Hyde Park, NY - Final radio speech of 1940 campaign (12 min) | Download Audio File | RLxB-25 [dig]. |
1940/11/07 | Washington, DC - Informal remarks arriving back in Washington after re-election (2 min) | Download Audio File | 201-188-D [dig]. |
1940/11/08 | White House Press Conference #694 (good) (22 min) | Download Audio File | 48-61:12 [dig]. |
1940/11/11 | Arlington, VA - Address on Armistice Day, Arlington Cemetery (16 min) | Download Audio File | 201-203B [dig]. 72-1:7. |
1940/11/11 | Bethesda, MD - Address at laying of cornerstone of Naval Medical Center (7 min) | Download Audio File | 201-203A [dig]. |
1940/12/24 | Washington, DC - President's Christmas greeting (10 min) | Download Audio File | 49-156:337 [dig]. |
1940/12/29 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat on National Security (37 min) | Download Audio File | 72-13:10(1) & 72-13:10(2) [dig]. |
1941/01/06 | Washington, DC - State of Union Address (39 min) | Download Audio File | 72-1:3 (reels 1 and 2) [dig]. 201-206 |
1941/01/20 | Washington, DC - Third Inaugural address (18 min) | Download Audio File | 71-10:3 [dig]. RLxA-87 Excerpts. |
1941/01/30 | Washington, DC - Radio address on 8th Birthday Ball (5 min) | Download Audio File | 201-202-B [dig]. |
1941/02/08 | Washington, DC - Radio address on 31st anniversary of Boy Scouts (6 min) | Download Audio File | 201-204 [dig]. |
1941/02/27 | Washington, DC - Radio address to 13th annual awards dinner of Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (6 min) | Download Audio File | 201-204-A [dig]. |
1941/03/08 | Washington, DC - Radio address on 8th anniversary of New Deal agricultural policy (8 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-88(1) & RLxA-88(2) [dig]. |
1941/03/15 | Address to White House Correspondents Association Dinner (37 min) | Download Audio File | 201-205 [dig]. 71-35:4 |
1941/03/17 | Washington, DC - Address at dedication of National Gallery of Art (15 min) | Download Audio File | 201-206-A [dig]. 72-1:1. |
1941/03/29 | Address to Jackson Day Dinner, from USS Potomac at Ft. Lauderdale, FL (17 min) | Download Audio File 1 Download Audio File 2 | 74-28(246) [dig]. |
1941/04/30 | Washington, DC - Radio address on President's purchases of first defense Savings Bond and Savings Stamps (8 min) | Download Audio File | 73-2:1 [dig]. |
1941/05/27 | Washington, DC - Radio address announcing proclamation of an unlimited National Emergency (44 min) | Download Audio File | 74-28(248) (reels 1 and 2) [dig]. RLxA-85. |
1941/07/04 | Hyde Park, NY - Independence Day address (5 min) | Download Audio File | 74-28(249) [dig]. 73-15:3. |
1941/07/21 | Washington, DC - Radio address to Nation urging Congress to extend one-year limit on Selective Service draftees (15 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-89 [dig]. |
1941/09/01 | Hyde Park, NY - Labor Day address: "We shall do everything in our power . . ." (11 min) | Download Audio File | 74-28(250) [dig]. 210-204-C. |
1941/09/11 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Freedom of the Seas (29 min) | Download Audio File | 201-207 [dig]. 72-13:15(1). |
1941/09/28 | Washington, DC - Liberty Fleet Day Message (5 min) | Download Audio File | NNV 178-2 [dig]. |
1941/10/03 | Washington, DC - Radio address urging support for 1941 Community Mobilization for Human Needs (4 min) | Download Audio File | 201-208-A [dig]. |
1941/10/27 | Washington, DC - Navy and Total Defense Day address (26 min) | Download Audio File | 71-10:1 [dig]. RLxA-90. |
1941/11/06 | Washington, DC - Address to delegates of International Labor Organization (23 min) | Download Audio File | 201-208 [dig]. |
1941/11/11 | Washington, DC - Armistice Day address (11 min) | Download Audio File | 201-209 [dig]. |
1941/12/08 | Washington, DC - Address to Congress asking State of War to be declared (11 min) (FDR speech - 8 min) | Download Audio File | 73:11 [dig]. RLxA-93. 71-35:2. |
1941/12/09 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat to Nation following Declaration of War with Japan (26 min) | Download Audio File | 201-210 [dig]. 71-10:4 |
1941/12/15 | Washington, DC - Address on 150th anniversary of Ratification of Bill of Rights (9 min) | Download Audio File | 71-16:3 [dig]. |
1941/12/24 | Washington, DC - Christmas Eve message (15 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-92 [dig]. |
1942/01/06 | Washington, DC - State of Union address (40 min) | Download Audio File | 71-16:2 (reels 1 and 2) [dig]. |
1942/01/30 | Washington, DC - Radio address on 60th birthday (7 min) | Download Audio File | 73-2:10 [dig]. |
1942/02/15 | Washington, DC - Address to Canadian Victory Loan Campaign (6 min) | Download Audio File | 72-1:12 [dig]. |
1942/02/23 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat on the Progress of the War (37 min) | Download Audio File | 201-211 (2 reels) [dig]. |
1942/03/09 | Washington, DC - Radio address on 9th anniversary of New Deal Farm Program (8 min) | Download Audio File | 201-212-C [dig]. |
1942/04/28 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat on National Economic Policy (33 min) | Download Audio File | 65-9:41(9-12) & 65-9:42(1) [dig]. 73-2:4. |
1942/06/12 | Washington, DC - Radio appeal on scrap rubber campaign (7 min) | Download Audio File | 201-212-B [dig]. |
1942/06/14 | Washington, DC - Radio address on United Flag Day (7 min) | Download Audio File | 201-212 [dig]. |
1942/08/06 | Washington Navy Yard - Remarks on presentation of submarine chaser to Queen Wilhelmina (4 min) | Download Audio File | 201-212-A [dig]. |
1942/08/31 | Bethesda, MD - Address at dedication of Naval Medical Center (12 min) | Download Audio File | 201-211-B [dig]. |
1942/09/03 | Washington, DC - Address to International Student Assembly "The better world will . . ." (20 min) | Download Audio File | 201-213 [dig]. |
1942/09/07 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Cost of Living and Progress of War (27 min) | Download Audio File | 201-214 [dig]. |
1942/09/16 | Washington, DC - Remarks on transfer of submarine chaser to Norway (4 min) | Download Audio File | 201-213-A [dig]. RL48-61:11(2) |
1942/10/05 | Washington, DC - Radio address opening Community Mobilization for Human Needs (4 min) | Download Audio File | 74-11:2 [dig]. |
1942/10/12 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat - Report on the Home Front (29 min) | Download Audio File | 201-215 [dig]. |
1942/11/07 | Washington, DC - Radio broadcast to French on North African invasion (7 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-96 [dig]. |
1942/11/11 | Arlington, VA - Armistice Day address (8 min) | Download Audio File | 49-156:408 |
1942/11/15 | Washington, DC - Philippine Day address (9 min) | Download Audio File | 74-4:1 [dig]. |
1942/11/17 | Washington, DC - Radio address to NY Herald Tribune Forum (12 min) | Download Audio File | 201-216 [dig]. |
1942/11/26 | Washington, DC - Thanksgiving Day Proclamation (6 min) | Download Audio File | 49-156:411 [dig]. |
1942/12/24 | Washington, DC - Christmas Eve message (7 m | Download Audio File | 201-216-A [dig]. |
1943/01/07 | Washington, DC - State of the Union address (48 min) | Download Audio File | 201-218(1) & 201-218(2) [dig]. 71-1:3. 72-13:5. |
1943/02/12 | White House Correspondent's Dinner address (40 min) | Download Audio File | 201-217 (2 reels) [dig]. 71-1:4. 72-13:12. |
1943/02/22 | Washington, DC - Radio address on Washington's birthday (11 min) | Download Audio File | 201-217-B [dig]. 72-1:8 . |
1943/02/28 | Washington, DC - Remarks on opening 1943 Red Cross Fund Drive (read by Norman H. Davis) (8 min) | Download Audio File | 201-232 [dig]. |
1943/04/13 | Washington, DC - Address at Jefferson Memorial dedication ceremonies (7 min) | Download Audio File | 201-216-B [dig]. 71-16:4. |
1943/04/20 | Monterrey, Mexico - Address to Mexican people - response to President Comacho (11 min) | Download Audio File | 201-219 [dig]. 72-13:9. |
1943/05/02 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Federal seizure of coal mines (21 min) | Download Audio File | RL 429-430 [dig]. |
1943/06/07 | Washington, DC - Address to delegates of United Nations Conference on Food and Agriculture (13 min) | Download Audio File | 201-220 [dig]. 72-13:13. |
1943/06/10 | Washington Navy Yard - Address on transfer of anti-submarine patrol vessel to Greek government (5 min) | Download Audio File | 201-217-A [dig]. 74-4:3. |
1943/07/28 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Progress of War and Plans for Peace (29 min) | Download Audio File | RL 434/435 [dig]. 201-223. |
1943/08/12 | Washington, DC - Address to Philippine people (5 min) | Download Audio File | 49-156:436 [dig]. |
1943/08/25 | Washington, DC - Ottawa, Canada - Address to Canadian Parliament (15 min) | Download Audio File | 71-10:7 [dig]. |
1943/09/08 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat on Opening 3rd War Loan Drive (11 min) | Download Audio File | 201-220-A [dig]. |
1943/10/05 | Washington, DC - Radio address opening National War Fund Drive (4 min) | Download Audio File | 201-220-B [dig]. |
1943/11/09 | Washington, DC - Address on signing agreement on United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Admin. (14 min) | Download Audio File | 201-222 [dig]. 72-1:14. |
1943/12/24 | Hyde Park, NY - Fireside chat on Teheran and Cairo Conferences (28 min) | Download Audio File | 201-221 [dig]. |
1944/01/11 | Washington, DC - Radio address to Nation - State of the Union message to Congress (30 min) | Download Audio File | 201-225 [dig]. |
1944/01/29 | Washington, DC - Radio broadcast on eve of President's birthday (6 min) | Download Audio File | 201-223-A [dig]. |
1944/02/12 | Washington Navy Yard - Remarks on transfer of Destroyer Escort Senegalais to French (6 min) | Download Audio File | 201-223-B [dig]. |
1944/03/04 | Washington, DC - Extemporaneous remarks at the end of White House Correspondents Association Dinner (7 min) | Download Audio File | B-K2(4) [dig]. |
1944/06/05 | Washington, DC - Fireside Chat | Download Audio File | RL-453 [dig]. 201-224. |
1944/06/06 | Washington, DC - President's D-Day Prayer (7 min) | Download Audio File | RL-454 [dig]. RLxA-1. 74-1:1. 75-5(1). |
1944/06/12 | Washington, DC - Fireside chat opening of 5th War Loan Drive (13 min) | Download Audio File | 65-9:48(3-4) [dig]. |
1944/07/20 | Washington, DC - Address to Democratic National Convention accepting nomination for 4th term (17 min) | Download Audio File | 201-226 [dig]. |
1944/07/27 | Schofield Barracks, Honolulu, HI - Informal remarks at military review of 7th Infantry Division (1 min) | Download Audio File | RLxA-95 [dig]. |
1944/08/12 | Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, WA - Radio address reviewing Pacific tour of inspection (38 min) | Download Audio File | 201-227(1) & 201-227(2) [dig]. |
1944/09/23 | Washington, DC - The Teamsters' Union address - opening 1944 campaign (Fala speech) (38 min) | Download Audio File | 74-9(1) & 74-9(2) [dig]. |
1944/10/05 | Washington, DC - Radio campaign address (22 min) | Download Audio File | RL 466-467 [dig]. |
1944/10/12 | Washington, DC - White House Oval Room address before Diplomatic missions from other American Republics (10 min) | Download Audio File | 49-165:468 [dig]. |
1944/10/12 | Washington, DC - Address on occasion of acceptance of Four Freedoms Award (6 min) | Download Audio File | 201-227-B [dig]. 73-2:5. |
1944/10/21 | Washington, DC - Radio address opening 1944 National War Fund Drive (recorded 10/17/44) (7 min) | Download Audio File | 201-223-C [dig]. |
1944/10/21 | New York City - Waldorf Astoria - Address before Foreign Policy Assoc. Dinner "Peace like war . . ." (51 min) | Download Audio File | 74-5(1) & 74-5(2) [dig]. |
1944/10/27 | Shibe Park, Philadelphia, PA - Campaign address (40 min) | Download Audio File | 73-15:8A & 73-15:8B [dig]. |
1944/10/28 | Soldier's Field, Chicago, IL - Campaign address on Economic Bill of Rights (39 min) | Download Audio File | 49-156:478-480 (reels 1 and 2) [dig]. |
1944/11/02 | Washington, DC - Campaign radio speech from White House "The world is rising . . ." (15 min) | Download Audio File | 49-156:481 [dig]. |
1944/11/04 | Fenway Park, Boston, MA - Campaign address (36 min 30 sec) | Download Audio File | 49-156:483-485 (reels 1 and 2) [dig]. |
1944/11/06 | Poughkeepsie, NY - Informal remarks at Post Office (8 min) | Download Audio File | 71-20(5) [dig]. |
1944/11/06 | Hyde Park, NY - Radio address on election eve "Our task now is to face . . ." (11 min 10 sec) | Download Audio File | 49-156:488-489 [dig]. |
1944/11/10 | Washington, DC - Informal remarks at Union Station after re-election to 4th term (2 min) | Download Audio File | 201-227-A [dig]. |
1944/11/19 | Washington, DC - Remarks on opening of 6th War Loan Drive (3 min 30 sec) | Download Audio File | 49-156:491 [dig]. |
1944/12/24 | Washington, DC - Christmas Eve address (5 min) | Download Audio File | 74-1:6 [dig]. |
1945/01/06 | Washington, DC - State of the Union message (25 min) | Download Audio File | 201-228 [dig]. |
1945/01/20 | Washington, DC - 4th Inaugural address: "We have learned . . ." (6 min) | Download Audio File | 201-224A[dig]. 72-1:6. 73-2:8. |
1945/03/01 | Washington, DC - Report to Congress on Crimea Conference (55 min) | Download Audio File | 73-2:2 (reels 1 and 2) [dig]. 65-9:54(1-7). |
1945/03/20 | Washington, DC - American Red Cross Fund Drive President's last delivered speech (3 min) | Download Audio File | 72-9:22 [dig]. |
1945/04/13 | Washington, DC - Warm Springs, GA - Undelivered address prepared for Jefferson Day, read by FDR, Jr. (Minus three paragraphs) (5 min) | Download Audio File | 76-9(6) [dig]. |