Roosevelt At Haiti On Cruiser ’houston’ (1930-1939)

Unused / unissued material - no paperwork - dates unclear or unknown. Haiti. Haitian dignitaries walk past guards of honour down quay out into harbour. LV of American Cruiser ship ’Houston’. A small boat brings American President Franklin D Roosevelt to the end of the quay. He is greeted by various dignitaries. Roosevelt sits in open car with an other man (presumably a Haitian leader), he raises his hat to acknowledge the crowds. The car with the two leaders drives off. (Music only soundtrack) FILM ID: A VIDEO FROM BRITISH PATHÉ. EXPLORE OUR ONLINE CHANNEL, BRITISH PATHÉ TV. IT’S FULL OF GREAT DOCUMENTARIES, FASCINATING INTERVIEWS, AND CLASSIC MOVIES. FOR LICENSING ENQUIRIES VISIT British Pathé also represents the Reuters historical collection, which includes more than 136,000 items from the news agencies Gaumont Graphic (1910-1932), Empire News Bulletin (1926-1930), British Paramount (1931-1957), and Gaumont British (1934-1959), as w
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