This clip covers the 1932 US presidential election between Franklin D. Roosevelt and Herbert C. Hoover, the incumbent president. 

A very long line of people leads to the door of a designated polling station. A sign on a window reads, “Board of Elections Meets Here.”

Photographers snap pictures of Franklin D. Roosevelt as he checks in with voting clerks. FDR's arm is linked with his son’s arm for balance. Then FDR stands in a voting booth with the curtain pushed aside, still grasping his son’s arm.

President Hoover hands his voting ballot to a man who drops it in a voting box.

A young man types on a typewriter. Next to the young man is a typewriter-like machine, reading perforated paper rolls for instructions on what to type. 

The following sequence of images suggest the transmission of information about the presidential election: a radio announcer speaks into a microphone; a man talks on a phone; on a large board, men make vote tallies next to state names; a person quickly types on a typewriter; and a typewriter's typebars quickly hit a page with characters

FDR announces that he's won the US presidency by an election landslide.

At night, in response to the FDR’s victory, crowds cheer in New York City’s Times Square, which is lit up. Signs blink in the background and a spotlight moves over large crowds that are covered by darkness.