Never before seen footage of President Franklin D. Roosevelt walking was unveiled at the Pennsylvania State Archives. The film was shot in 1937 by Harrisburg native and Major League Baseball ( MLB ) pitcher Jimmie DeShong on his 8mm home movie camera. Pres. Roosevelt was paralyzed from the waist down by polio in 1921. In the film, he is walking up a ramp in Washington, D.C.s Griffith Stadium. Pres. Roosevelt is wearing braces on his legs as he holds an assistants arm and grasps a handrail to make it up the steps. It is one of only two known extended film clips in existence showing Pres. Roosevelt walking.
Posted on: Thu, 15 May 2014 15:47:45 +0000