HELL-BENT FOR ELECTION
5.3
1944
13 min.
en
Original Title
Hell-Bent for Election
Overview
A full-blown re-election piece for President Franklin Delano Roosevelt at the expense of Republican presidential candidate Thomas Dewey. Roosevelt is depicted as a streamlined diesel express train in a race against Dewey, a worn-out steam train. The public is admonished to "get behind the president and stay the course to victory."