On March 12, 1933, just eight days after taking office, President Franklin D. Roosevelt addressed the American people in an unprecedented national radio broadcast.

Franklin Delano Roosevelt's 1933 presidential inauguration comes ... Franklin Roosevelt gives his first "fireside chat" to the American people. In 14 and a half minutes he calms the public ...

On March 12, 1933, eight days after his inauguration, President Franklin D. Roosevelt gives his first national radio address ...