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Big Welcome Hails Return Byrd Party
A little wavy light in contrast and imagery President Roosevelt and 5,000 enthusiastic spectators participate in a rousing greeting to Admiral Byrd and his colleagues as they return from a long stay in the frozen regions of the Antarctic.
Town Scrubs For Festival
Rolling light in contrast and imagery Picturesque Dutch costumes, complete with wooden shoes, appear as streets are washed with soap and water in old world fashion during a celebration surrounding the harvest of the tulip crop. This celebration usually happens in May and it's an annual Tulip Festival. (clog dancing).
Heel-and-toe Derby In Mud
Slight rolling light in contrast and imagery Hank Ciemon of Canada ankles to victory for the second time in the national 50,000 meter walk, but many of his competitors bog down in sticky going brought on by constant rain.
Joyous London Hails Jubilee Of King George
Rolling light in contrast and imagery Joyous London Hails Jubilee Of King George
'Future Generals' On Parade
Rolling light in contrast and imagery Cadets of the United States military academy illustrate the precision of their training in a striking review. West Point.
Babe Didrikson Barred From Golf Tourney
Rolling light in contrast and imagery Mildred Didrikson, 'wonder girl' of athletics, gives a vivid indication of her mastery of the links game but is denied participation in amateur matches by the United States golf association.
4,600 Walk Out, Crippling Work At Big Shipyard
Rolling light in contrast and imagery Strikers mass about the plant of the New York Shipbuilding Co., Even closing access from the river by covering approaches from a boat. The dispute holds up $50,000,000 in contract construction.
Chinese Babes Learn Military Play (Early Military Indoctrination)
A little jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery Shanghai, China General Chiang Kai-Shek, head of the Republic's armed forces, introduces kindergarten methods to chinese youth. Tiny boys and girls, however, receive mass training that fits them for the defense of the country. The children are in a circle, undoubtedly instilled with strong nationalism. The boys and girls march around the circle in cadence, indoctrinated at an early age to fight. Children learn group-thinking with conformative clothing, circle play and singing patriotic songs in cadence. Small boys wear full military garb while parents and relatives look on. Children pick up their dummy rifles with bayonets from the circle area and jab with a stabbing motion.
Meter Measures Sun-tanned
Little shaky, dull in contrast and imagery The rapid early-season increase of deep brown tints on the backs and limbs of lovely bathing-girls is charted in the year's first contest.
Heavyweight Champ Takes Count At Home
Jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery The new heavyweight champion describes his happiness at winning the title from Max Baer. 'The champ.' Surrounded by his family also explains his future hopes and plans.
Martial Law Grips Omaha In Car Strike
A little jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery Guardsmen Patrol Streets. Eighteen hundred troops pour into the city as martial law is declared following a clash between street-car strikers and police in which two persons were killed and fifty others injured.
John D. Returns To North
A little jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery Special guards take the 96-year-old oil magnate from his special car in the railroad yards in a vain attempt to elude cameramen and reporters on the journey back from his winter quarters at Ormond beach, Florida.
Troops Hail Italian King
A little jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery Twenty-five thousand snappily-accoutered military men march, battalions in mass, before Victor Emmanuel III in a thrilling display on the occasion of the country's constitution day.
Workmen risk Death On Bridge Riers 625 Ft. Up
A little jumpy, dull in contrast and imagery Workmen fearlessly spread a protective coating of aluminum paint on cables and piers of the George Washington bridge, after clinging to flimsy supports 625 feet above the Hudson river.
Pageant Marks Graduation
Little shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Constance Morrow leads her classmates at Smith College in brilliant commercement exercises featuring the tranditional ivy chain and Rose Parade. Mrs. Dwight Morrow looks on with members of her class of 1896.
22 Hurled To Death As Train Crushes Track
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery A fast freight, hurrying down a clear track at midnight, hurtles into a truck-load of men and youths returning from a political rally. While a few leap to safety, twenty-two of the truck s occupants are swept to death by the terrific impact. Bodies are flung or carried hundreds of feet and the wreckage of the machine strews the right-of-way for scores of yards. The driver's reason for passing cars waiting at the track remains a mystery shrouded by his death.
President Roosevelt Denounces War At Peace Parley
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery President Roosevelt making a strong plea for peace, in a speech delivered at Chautauqua, N.Y.; Scores of young daredevils dashing down a steep hill at Akron, Ohio. In their soapbox racers in the international derby, and an impressive test by the U.S. Army of Mechanized Equipment, during maneuvers at lake Selkirk, Michigan. Words of President Roosevelt: "I have seen war. I have seen war on land and sea. I seen blood running from the wounded. I seen men coughing out their gassed lungs. I have seen the dead in the mud. I have seen cities that cried. I have seen two hundred limping exhausted men come out of line. The survivors of the regiment of 1000 that went foreward 48 hours before. I have seen children sobbing. I have seen the agony of mothers and wifes. I Hate War."
Hurl Troops Against Rebels
Rolling, light and dull in contrast and imagery Train loads of workers militia leave gaily for the fighting around Zarageza as the loyalist government begins the grim task of cleaning up evidences of the bitter hand-to-hand conflict that raged throughout the city.
2 Miners Rescued After Being Buried Alive For 3 Days
Rolling, dull in contrast and imagery Rescue workers back their way through the stony entrance to a 200-foot coal shaft, saving the lives of two out of four miners entombed in the pit for three days. The survivors' companions are found dead from poisonous gasses. As they carry out the survivors the crowd applauds their rescue.
Eleanor Jarrett Tells Her Side Of Olympic Squabble
Rolling, dull in contrast and imagery: Eleanor Holm Jarrett, banned by official edict from the Olympic team before competition began, discusses the action taken against her, in a timely newsreel interview, and defends the conduct for which she was suspended. Eleanor won the 1932 Olympic gold medal in swimming, 100-meter backstroke. She developed a bit of a reputation as being a Wild character and was removed from the 1936 Olympic team for drinking champagne, but was soon in demand for show business jobs. She played Jane (1937 - Tarzan's Revenge with Glenn Morris ) as a saucy independent character and she did most of her own swimming in the picture opposite Glenn Morris, the 1936 Olympic decathlon champion., She was portrayed in Funny Lady, 1975.
Crook Retains US Speed Boat Title In Thrilling Race
Rolling, dull in contrast and imagery One contestant's boat turns over spectacularly on a sharp turn as Melvin Crook takes the National Sweepstakes Championship for the third time. Mrs. Maud Rutherford breaks all existing records for speed in her bounding craft.
Bold Buckaroos Ride 'Em Wild At Coast Rodeo
Rolling, dull in contrast and imagery Four hundred cowboys and cowgirls, all from San Benito County, dare bruises and broken bones in bronco-busting contests with total prize-money of $3,000 at stake. Many are called, but most are let down hard.
World's Fastest Man Comes Home From Olympics
Image quality is poor and will not be improved upon mastering. The 'Fastest Human' gets a big greeting as he reaches American soil on the fastest ship, the record-breaking Queen Mary. Jesse Owens explains his plan to return to college for his final year of studies.
Mermaid Of 76 Swims 20 Miles On Her Birthday
Rolling, dull in contrast and imagery To celebrate her seventy-sixth birthday, Mrs. Anna Van Skike dolls up in a 1900-model bathing-suit and takes to the water for a twenty-mile swim. Her beauteous grand-daughters and great-grand-daughters help her from the water.