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Capital Big-Wigs Make Hey-Hey At Alfalfa Outing
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Party enmities are forgotten as senators and representatives go haying for a little warm weather diversion. The Republicans prove they're better at harvesting alfalfa than in garnering straw votes, so the Dems have to feed the G.O.P. Elephant.
Midget Troupe Gets Short End As Circus Closes
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Rain 'washes out' a midget circus, stranding the little people a long way from home. Some of them find odd jobs in town when the sheriff sells their show, working in taverns or wiping windshields at service stations.
Cub Triplets Keeping Cool
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery The only baby bears in the world who have a Kodiak for a mother and a Polar Bear for a father, find it's something of a problem to duck the summertime heat in the national capital. But kindly keepers turn a cooling hose on mama and her triplets.
British Cup Yacht Proves Speedy In Preliminary Trial
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Both the endeavors, I and II, spread their brilliant white canvas under the watchful eye of skipper T.O.M. Sopwith, English Challenger for the America's Cup. The yachts turn in impressive performances during their first trial runs in American waters.
Social Security businesss Gets Under Their Skin
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Security Revives Tattooing. Chicagoans in the tattoo parlor at Burrton s Amusement Arcade get their new social security numbers etched into the skin on thighs and feet!
Orphans Revel With 200-LB Ice Cream Cone
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast What is undoubtedly the world's largest ice cream cone, two hundred pounds in weight, becomes the rallying point for the youngsters of the Brooklyn Protestant Home. Jack Dempsey makes little ones of the big ones, so everybody's happy.
Negro Boys Club Dedicated
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast The President's wife Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and district officials assist at the opening of the Black Boys Police Club, a new organization designed to help youth toward better citizenship. Parade footage with african american boys in uniform and crowd looking on (including many black children). African american police club members standing at attention with swords. Boys Club Metropolitan Police, D.C. sign on building. Good shot of black children looking at camera. Mrs. Roosevelt standing at microphone with bouquet.
On The Strike Front
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast National guardsmen and police patrol snow swept streets as CIO Organizers are arrested in a shoe strike testing the Wagner act. Police officer directing traffic.
Cannery Workers On Strike
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Tear gas and clubs are freely used by police when strikers try to prevent reopening of a cannery. A pitched battle lasts half an hour.
Picket Lines Smashed
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Police smash their way through a newspaper guild picket line, but girl strikers come back protected by football helmets and catchers' masks. This is a newspaper strike. One man standing outside building with his head all bandaged up.
Bat Man's Death Mars Meet
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Bat Man's Death Mars Meet Clem Sohn, who flew on bat-like wings of his own devising, meets death before 55,000 spectators. Sohn hurtles to destruction from 650 feet when his parachute fails to open after his demonstration of flying is completed.
Royal Family Prepares For The Coronation
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Informal and intimate motion pictures show King George VI and Queen Elizabeth with their two daughters and the princesses' pets. Workmen give George III's state coach a wash-and-brush-up for the coronation ceremonies.
Girl Wrestlers Put On Slam-Bang Tumbling Match
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Clara Mortensen lays claim to the title of Champion Girl Wrestler and she proves her contention in a strenuous mat bout with Rita Baker. Rita keeps the match from being one-sided, but goes down to defeat in 10 min., 30 Sec.
Amphibious Auto Takes to Water Like A Duckling
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Inventor George Powell confidently displays his auto-boat, or marine gas-buggy, or what have you. The machine backs up his expectations, taking to willow lake like a well-trained duck. Then it returns to land for a spin on the roads.
Little Hospital Shut-Ins Cheered By Circus Stars
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Little patients at Bellevue Hospital receive their annual visit from the Ringling-Barnum & Bailey Circus, but clowns, acrobats and other performers extend themselves, putting on their biggest show in history at the institution.
Raging Stream Spreads Havoc Over Wide Area
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast The Rappahannock goes on a spring rampage flooding homes and business buildings for a forty-eight year record.
Raging Rivers Pour Havoc On Washington
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast The northern section of the national Capital is under water and hundreds of workers rush to sandbag the Potomac s banks.
Daring Riders Risk Necks At Coast Rodeo
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast The bump-and-flop season is on for the cowboys, but they start the new year with a better average than usual for staying on. Enough of 'em bite the dust, though, to give a tremendous throng plenty of thrills. Cute shot of little girl wearing cowboy hat in fg and crowd behind her.
Football Players Light On Own Feet In College Show
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast The Black friars of the University of Chicago need a pony ballet for their annual musical show, so the call on those husky young gentlemen, the gridiron heroes. Dolled up in wigs, paint and powder, the athletes are something to behold! Football players complete in uniforms practicing "kick-line on stage with choreographer. One man helps another "stuffing" bra, two men getting facials, two men putting on wigs, another man gets put under the dryer (large hair-dryer device placed over his head). "Girls" performing kick-line on stage with choreographer, various views.
OLYMPIC HEEL-TOE STAR WINS 50,000 METER WALKATHON Score Race In Shimmy Derby.
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Heel-and-toe experts from all over the country compete in a 50,000-metre walking race to Cincinnati. Every walker wobbles his fastest, but the field finds itself led to the finish line by Al Mangan in five hours, three minutes.
Candid Camera Addicts Try To Shoot The Works
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Candid cameras increase and multiply and so do the troubles of chorus girls and entertainers at college inn and other night spots. The amateur photographers clutter up dance floor and dressing rooms in their mad scramble for pictures, pictures, pictures. CU man holding camera up to his face, taking picture. Various shots of photographers taking pictures of chorus girls while they're dancing. CU woman photographer. Model on horseback. Photographers taking pictures of Jimmy Durante ? Interior of dressing room, chorus girls changing costumes between numbers. Several photographers snapping photos inside the dressing room, including a male photographer who lays on the floor "looking up" at the girls.
Old Bird Lays Champion Egg
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Nobody ever saw that gigantic fowl, the Aepyornis Titan, because he was extinct before the coming of man. But a Madagascan native has just found one of the bird's eggs. The huge egg weighted twenty-five pounds when laid, is a foot long and ten inches wide. Comparison shot of Prehistoric egg and ordinary chicken egg. Little girl rises up from behind enormous egg, it's bigger than her head.
Salmon Queen Hails Fleet On 73rd Jubilee
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast Under the admiring eyes of the ship the 'Queen' Bernice Warila, three hundred fishing boats put out in search of the succulent salmon. Setting their nets, the fishermen begin monster hauls of the pink fleshed fish.
F.D.R Goes Fishing In The Gulf
Jumpy, shaky a little blurry in imagery and contrast President Roosevelt reaches the southland on his way to another vacation at sea. Crowds cheer the Chief Executive as he travels through the region on his way to board the Potomac for his cruise. FDR waving from motorcade, secret service men running alongside. President Roosevelt boards ship, greets naval officials and waves as ship sails away.