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Masks in vogue!
High contrast, jerky and grainy images Masks in vogue! - new autumn ballets to center around 'phony faces made of linen.
Indians make whoopee!
A little high contrast, jerky and grainy images Indians make whoopee! - tug-of-war, add to festivities.
"Dips Better'N Tips" Says Waitress and Wins Flying License
A little shaky, jerky and grainy images Beulah Unruh, a twenty-three-year-old girl of new york, forsakes plates for planes - her tuition cost her just $1,300., Or 13,000 ten-cent tips, but she declares it's worth it.
St. Peter's Observes End Of Jubilee Year By Gala Illumination
Some fluctuation and wavy images Pots full of grease are placed all around the building and set afire according to ancient custom - loyal workmen defy danger on dome 472 feet above the ground.
Unemployed Storm City Bureau As 5000 Battle for 100 Jobs
Contrast and drop out spots in imagery Milling crowds invade office as desperate men and women fight in wild struggle to obtain employment.
Record Broken In Marathon Swim
High contrast, rolling images Swimmers grease their bodies to keep from getting chilled in the long race in cold water - contestants are fed from boats which follow along beside them. Sam shield, of miami, wins in the record time of 8 hours, 35 minutes.
Police Begin War To Oust 'bum Village' Near Heart of City
High contrast, rolling images Officials claim that ninety per cent of the hoboes, vagabonds and jackrollers who camp on a tract of ground rejected by the government as a post office site are from other towns and have taken measures to drive them out.
House three feet-thick!
High contrast, rolling images House three feet-thick! - erect false residence front to hide unpopular subway tunnel.
Class in glass millinery!
High contrast, rolling images Class in glass millinery! - blonde beauty uses transparent chapeau to display golden tresses. In other words, she takes a bowl that she has just washed and puts it on her head and uses it as a fashion statement.
Aerialists defy death!
High contrast, rolling images Aerialists defy death! - dizzy stunts feature act staged 100 feet in air. Bicyclists ride atop of pole. Death defying.
Saloon Waiters Get Hot Feet
High contrast, rolling images Youngest bar boys chase around the coliseum with bottles and set of glasses in two kilometer run - chewing gum trick to keep his wares from slipping fails because of waiter's flat feet.
Boy Scouts Seen In Colorful Drill At Big Jamboree
Rolling - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Thirty thousand members of the Boy Scouts of America assemble in the National Capital for a Monster Jamboree. Thousands at a time take part in mass drills in which they demonstrate the remarkable precision their training has given them.
First Gooney Birds In U.S Land After 4000-mile Flight
Rolling - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery The Gooney is an Albatross, but this pair is the first ever brought to the united states. They fly from Midway Island in a Pan American Clipper, traveling 3,800 miles to the Fleischeker Zoo. The youngsters will grow up to a wingspread of 10 feet.
Course In Angling Gives Co-Eds New Summer Thrills
Rolling - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Part of the university's summer course in charm for its co-eds now consists of teaching them to snare fish of the finny variety. The girls practice with rod and reel on mountain trout and it's no surprise to find they can coax the fish onto their hooks.
Giant Rally Held By Steel Strikers Despite Downpour
Rolling - dull in contrast and imagery Fifteen thousand members of the united mine workers rally from neighboring territory and adjacent states to voice their sympathy with C.I.O Steel workers engaged in the protracted strike. Torrential rains deluge crowd and speakers.
Big Clipper Plane Pioneers New Air Route To Europe
Rolling - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery A big Transatlantic Clipper hops on its test flight to the Old World as a British line grooms its entry for the westward race. Regular passenger service by air across the big pond looms as tomorrow's startling reality.
Rosemeyer Wins 300-Mi Vanderbilt Car Race By 51 Sec
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery In a spectacular 300-mile dash for the Vanderbilt Cup, Bond Rosemeyer crosses the finish line fifty-one seconds ahead of his nearest rival. Seventy-five thousand persons watch intently as the european driver roars around the course at an average of 83 m.P.H.
Plane Refuelled From Automobile In Daring Try-Out
Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Norman Doerr tunes up his midget airplane for a new endurance flight record by practicing a re-fuelling; technique of his own invention. The pilot hooks needed fuel from a running automobile to avoid landing when he runs out of gas.
Fighters Wage Gas War Against Mormon Crickets
Jumpy - Shaky, dull in contrast and imagery Armed with special 'Guns' and protected by gas masks from poisonous powder, battalions of insect fighters war on Mormon Crickets as the ravenous insects invade rich farm-lands. Frantic efforts halt the destruction of crops by the hungry 'hoppers.
Most Kissable Lips Contest is Newest Beauty Parade Idea
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Science comes to the aid of osculation in a novel beauty contest in which only the mouths of the contestants are seen through holes in a screen. The judges are sorely tempted, but finally pick Miss Helen Widmer as the winner. Backview of women standing on platform behind banner. Judges, one pushed along by another. Women lined up wearing bathing suits. Winner smiling at camera.
Paul Chotteau - Swimmer
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Paul Chotteau, famed French violinist and swimmer, breaks his old record of 11 miles but falls short of his mainland objective at Venice, California and collapses after fighting against pacific tides and currents. New ocean swim record set. Whale at surface.
Horse Racing
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery - DOS The race meeting at the famous spa gets away to a colorful start as many well known society figures, including Alfred G. Vanderbilt and his bride, crowd the boxes and stands to watch their favorites.
Flames Destroy Huge Pier
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery - DOS Spectacular scenes as the $500,000 Canadian Pacific Railway's coastal service pier goes up in smoke in the heart of the waterfront, resisting heroic fire-fighting efforts and attracting thousands of thrilled spectators.
World Wide News Events - The Royals
Shaky dull in contrast and imagery - DOS During the impressive Royal visit to cement Anglo-French relations, King George lays a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, and later dines in splendor with his Queen at historic Versailles, at an elaborate state dinner!