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Fishermen use bird cages and old boots to catch fish from the Sandy River in Troutdale, Oregon.

Fishermen at work near the Sandy river in Troutdale, Oregon during the Great Depression. The fishermen gather at the bank of the river. They use bird cages, old boots and their hands for catching the fish. Fish in cartons, boxes, and sacks.

Date: 1934, March 12
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046049
American girls learn hula-hula on the Miami beach, Florida.

Two Hawaiian princesses teach hula-hula to American girls on the Miami beach, Florida. Bathing beauties surround the princesses. The princesses teach them the motions, twists and turns of the hula dance. They practice the motions.

Date: 1934, March 12
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046050
The first annual celebration in honor of the mothers-in-law in Amarillo, Texas.

People gather to celebrate Mother-in-Law Day in Amarillo, Texas. Buildings along the sides of a street. A man gives a bouquet to an old lady. A man and an old woman talk. Another man walks with an old woman. They celebrate and enjoy.

Date: 1934, March 12
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046051
A polar bear introduces her eleventh cub to the public at the Washington Park Zoo in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Patsy, a polar bear, and her eleventh cub are viewed by zoo visitors, and play in the outdoor exhibit at the Washington Park Zoo (later renamed the Milwaukee County Zoo) in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. (Note: Sultana was a famous polar bear at the Washington Park Zoo who had 11 cubs after introduction to the zoo in 1912. Some viewers have suggested that this bear is Sultana with one of her cubs. However, the March 12 1934 Universal Newsreels original documentation released to theaters with this newsreel reads specifically: "Milwaukee, Wis. -- Patsy, queen of the Arctic bruins at the Washington Park Zoo, introduces her eleventh child to the public."

Date: 1934, March 12
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046052
President Roosevelt, James Roosevelt and Harold Ickes aboard yacht Potomac in Washington DC.

Dignitaries on yacht Potomac in Washington DC. Cameramen prepare their cameras to record the event. Flags flutter on the ship mast. An airplane in flight over the ship. Sailors stand on the deck. U.S. President Roosevelt, his son Brigadier General James Roosevelt and U.S. Secretary of the Interiors Harold Ickes aboard the ship. They talk amongst themselves.

Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046093
Oval Office of President Franklin Roosevelt; dignitaries inside the White House.

The White house in Washington DC. Exterior of the White House. Trees in the foreground. Interior views of the Oval Office. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt works on his desk inside the White House. Paintings on the walls of the building. Flags near a table. A statue, a clock and some books on the table. Close-up views of various furnishings and art work in the Oval Office of President Franklin D. Roosevelt. A shelf near a window. Books in the shelves. View of the outer area through the window. Secretary Stephen Early sitting beside the President at his desk. Side view of President Roosevelt seated at desk and writing. President Roosevelt's secretary, Marguerite LeHand, talking to Secretary Marvin McIntyre. Dignitaries seated on chairs in a hall. Closeup views of artwork on walls in areas in or near Oval Office. Exterior view of White House North portico in background, with equestrian statue of Andrew Jackson in Lafayette Square in foreground. Streetcar or trolley and various cars pass by on road in front of White House.

Date: 1938
Duration: 4 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675046094