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U.S. Coast Guard rescues victims of a flood in Greenwood, Mississippi using motor-powered dory boats

U.S. Coast Guard works to rescue victims of a flood in Greenwood, Mississippi. Men lower Coast Guard dory boats from a railroad car. Spectators watch as the men put dory boats in the water. Prisoners in striped clothes stack sandbags to control overflowing water of Yazoo and Tallahatchie Rivers. Submerged houses and trees. Residents flee in boats. Coast Guard officers aboard a boat in water. U.S. Army and Red Cross Fokker F.VII a aircraft in flight over the flood area. Aerial views of the flooded region.

Date: 1932, January 25
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061016
A harbor shows fishermen during a fishing strike against low rates offered by fish canners in San Pedro, California. . . .

Fishermen on a strike against low rates offered by fish canners in San Pedro, California. A harbor jammed with idle boats as the fishermen roam the beach. The fishermen ready their vessels for return to the water when the disagreement is settled. The fishermen sort fish aboard the boats and empty fishnets.

Date: 1932, January 25
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061021
A cow gives birth to triplets at a farm in Bristol, Pennsylvania.

A cow gives birth to triplets in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Men play with the three calves. The cow feeds the calves. The men stand near the three calves.

Date: 1934, December 31
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061024
Miners are killed and injured when the locomotive of a train explodes in Powellton, West Virginia.

Miners are killed and injured when the locomotive of a train in which the workmen were riding explodes in Powellton, West Virginia. People gathered around the wrecked locomotive. Men inspect the wreckage. A damaged house near the wreckage. Group of four sad looking young boys seated near the site. Two of these children are wearing early flyer hat and goggles as part of play costumes. The right eye of one boy appears to be slightly injured and swollen. They are looking sad and dirty. A young boy and a young girl wearing overalls look very sad and tired. Fire blazing on embankment beside railroad tracks.

Date: 1934, December 31
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061025
Dogs being trained by a trainer in Boston, Massachusetts for a stage performance.

Dogs trained for a stage in Boston, Massachusetts. The dogs as they raise their front limbs and sit on their haunches. A trainer instructs the dogs. A dog does repeated back flips. A dog jumps for a jump rope and then for a tandem jump rope. A dog sits on a rope: The dog balances four paws on a single suspended rope and then raises his front two paws in the air while still balancing on the rear legs.

Date: 1934, December 31
Duration: 54 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061028
Polar Bear swim by young and old in the frozen Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois.

"Polar Bear" swimmers of varying ages swim in the icy waters of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. Men and women go into the frozen Lake Michigan. They use ice picks to dig holes through snow and ice into the frigid lake water. They laugh and splash water on each other while swimming

Date: 1934, December 31
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061029