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Lester Joseph Gillis killed by United States Agents on an empty road in Niles Center, Illinois.

Lester Joseph Gillis nicknamed 'Baby Face Nelson' killed by United States Agents in Niles Center, Illinois. Official stands next to a car on an empty road where Baby Face Nelson was killed. Officer scrapes shells from a tree sprayed with machine gun bullets. Corpse of Lester Joseph in the morgue.

Date: 1934, November 28
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063727
Crowds visit World's Fair's Century Of Progress Exposition in Chicago Illinois.

Thousands of people visit World's Fair in Chicago, Illinois. Many are young people, especially teenagers, taking advantage of a one-day reduction in admission prices to the fair. Crowd gathers at the Exposition called "A Century Of Progress." People wander all around . Tall buildings seen. Views of the crowds at the fair.

Date: 1934, April 4
Duration: 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030589
Men seated at counters in a closed bank in Chicago, Illinois.

A bank closing during the Great Depression in Chicago, Illinois. A board reads: 'Standard National Bank' outside building of the failed bank. Cars parked outside the building. A board on the entrance of the bank reads: 'For Rent. Edwin J Nelson'. A man entering the bank. Men seated at counters in the bank. Tellers sorting through paperwork, looking frustrated, and turning to reading newspapers and books instead.

Date: 1934, January 15
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675076826
Polar bears in recently completed quarters at the Chicago Zoological Park in Chicago, Illinois.

Polar bears at the Chicago Zoological Park. Polar bears jump from rocks and in water. Polar bears playing around in water.

Date: 1934, March 5
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060546
Scenes of Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair. Exhibit building called "The Black Forest." Midget shows

"Century of Progress" Chicago World's Fair of 1933-1934. Bavarian-type building with sign reading: "The Black Forest." Visitors strolling through the area. A Hawaiian show performed by midgets, who play guitars while one dances the Hula. Midgets play a "craps" dice game on the street, with wagers of silver coins on the ground. Fair visitors watch. The game is broken up by midgets dressed as policemen.

Date: 1933
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675024282
Babe Ruth honored before his final baseball game with New York Yankees, 1934

Brief newsreel clip covering Babe Ruth's final game with the New York Yankees at the Griffith Stadium (Present day Howard University Hospital, 2041 Georgia Ave NW, Washington, DC 20060, United States) in Washington DC, USA. Players, photographers, and dignitaries honor Ruth before the game with ceremony around home plate. Man presents Ruth, wearing the New York Yankees road uniform, with an award. Ruth accepts it and talks briefly, standing next to his wife Claire, seen at right. Brief shot of Washington Senators pitcher Orville Armbrust throwing. (Armbrust would get the only win of his major league career in this game.) Ruth, pictured in a different game and in home uniform, steps into batter's box. Scene of Ruth hitting a home run from earlier in his career.

Date: 1934, September 30
Duration: 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051592