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U.S. President Herbert Hoover campaigns in Des Moines Iowa, United States.
U.S. President Herbert Hoover campaigning in Des Moines Iowa, United States. A banner strung across a main street with image of President Hoover reads "Iowa Welcomes You". The motorcade of the President passes through the streets of Des Moines,Iowa. People stand on both the sides of road to welcome President Hoover. People shower ticker tapes. The President seated in a car waves towards people. The State Capitol building can be seen in the background. The President's motorcade is followed by dissidents who ride in trucks, motorcars and on horseback. Farm workers fill a truck bearing a sign that reads "Hoovers Farm Relief. First - Foreclosure. Then -This". A sign on the back of a truck reads 'In Hoover We Trusted, Now We Are Busted'. Two dissidents ride horses carrying signs just above the horses' tails saying: "Hoover Put Us Here".
Ninth National Convention of the Communist Party, New York City. Earl Browder and theme"Against hunger fascism war"
Ninth National Convention of the Communist Party USA in New York City, June 24 -38, 1936. The theme as seen in outsize banners included a huge likeness of Earl Browder displaying the words: "Against Hunger Fascism War" and a banner around the hall reading in part: "forward to Unity..." The activities seen are like any major political party convention, including having placards identifying delegates from all the States of the Union, such as Georgia, Virginia,Iowa,West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, District of Columbia,Oregon, etc. Lights sweep over the darkened arena highlighting the signs of the various states. Several scenes show massed flags of the Communist Party displaying the hammer and Sickle on a solid field.
Circus comes to town. Preparations for the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus show in various cities
Arrival of the Ringling Brothers Barnum & Bailey Circus in Nashville Tennessee. Documentary show host speaks in Spanish as he walks down a sidewalk, describing the circus. Preparations for the circus show. A train arrives carrying the circus. Elephants, clowns, circus performers, and handlers unloading equipment and animals from the train. Scenes in Waterloo, Iowa: Elephants linked trunk-to-trunk walking down the city street. Automobile traffic moves on the streets followed by elephants and horses. The elephants pass by bank building with sign "Waterloo Savings Bank". Exterior and interior views of a stadium or arena and preparations. Workmen setting up the circus stage inside the arena.
The processing and transportation of iron and coal along the Mississippi river on steamboats in the United States
The activities around the Mississippi river in the United States. Smoke from steel mills and factories of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and Wheeling, West Virginia. A crane lifts the iron ore. A crane lifts coal. View of factories spewing smoke and ash. Hot, molten iron being poured, with flames and sparks shooting outward as it is tipped to pour. Cotton bales on a conveyor. Making of cotton thread. Workers work on cotton bales. The cotton bales being loaded onto barges and a steamship. The steamboat in the Mississippi river travels to various places. Brief scenes of various known city views including St Paul and Minneapolis Minnesota; Davenport Iowa; Moline Illinois; Cincinnati; St. Louis; Omaha; Kansas City; New Orleans.
Routine activities of a family on their farm in Iowa, United States.
A farm in Iowa, United States. A portrait. Signs read 'Dallas Center' and 'Oskaloosa'. Several men walk and talk on a road early in the morning. Newspaper and milk bottles delivered outside a house. Hands of clocks show the time as 4:45. Routine work at a farm in Iowa. Th owner of the farm comes and wakes up his son. The boy gets up from the bed and washes himself. He comes and sits at a dining table. His father and sister eat their breakfast. The mother brings breakfast. The son feeds the hogs on the farm. The wife of the owner tends the poultry. She feeds the hens. The owner talks about labor shortage . He plows the farm. His daughter drives a tractor.
A dramatization shows a Sergeant counseling a young son of a farm worker about his military services in Iowa, United States.
"The Big Picture" U.S. Army production with Master Sergeant Stuart Queen, about the spreading threats of communism versus the American way of life in United States. The U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the Jefferson Memorial are shown. A U.S. Military officer explains the importance of liberty and freedom, taking examples from the town of Ottumwa, Iowa. Images of various communist leaders across the world addressing assemblies of people. American civilians of all age groups in OIttumwa, Iowa. A Sergeant Wallace Bacon drives his car away from the Federal Building in Ottumwa to visit a home. Views of the town of Ottumwa during his drive, including the Hotel Ottumwa and the Tom Tom Tap. A woman welcomes the Sergeant. The Sergeant drives to her son and a young man rides horse in fields. The Sergeant counsels him about his military service. The boy with his herd of sheep. He sits in his truck and drives on to sell his agricultural products along with his father.
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