Under the direction of City Manager George W. Welsh a new civic plan is introduced for unemployed men in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during the Great Depression. George W. Welsh poses. Unemployed men are employed on the Highway and Street Improvement projects for which they receive food and fuel as supplies from the municipal relief stations. Men work on road with shovels and use wheel carts. Exteriors of the Social Welfare Store. Supply bags in the store. Bottles of milk and bread are distributed to children.
Japanese Emperor Hirohito on horseback followed by other Japanese officers on horseback along Yayogi parade grounds in Tokyo, Japan. Emperor Hirohito reviews his cavalry, infantry and artillery.
Lodges covered with snow on a snowy mountain pass near Cumbres, Colorado. A narrow gauge train of the Rio Grande San Juan Extension (later the Cumbres and Tultec Scenic Railroad) plows its way through the snow of a Rocky Mountain pass near Cumbres. The locomotive engine of the train is equipped with a rotary snowplow that clears away the deep snow from the tracks. The train approaches two men waving.
Excavation of Herculaneum city in Italy to restore the ruins of the old capital. A project to uncover the ruins of ancient metropolis shows men digging with shovels. Freight cars used by workers. The men work around on old buildings in the area.
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.
Adolf Hitler addresses enthusiastic crowd at a sport stadium in Sondershausen, Germany. Interior of an airplane cabin in flight. Passengers, including Adolf Hitler, reading newspapers. View from automobile driving along country road. Several people wave from side of road. Hitler surrounded by enthusiastic fans in the Sonderhausen Outdoor Sports Stadium. Children giving him bouquets of flowers. Hitler speaking from a podium. Sturmabteilung (SA) Stormtrooper band playing music. SA troopers controlling crowd. Hitler greets local SA leader. Views of people in crowd. Views of young girls in the audience.