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United States champion troop wins squad maneuvers in rifle display and horse riding in Brockton, Massachusetts.

United States champion troop wins acclaim for amazing squad maneuvers in Brockton, Massachusetts. United States troops march on field. Troops display maneuvers with their rifles. They ride horses.

Date: 1930, September 11
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044382
World's largest tuned carillon bell (low "C" bourdon) being raised for placement in the Riverside Church tower in New York City

Workers raise 20-ton Bourdon bell, the world's largest tuned carillon bell, 400 feet to Riverside Church (490 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10027, United States) tower in New York City. The Bourdon bell was funded by John D. Rockefeller, a parishioner at the church. Man stands next to the large bell. The 20-ton bell being raised to be put on the Riverside Church tower. The church is in Harlem between Riverside Drive and Claremont Ave (between 120th Street and 122nd Street).

Date: 1930, September 11
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044383
Mongolian Monarch, General Ma Fuxiang (or Ma Fu Hsiang) celebrates birthday with his private army in Sui Yuan, Mongolia.

Annual opium profits of $15,000,000 in Sui Yuan, Mongolia. Mongolian Monarch and ruler of opium-rich area, General Ma Fuxiang, seated with his family. The multi-millionaire opium king celebrates birthday with his private army maintained to guard a large territory. Mongolian people in an opium field. The poppy seed of the opium flower. A man inspects a poppy flower. A massive wooden water wheel pulling water from a canal and transporting it to a high ramp which runs down to irrigate large poppy fields.

Date: 1930, September 11
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044384
United States Cruiser St. Louis (C-20) being scrapped in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in accord with London Treaty.

United States Navy junks warships in accord with London Treaty in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Cruiser USS St. Louis (C-20), World War transport veteran, being scrapped. Americans dismantle the ship. Large pipes being lowered with the help of a crane.

Date: 1930, September 11
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044385
Tuxedoed Chimpanzee named Oscar dines at a table, prepares and drinks tea, and smokes a cigar like man, in Lucerne Switzerland

American scientists declare chimpanzee named Oscar nearest to man, in Lucerne, Switzerland. The chimpanee dressed in a tuxedo sits comfortably at a white table-cloth set table and eats food with a fork. He then pours tea in a cup, adds sugar, stirs and drinks all in his cup. He then proceeds to drink directly from the tea pitcher spout. Next, he lights his own cigar and smokes it.

Date: 1930, September 11
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044386
German scientists test experiments with a Rocket Speed Car in Harzgerode, Germany.

A rocket car explodes during a trial in Harzgerode, Germany. German scientists place a rocket on a stand. The rocket launches by rolling on a track. The scientists experiment with a Rocket Speed Car. Onlookers watch the rocket launch on the speed car. The rocket blows up soon after its launch.

Date: 1930, September 11
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044387