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Racers drive model racing cars on the Legion Ascot Speedway in West Coast Track Classic in Los Angeles, California.

A West Coast Track Classic in Los Angeles, California. Racers drive model racing cars on the Legion Ascot Speedway. Small accidents occur during the race. Spectators watch the thrilling race. Smoke rises due to an accident on the track. Driver gets out of the car.

Date: 1934, March 28
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044373
A mammoth Studebaker "Giant Car" roadster is seen in South Bend, Indiana.

In South Bend, Indiana, views of a "Giant Car" Studebaker roadster built by a group of 60 craftsmen working under Studebaker's Paul Auman. This giant scale version 1931 model 80 Studebaker Four Season Roadster was used in the film "Wild Flowers." The Giant Car is 41 feet long with a wheel base of 325 inches. It is 13 1/2 feet high, 15 feet wide, and weighed 5 1/2 tons. Men drive up beside the giant President roadster in a normal vehicle. Some use a rope ladder to climb up into the giant car and others climb up the wheel fender and then onto the hood. A boy is shown trying unsuccessfully to climb up a giant wheel of the car (each wire wheel was 6 feet 8 inches in diameter and weighed 600 pounds). The boy's small pedal car is seen beside the Giant Car tire. A police officer in a motorcycle rides up beside the giant car. He places a board-style 'Police Ticket' on the running board and then climbs up onto the running board to present the ticket to a woman who is behind the wheel of the giant roadster.

Date: 1931, March 2
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044392
A crowd watches King Brawman performing a squeezing stunt in New York City.

King Brawman's odd contortions in New York City. The contortionist performs amazing feats. The crowd watches the man performing the stunts. King Brawman ties a string around himself and wriggles out of it. He also squeezes through a narrow opening in a large lock-like device mounted on a table.

Date: 1931, March 2
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044393
Overweight women try to lose weight under male instructors' supervision in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Overweight women undergo physical training from male trainers in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A group of women exercise while lying down and doing leg exercises to shed fat. Women wearing vibrating belts to aid abdominal muscle (abs) stimulation. An obese woman gets on a rocking wooden horse designed to simulate a horse galloping (rather like an early treadmill) while an instructor directs the heavy woman during the training.

Date: 1931, March 2
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044394
Champions from all over the world participate in the 50th International Six Day Bike Grind in New York City.

15 teams participate in the 50th International Six Day Bike Grind in New York City. Champions from all over the world participate in the race. The participants ride their bicycles on the track. Cyclist Reggie McNamara eats a meal. The spectators stand near a railing along the track and watch the race.

Date: 1931, March 2
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044396
Harry B Haines wins the outstanding citizen trophy in Paterson, New Jersey.

Harry B. Haines wins a trophy for being an outstanding citizen in Paterson, New Jersey. Vice Chancellor of Paterson Veritans Club, Lewis, speaks during a meeting. The American flag in the background. Governor Morgan Larson congratulates the people of Paterson. Harry B Haines, Paterson's leading citizen poses for a photograph with his winning trophy.

Date: 1931, March 2
Duration: 2 min 0 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044397