Mechanics during the final stages of work of world's largest conduit, in New York City, New York. Workers during the final stages of phone lines laying work on the shore of Harlem River. A giant cast iron pipe section is lowered by a crane on the river shore. Mechanics working with phone wires. A few men stand inside the pipe and discuss. Mechanics at work. The workers with the aid of an equipment lower the giant cast iron pipe into the Harlem River. A worker who went underwater comes up and is helped by another worker.
Italian Fascist Army build a pontoon bridge over River Po, Italy. A group of Fascist Army soldiers carry pontoons to the shore of the River Po in Italy. The men lay the pontoons next to the river bank. They slide it to the river with the aid of strips of wooden logs laid in a line on the bank. The men go back and bring long pieces of wood and lay between the pontoons arranged in a line across the river. A large group of army soldiers at work on the bridge. The pieces of wood laid are fastened, forming a pontoon bridge over the river. The regiment passes over the pontoon bridge with the military vehicles following them. The army men stand on the pontoons and watch.
"Mother"' Katherine Larke, a former World War I worker, at work on her miniature edifice, in San Francisco, California. 'Mother' Katherine Larke holds tiny items of furniture and decoration for her open front, 3-level miniature mansion (doll house). The tiny pieces of furniture laid out on a table. The three-story mansion with tiny objects made of ivory and gold. 'Mother' Katherine Larke's hand is seen laying small items in the structure and arranging them.
The annual motorcycle race on Avus track in Berlin, Germany. Spectators gather on the sides of Avus track in Berlin and the motorcyclists prepare to begin the annual motorcycle race. The race begins and the motorcycles take off. The motorcyclists racing over the track. People on the side of the track, watch the race. Two motorcyclists pass along the track on a curved path. Three motorcyclists ahead of the others, racing.
Senator William Edgar Borah, a supporter of alcohol prohibition, addresses legislators in the United States. In Idaho: United States Senator William Edgar Borah holds files and documents. He tells fellow legislators that the prohibition "enforcement system is demoralized". Men and women having drinks in a bar or club illegally and also rolling dice in a dice game. In Everglades, Florida: Prohibition sleuths destroy 100 barrels of moonshine which they captured. Agents seen smashing barrels of illegal liquor and dumping the alcohol on the ground.
Riots in a jail in Manila, Philippines. Aerial view of buildings at the Bilibid Prison. Guards at the entrance gate. Convicts prostrate on the ground as an alarm bell rings. The guards run holding guns. The death house at the prison.
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