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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).

Location: New York City USA
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.

Location: Sui Yuan China
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.

Location: Philadelphia Pennsylvania USA
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.

Location: Lucerne Switzerland
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.

Location: Harzgerode Germany
Date: 1930, September 11
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044387
U.S. President Herbert Hoover reviews U.S. Navy fleet maneuvers off Virginia Capes.

View from a low flying airplane passing a U.S. Navy flotilla of warships. A line of battleships and many destroyers are seen. President Herbert Hoover, on deck of the Cruiser USS Salt Lake City (CA-25), watches the maneuvers off the Virginia Capes, through binoculars. A cruiser comes past with airplanes on its aft deck. An airplane takes off from the deck of the USS Saratoga (CV-3). The Navy dirigible, USS Los Angeles in flight, with a Voight UO-1 hooking up to it.

Location: Atlantic Ocean
Date: 1930, May 20
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044616
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