Police fight strike pickets in Camden, New Jersey. Three thousand men walk outside the New York Shipbuilding company plant. A dispute between officers and strikers marks labor difficulties at the Worsted Mill in Cleveland. View of smokestacks of industrial factory with smoke coming out. Men entering factory and standing in line to punch their time cards at the start of a a work shift. Men at work inside automobile plants, assembling cars in Detroit, after U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt settled the dispute between laborers and manufactures in the motor industry.
Film begins showing a hen with four kittens in a wooden box. A young girl reaches into the box and removes one of the kittens, placing it into an everready battery cardboard box. She removes a second kitten. She reaches in again and the hen, who is sitting on an egg (unseen) reaches out to peck her. But the girl persists and pulls another kitten from behind the hen. The girl removes the last kitten from the box, as the hen stands up revealing the egg she is sitting on. She moves about in the barnyard. Meanwhile the mother cat gathers up her kittens in the barnyard
An anti-skid tire being tested in Paris, France. A tread tire for automobiles being demonstrated on slippery street by its inventor. Technician places tread on the tire. Demonstration of cars stopping without skidding. A motor car equipped with old style tread hits a woman injuring her during the tryout.
A circus in New York City. Animals being unloaded from railroad freight train yards to be moved to Madison Square Garden. Smiling, happy young boys and girls watch the animals with excitement. Camel calf being unloaded from freight yard. Men lead a herd of camels, horses and elephants. Horses and elephants in the ring. High elevated view of circus act underway, with elephants in rings. Circus showman guides horses in a ring. Trapeze artists seen doing a high wire stunt. Clowns interact with a donkey or burro that is trying to kick them.
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.
An anti-gambling campaign is launched by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia in New York. Views of smashed slot machines. People smash slot machines and carry them away. Mayor La Guardia and then others on a boat throw the smashed machines into the Long Island Sound. Part of a "25 years ago today" UN newsreel story issued September 24, 1959.
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