Views of soft coal mine at Cadiz,Ohio United States. Text 'safety first' carved on the stones of a tunnel. Men coming out of the tunnel. People burn things during a workers strike against the mine operators over pay grievances. Management sends non union laborers on job. Armed U.S. National Guard soldiers in position to control the mob. Guard stands outside a wooden house. Men give first aid to an injured man. A guard stands near the rail track while a coal loaded trolley train passes through the tunnel.
Police gunnery experts test bullet proof cloth in Toledo Ohio. Man in bullet proof suit stands, smoking a pipe, while two other men fire pistols at him. Officer examines the man. Officer draws a target on the back of the man, and more bullets are fired at his back. A pliers is used to pry bullets out of the cloth on his back. A woman tester is fired upon, both back and front. Successful test of bullet proof cloth.
A spider stops a clock and the clock stops the spider in Akron, Ohio. A university professor and industrial expert watches as a spider struggles in a clock. The clock stops working due to the spider. The spider dies.
A demonstration by members of the Bonus Army in Cleveland, Ohio during the Great Depression. The members of the Bonus Army gathered near railway tracks. Men take over a train and sit on the tracks. They demand transportation to Washington DC. The police moves the demonstrators
The 1932 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. New York Governor Franklin Delano Roosevelt with his daughter Anna Roosevelt and granddaughter Anna Eleanor Roosevelt Dall (sometimes known as Sistie) outside a building circa 1930. Roosevelt holds a cane while leaning against a column and plays with his grandson using the cane. People gather in the convention hall for the 1932 Democratic National Convention. Roosevelt addresses them, speaking of the need to "break foolish traditions" and "to win in this crusade to restore America to its own people." The people applaud.
From a film titled "A better Ohio". Scenes of Great Depression period in the United States: Idle men, closed factories, men searching through trash, sleeping on sidewalk. Scenes of post depression recovery: Smoke from factories, lines of workers, ample food, happy families. Views of Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in Ohio: Airstrip construction of runways at Cleveland Airport; construction of Dayton Airport runways and aerial view of the Dayton Airport area; pipe capping and sealing work at abandoned coal mines to prevent pollution of local water supply; remodeled orphanage in Defiance, Ohio, with orphan children playing on the grounds of the Defiance County Children's Home; repaired and updated buildings at the Home for Sailor's and Soldier's Orphans at Xenia, Ohio; newly built dairy farm at the Sailor's and Soldiers Home; Rebuilt wing of the old people's home for care of the elderly in Napoleon, Ohio; view of the newly constructed tuberculosis sanatorium in Toledo, Ohio (the William Roche Tuberculosis Hospital). Scenes of fast moving flood waters during flood of Spring 1936 in Ohio. Flood water rushing past flooded buildings. WPA -constructed dams, levees, and retaining walls are seen during building process. African American and white workers seen digging together with shovels on the project. New trees are planted at the sites.
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