Opening slate tells about "Pigmy" train in Waltham, Massachusetts that hauls dozen passengers safely at a fast clip. Men, women, and boys stand about as Mr. W. H. Nichols makes adjustments to his small size steam locomotive at the Nichols Machine Company in Waltham, Mass. A boy seated at the locomotive controls moves a lever forward. Glimpse of a very small boy wearing a railroad engineer's denim cap. Boy's hand pulls chain the actuates the 7-1/4" gauge steam engine's whistle. Next, the train is seen moving on an outdoor track. Charlie Purinton, son of Charles A Purinton, founder of the Brotherhood of Live Steamers, is at the controls of the locomotive and about ten children ride in tandem, behind him. View from camera further away shows the train moving over tracks in a back yard. Closeup shows the name "Ella Cinders" on the locomotive. View from behind of passengers as the train enters a tunnel built into the back yard course. View from exit side of the tunnel as a dog runs out of it. The boy engineer, Charlie Purinton, is silhouetted against the daylight as the train exits the tunnel. View from atop the tunnel as the train exits.
Researchers work with mentally disabled children in the United States. Bruce Baker, Clinical Psychologist, Walter E Fernald State School, Waltham, Massachusetts talks about Project 67 in which his team used rewards to bring modifications in the behavior of the mentally disabled children. Several mentally disabled children play with puzzles. A mentally disabled child makes his bed. Some tokens in his hand. A researcher nearby. A researcher with Debra and another girl. A mentally disabled girl in a wheelchair. In a kitchen a girl lays table mats on the table. Mentally disabled people sit in a room with specially designed walls. A mentally disabled boy lifted and put into a special chair. Many mentally disabled people seated in a room. A girl works on a puzzle. An instructor arranges rollers in the hair of a girl in front of a mirror. Debra enters a room. Her instructor in the room. The instructor works with Debra. Cards with dots printed on them and tokens on the table. Debra with another researcher. A woman helps a mentally disabled boy to identify pictures which appear on a screen. A woman teaches a mentally disabled girl to iron. Debra arranges tokens on a sheet. Addition sums appear on a screen. A mentally disabled boy selects the correct answer from the four options given. Debra and other mentally disabled children in a class with a researcher. Debra in front of a computer screen which shows the digit 1. A man sits nearby.
Train carrying New York Governor and Presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt (FDR). Boston citizens gather to see Franklin Roosevelt. Sign saying “Our Next President Franklin Roosevelt”. Supporters wave American flags during Franklin Roosevelt’s speech onstage. New York citizens wait in line to vote outside polling station. Former New York Governor, Al Smith, and his wife, Catherine Ann Dunn, walk together to their polling station. Al Smith is seen wearing his famous “brown derby”. View of Franklin Roosevelt waiting for election returns. Crowd in Times Square waiting for election updates. Police patrols the crowd. People cheer all over New York City when Franklin Roosevelt wins the election. Franklin Roosevelt smiles. Franklin Roosevelt swims in pool to relax after election victory.
A film titled 'First Yale-Harvard Rugby game' ends in Eli defeat. Score 14-3, shows a game of rugby between Yale and Harvard teams in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Harvard defeats Yale by 14-3.
William T Murdock, a suspect communist shipped to Liverpool from Boston, Massachusetts. A boat arrives at dock. Murdock climbs up on dock. Policemen escort him to ship. They climb up stairs of ship.
Alleged Anarchist sympathizers bomb Sacco-Vanzetti case's Judge, Webster Thayer's house in Worcester, Massachusetts (Culprits never arrested). Broken house of the Judge. Damaged roof of house lay on ground. Table lamp, piano and furniture damaged. Blood stains on pillow over bed. Policemen stand, talk and go in front of house. People stand behind rope and watch. Men stand past house. Wreckage of house and damaged stairs.
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