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Thousands of people rush to Talco to make profits from the discovery of petroleum deposits.

The Texas oil rush. Thousands of people rush to Talco to make profits from the discovery of oil deposits. People enter the town in cars. A sign reads 'Talco - New Oil Capitol of Texas Welcomes You'. Men and young boys wait outside the Talco Lease and Royalty Co. An oil well in the village. Men work on an oil drill. Workers atop the oil rig. People arrive by plane. A crowd and parked cars outside the Lacey Building. A crowd at the oil well.

Date: 1936, April 1
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043761
A dynamite explosion causes a twenty foot crater and hurls the truck pieces half a mile away in Sacramento.

Dynamite truck blast shatters wide territory in Sacramento, California. The dynamite explosion causes a twenty foot crater. People stand around to view the rubble in the crater. Shattered glasses on doors and windows. Damaged window curtains. A painting knocked out of place due to the blast. A toppled lamp shade. Food cans on a kitchen floor. People crowd at the blast site. A damaged truck tire lies nearby. People hold the damaged truck pieces hurled half a mile away.

Date: 1936, April 1
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043762
Woodchoppers chop and saw wood during a contest in Skytop, Pennsylvania.

Woodchoppers pit their skills in Skytop, Pennsylvania. Woodchoppers on raised beams. They chop wood with axes. A large crowd of spectators at the contest. Men, women and children watch the event. Woodchoppers sit on thick wooden logs and chop them away. The chips strewn all over. Men in boots on the logs. Woodchoppers with axes seated on a log. A man smiles. A woodchopper saws wood with a buck-saw. People sit around and watch. A woman saws a log. She poses with her bucksaw.

Date: 1936, April 1
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043763
Dwarfs at the California Pacific International Exposition eat a meal with three elephants in San Diego. California.

Dwarf trainers at the California Pacific International Exposition throw a party for three bull elephants in San Diego, California. Dwarfs seated around a table with three bull elephants enjoy a meal together. The elephants take toasts from the table with their trunks.

Date: 1936, April 1
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043765
A group of young women sing and dance in a desert on the arrival of spring in Phoenix, Arizona.

A group of young women hail Vernal (Spring) season's arrival in the desert near Phoenix, Arizona. The desert maids, holding hands, dance around a saguaro cactus. The women are scantily clad in dresses that give little protection in the desert.

Date: 1936, April 1
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043766
Diesel oil engine train Green Diamond's try out in Chicago, Illinois.

New streamlined train Green Diamond's try out in Chicago, Illinois. Travelers seated inside the train, read newspaper and eat a meal. A woman servers tea on board. The Green Diamond diesel oil engine draws train at a tremendous speed on the tracks.

Date: 1936, April 1
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043768