New bar gadgets being exhibited by models in 1930s clothing and hair style fashions, in Chicago, Illinois. The cocktail bar gadgets being exhibited by models in designer costumes. Two women seated on chairs. A woman arrives and serves them cocktails from a unique cylinder bar cabinet. They sample snacks from a cocktail platter. They drink from small shot glasses. Two models put on heavy mitts on their hands and then shake cocktails in large shakers. One model is wearing an enormous bowtie. Three women seated on floor enjoy beer from a small keg. One model pours them beer and they toast and drink the beer. Models sip wine wearing unusual cocktail dresses.
Models display fashionable beachwear in Chicago, Illinois. A model in her one-piece bathing suit. A blond model smiles as she wears a halter neck beachwear. A model shows off her woven straw hat. Another model takes off her jacket to show a revealing strap back swimsuit. Models at a preview at the Merchandise Mart (222 W Merchandise Mart Plaza, Chicago, IL 60654, United States). Other models seated in the background.
'Chicagoans seek heat relief as mercury mounts '. People in swimsuits on the beach at Lake Michigan in Chicago. Men and women crowd the beach. Skyscrapers of Chicago are seen from the background. Children enjoy a shower as a fireman sprays them with a hose. Children holding each other while dancing in the shower.
Railroad cars on tracks in Chicago, Illinois. A number of different fast moving rail road cars move on tracks side by side. The cars underway on the tracks as smoke rises. Wheels of the rail road cars as they move ahead.
Members of a winter swimming club enjoy swimming, Chicago. Woman skipping rope on a snowfield. Women and old age men get into ice-strewn water. Men and women swim and play in water.
A typical American family gathered around their radio, at home. This is the Springer family in Chicago, Illinois. Mr. George N. Springer and Bernadette Wiley Springer are seated on chairs in a living room with their children, George and Arthur, as they listen to their large wooden console radio. George tunes the radio. A close up of Bernadette with her child, Arthur. (This was filmed in their home on 79th Street in Chicago. George worked for the Daily News in that city.)