Swimsuit girls showcase colorful dance performances at the Buckingham Fountain in Chicago,Illinois. Gushing streams of water shoot skyward from the fountain.
People gather in large numbers on the shores of Lake Michigan in Chicago Illinois, for relief from the heat wave. Citizens of Chicago including adults and children dressed in swim suits plunge in water of Lake Michigan to stay cool on the hot summer day. Views of Chicago skyscrapers and skyline in the background.
Robert Pershing Wadlow during the National Shoe Fair in Chicago, Illinois. Exceptionally tall man Robert Wadlow stretches his legs on the table. A woman measures his size 39 brogan shoe with a measuring scale. Women fashion models stand near Robert Wadlow. Models look very short in comparison. Models try to touch Wadlow's outstretched hands. Wadlow ducks under doorways and along with models walks out from the room.
American Airlines DC-3 "Flagship Illinois" aircraft, with passengers disembarking at Chicago's Midway airport, as American Airlines introduces passenger flight service between New York and Chicago. At the door of the American Airlines airplane, men receive the people coming out of the airplane. A well dressed man comes out; then another man, and then a woman wearing a hat, who shakes hand with a man already present. Another well dressed man follows her, and also shakes hands with the man greeting outside. The tail number of the aircraft, NC16002, is seen briefly. The same segment is seen several times in the clip, with slightly different framing.
Scene of a wall at the Union League Club in Chicago, Illinois. With the Great Depression easing, some of the club members realize that some stock certificates and bonds now have value, that had been affixed to the wall as wall paper. A man steams the bonds so they can be removed. Elderly men examine the bonds that now have value. Men clipping coupons. From a 1961 newsreel showing events 25 years earlier.
Three die in blast that wrecks big Chicago fur plant' Smoke comes out from wrecked Fur dying plant in Chicago, United States. Firefighters spray water to extinguish fire. Blast killed three workers and injured nine others.