American Civil War veterans pay tribute to Abraham Lincoln in Springfield Illinois in United States. View of decorated tomb of Abraham Lincoln. Thousands of aged veterans in their Civil War Union Army uniforms gather in Oak Ridge Cemetery near the tomb of Abraham Lincoln. Governor Louis L Emmerson and other dignitaries attend the event. Governor Emmerson is seen in conversation with one of the aged veterans. Most of the veterans wear hats with the "G.A.R." symbol (Grand Army of the Republic, a Union military veterans and fraternal organization). One of the Union Civil War veterans shown is an African American soldier.
Families working in Ford garden plots provided by the Ford Motor Company. Men cultivating and tending crops in rows. A man carries loaded basket through the field. A signboard reads 'Ford garden Plots'
Robert Taylor in St. Louis Cardinal baseball uniform,kneeling next to a boy at edge of ball field. Taylor with cigarette in mouth. Baseball players seem to be playing a game and the ballpark is full of spectators. Hollywood Producer Robert Lord seen briefly in the ballpark stands. Filming for the movie: "Fireman Save My Child."
Hollywood producer Robert Lord is seen in stands of ballpark. Views of a ballpark and crowd in California,United States. Baseball game appears to be ongoing. Hollywood movie star, Joe E. Brown, is seen in St. Louis Cardinal baseball uniform. Three players in outfield, each in a different uniform, suddenly walk rapidly toward infield. They remove their shirts to reveal shoulder pads under their uniforms and laugh and clown around with a "ball player." One throws a fake punch at the "player" who falls to the ground . A man dressed as English butler, serves tea to several "baseball players" in the outfield. Filming for the movie: "Fireman Save My Child" starring Joe E. Brown, who, as part of the story, joins the St. Louis Cardinals baseball team.
U.S. Army Curtiss B-2 Condor bombers being used for humanitarian purpose. Food being packed into the airplanes and delivered to snow bound Navajo Native American Indian people in Arizona. Men load bags of food in a plane. Men look at a map and chart the route with the help of an Indian guide. Aircraft in flight over a snowy region. Shadows of the planes visible on the snow. On the ground, food is distributed to the Navajo families.
Lodges covered with snow on a snowy mountain pass near Cumbres, Colorado. A narrow gauge train of the Rio Grande San Juan Extension (later the Cumbres and Tultec Scenic Railroad) plows its way through the snow of a Rocky Mountain pass near Cumbres. The locomotive engine of the train is equipped with a rotary snowplow that clears away the deep snow from the tracks. The train approaches two men waving.