Ford Model-T on a snowy street. Model-T driven across high railroad trestle. Car driven atop a large water pipe. Two motorcycle policemen chase the car, off road and over field as the driver tries to evade the police. Car goes up steep hill and stops half way up. Policemen pull along side and haul driver out of the car. Empty car then rolls down the hill. Driver chases the car, catches it, gets in and drives off as the comedy stunt continues. Car is driven up to a fork in road. Driver performs stunt leaping from moving car to change the barricade to the other fork, and then running and leaping back into the moving vehicle. Policemen in pursuit then take the wrong road in chase.
Trucks and cars on roads in America going west during the Great Depression. The vehicles are laden down with lots of gear and possessions as people migrate westward in search of work and better conditions during the Great Depression. One unusual view shows a car towing a covered wagon. Two men walking west on road with their baggage. Logging men or lumberjacks cutting a giant tree into logs of wood and floating the logs down a river to a sawmill. Two men working in the sawmill as the giant sawblade cuts the logs into lumber. Aerial view of little activity at the Portland Lumber Mills of Portland Oregon, as the Depression cut into business. Abandoned sawmills in disrepair. A man talking to a group of workers seeking jobs. Idle men who are unemployed on a street corner, standing in front of the Julian S Chybke Pharmacist and Chemist shop at the corner of East 13th Avenue and Spokane Avenue in Portland, Oregon. Unemployed men stand together looking dejected and talking. Views of dust storm underway during the Dust Bowl. Farm equipment covered in dust and dirt. A man crossing over dust dunes. A farmer looking at dust bowl devastation, and a woman with her child in a dust ravaged area.
A United States Navy fleet review in the early 1930s. Men and the crew at deck of USS Pennsylvania. Guests of Admiral Leigh (Commander in Chief) on bridge, watch formation. Views of USS Raleigh, USS Detroit and ships in formation in sea. USS Augusta and some sailboats in fleet. Other ships of fleet in formation, small launch underway. Battleships in single column, led by USS California.
United States naval bombers in flight, fighters and bombers in concentrated formation. Bombers attack USS (United States Ship) Pennsylvania. U.S. airplanes in flight, leave a trail of smoke. USS Bushnell leading submarine force in column. Aerial view of the deck of Pennsylvania, Admiral Leigh and his guests on bridge.
United States official car driving up to a gangway of USS (United States Ship) Texas. Minister to Panama board Pennsylvania, to pay respect to Admiral JV Chase. Admiral with Minister to Panama.
HMS (Her/His Majesty Ship) Nelson, a British Battleship on its way to harbor at New York. Views of the ship and ship superstructure. British Admiral Sir Michael Hodges and other crew on board HMS Nelson.