Shows William White, a clerk in Treasury department with his wife and 17 children in Washington. White's wife exits car with infant in her arms followed by the other 16 children .The family lines up and poses for the camera with the Capitol Building in the background. January 1938.
Fifteen thousand spectators gather to watch the Flamingo Stakes at the Hialeah Park Racetrack (2200 E 4th Avenue Hialeah, Florida) in Miami, Florida. Lawrin, a three-year-old American thoroughbred, gallops from back and emerges a proud winner. The jockey on back of Lawrin poses for camera after victory. January 1938.
Men, women, and children of Astoria, New York holding American flags parade the streets to celebrate rituals of Greek Orthodox Easter. Accompanying them is Archbishop Athenagoras and his fellow church clergy dressed in elaborate liturgical vestments. Congregation heads inside St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Cathedral (30-11 30th Dr, Queens, NY 11102, United States). Overhead shot of Archbishop with holy cross and other clergy with lit candles in center of thousands of attendants. 11 April 1938.
Vice President John Nance garner tries on different hats for spring in Washington DC. Various hats in round boxes lie on table. President's Wife Ettie helps him out to choose the right hat April 1938.
Automobile magnate Henry Ford accompanied by his son Edsel Ford arrives at the White House for a luncheon meeting with President Roosevelt. Several photographers and reporters present at the event. Henry Ford, Edsel Ford, and publicists exit out of car and enter the White House. An outside view of the White House crowded with journalist and press officials. Henry Ford and Edsel Ford come out of White house and head towards their cars. Press and media cover the entire event.
Film opens showing British Shanghai Light Horse 'A' Company parading along Bubbling Well Road in Shanghai, China, past crowds who have turned out in numbers to cheer for the International battalions of the Shanghai Volunteer Corps (SVC). Visible, in the background, is the clock tower on the clubhouse of the Shanghai Racing Club. View shifts to the reviewing stand, where Mr. Cornell Franklin, Civil Commandant and Chairman of the Shanghai Municipal Council, stands in front of military officers, Vice-Admiral Sir Percy Noble, Major General Telfer-Smollett, Colonel Price, Colonel Andreini, Lieutenant-Colonel Perretier, and Commander Takeda. Next, a contingent from 1st Battalion, Seaforth Highlanders, shouldering rifles with fixed bayonets, execute eyes left as they march past the reviewing stand. A large crowd of spectators watches the parade from a stands set up near the reviewing stand. Next, Armored cars of the SVC Armoured Car Company, drive past in a column. Photographers take pictures. Japanese naval officers are seen in full dress uniforms, watching the parade. Led by a mounted officer, another formation of SVC soldiers march past, shouldering rifles with fixed bayonets.
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