United States President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon on tour to Thailand. President Nixon and First Lady during a state dinner at the Grand Palace (Na Phra Lan Rd, Phra Borom Maha Ratchawang, Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200, Thailand). He addresses Thai dignitaries and officials before dinner. Thai Generals at the dinner. Everybody in the house raises a toast. Lights and decoration at the palace.
Authorities and reporters in snow covered area near Seattle recover the body of boy kidnap victim Charles Mattson. The body of Mattson is loaded into vehicle. View of footprints of possible killer in the snow. Reporters examine a photograph area in which the body was found. Shots of the young man who found the body.
Authorities investigating a case of kidnapping and cold blooded murder of little boy Charles Mattson, in Tacoma Washington. J. Edgar Hoover, Director of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), States Department of Justice flies to Washington DC. Plane of Hoover landing in Arlington Virginia at Washington Airport, also known as Washington-Hoover Airport, and before that Hoover Field. (It was southwest of the intersection of the George Washington Parkway and the 14th Street Bridge in an area now under the water of the Boundary Channel). J Edgar Hoover seen walking to the side of the main terminal of the Washington-Hoover Airport, and getting into his car after his chauffeur opens the door for him. Public notice showing $10000 reward on killer. Text relaying description of the killer.
Strikers clash with police in auto plant riot in Flint in Michigan. A crowd of striking workers at Fisher Body plant. A police car overturned by striking workers when police forcefully tried to eject them, out of the plant. Police use tear gas. Striking workers look from within.
The 1937 Los Angeles Open Golf Tournament at Griffith Park Golf Course (5500 Griffith Park Dr. Los Angeles, CA 90027). Competitors at the tournament play their shots. A crowd of spectators watches closely. Light horse of the tournament Harry Cooper wins the tournament defeating Horton Smith and Ralph Guldahl. Harry Cooper poses with victory sign, $2500 victory check and usual honors.
U.S. Treasury prepares to move United States gold bullion to Fort Knox Vault in Kentucky. External view of U.S. Mint building in Philadelphia with cars passing by North entrance. Workers at the Mint's gold refractory in Philadelphia cast huge quantity of government gold into gold bars. Workers working at kiln to manufacture gold bars. 28th Director of the Mint, Nellie Tayloe Ross, signs paperwork while seated at a desk, flanked by other U.S. Mint officials. View of gold bars to be transferred to Fort Knox Vault in Kentucky.
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