Unemployed and poor men stand in outdoor soup kitchen line or bread line to receive bread and soup during the Great Depression in the United States. Several people stand in line with baskets in their hands to receive potatoes. Sacks of potatoes seen on the ground and a man shovels potatoes into sacks. Some people in the soup line or queue have sacks and others have wagons to haul potatoes that they receive for food relief for the jobless. Some children in families accompany their parents in the food line.
During the great depression, a sign at a food grocery store reads, "Orange and Blue Food Stamps Redeemed Here, We are Helping American Farmers Move Surplus Crops." A woman at the produce stand with a baby in arms buys oranges from the food grocer. The woman pays for the oranges with stamps.
Vice-President of United States Lyndon B. Johnson on a visit to Saigon in South Vietnam. Flags of both United States and South Vietnam seen. He is greeted by a flag waving crowd. Lyndon B. Johnson speaks from open top car. Cameramen takes photographs. He inspects Honor Guard and boards MATS (Military Air Transport Service) plane.
Huge crowd of communists gathered at Union Square in New York City. The communists and sympathizers carry banners. Some of the banners read: "Long Live the Soviet Union"; and "Food workers defend the Soviet Union"; and "Organize against imperialist war - Join Communist Party"; and "Join International Workers Order"; and "Stop Evictions"; and "Smash Doak's Deportation Plan" (in reference to efforts by Secretary of Labor William N. Doak, through the Bureau of Immigration, to identify illegal alien immigrants and deport them in order to free up jobs for citizens during the Great Depression.) The Police disperse the crowd.
Scenes from Pony-Penning Day on Chincoteague Island off the coast of Virginia in the United States. Horses swim across shallow waters. Horses in the street. Horses are auctioned to a large crowd. Men have difficulty in keeping the steeds orderly.
Huge crowd gathers as the funeral procession of Michael Vengalli passes through the streets. The five year old boy was killed by gangsters in the Coll-Schultz gang war (of the mafia or mob) when gangsters in a car from the Coll gang fired on the Schultz gang on E. 107th St in Manhattan, but missed them and hit baby Vengalli and 4 other children. The bereaved family seen weeping. People look from the windows of their homes as the cortege passes.
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