Damage after the disastrous 1930 Irpinia and Vulture earthquake in Melfi, Italy. People carry their belongings as they head to a safer area after an earthquake hits Melfi, in the Southern Italian region of Basilicata. Men clear away debris. Refugees along a roadside. A man leading a donkey. People move away with horses and belongings to safer areas. Displaced women and children along the road. People flee from the city as they move past damaged houses.
U.S. President John F. Kennedy delivers a speech in Washington D.C., United States. The President, while addressing a conference, speaks about the food and drug laws of the country, and references issues with the drug Thalidomide. He informs about the decision to increase the staffing at the food and drug administration (FDA). He also talks about a bill that has been introduced in the Congress to allow rapid removal of drugs from the market that prove hazardous to public health and should potentially be illegal.
Oswald Mosley, head of British Union of Fascists, at a rally in Manchester, England. Hecklers object to him and his Union Movement message. Policemen try to control the situation. Many people receive injuries. A man with a bleeding head injury. A woman thrown to the ground. Oswald holds another rally on Ridley Road, Dalston, London. A large number of people protest in the street against Oswald and his movement. He speaks into a microphone but is drowned out by the protesting crowd as policemen hold people behind a human chain. When Oswald cannot be heard over the disturbance he stops the speech as riots break out. Men engage in fisticuffs. 54 men are arrested in connection with the fist fighting and photographers take pictures as Oswald leaves.
A railroad excursion in Quebec, Canada. Nearly 1200 railroad enthusiast passengers aboard railroad trains pulled by Northern 4-8-4 and Pacific 4-6-2 steam locomotives. View of steam locomotive CN 6153 (from the Canadian National Railway, or CNR) pulling train cars, and view of the passengers inside as they enjoy a 200 mile long excursion trip. People look out from the train window. Many railroad hobbyists are wearing conductor's caps. They click pictures of the steam locomotives pulling the trains. A man laying on the railroad track as he clicks a picture of a distant approaching train. View of steam locomotive passing by a train station platform at high speed.
Events in Italy in 1937. A motorcade of Benito Mussolini moves past a crowded street in Rome, Italy. Mussolini extends his arm in a “Roman Salute” from his car along the Via dei Fori Imperiali. 50,000 Italian women gather to welcome Mussolini. He addresses the crowd from his balcony in Palazzo Venezia (Piazza di S. Marco, 49, 00186 Roma RM, Italy). Women dressed in traditional Lazio attire cheer Mussolini outside the Colosseum in Rome.
Events of 1937. Wedding of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's son Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. in Wilmington, Delaware. Several prominent figures arrive to attend the wedding including James Farley, Cabinet Secretaries, Daniel Roper, and Henry Wallace. American socialite and bride Ethel du Pont arrives. Attendants carry the train of Ms. Du Pont’s veil. Ethel du Pont smiles on her wedding day. Exteriors of the Episcopal Christ Church Christiana Hundred (505 Buck Rd, Wilmington, DE 19807, United States). The newlywed couple Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. and Ethel du Pont pose after the wedding. President Franklin Roosevelt along with his wife Eleanor Roosevelt.
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