Flood in St. Francis River inundates 150 square miles area affecting thousands of civilians homeless and causing destruction of property in Monette, Arkansas. Flood water on the road. People wait for rescue boats on the roof of houses. A house destroyed by the flood and poultry bird on its roof seeks protection from water. A car submerged in water. People in a house near by seek aid from the rescuers. Volunteers in a rescue boat rescues people standing on the roof of a submerged house.
Japanese diplomat Viscount Ishii Kikujirō and other delegates received by United States President Franklin D Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt at the White House in Washington DC. Military officials salute the dignitaries. Envoy Ishii shakes hands with President Roosevelt and poses for a photograph. Mr. and Mrs. Roosevelt and the guests pose for a group photo prior to an important conference regarding Japanese military policy in Manchuria.
A guard post covered with sandbags and a soldier stands guard beneath palm trees in Honolulu, Hawaii. The large yard area nearby and sandbags on the lawn area. A man mows the lawn. Admiral Harold Stark in his office signs papers. Hidden artillery gun and bombardiers near it. The barrel of a 50 caliber machine gun spits fire from it. Armed personnel in dungarees walk over a hill with a dead man on a stretcher. The body fully covered with cloth probably taken for burial. (World War II period).
Labor unrest and stone throwing during Republic Steel Strike. Debris on a partially barricaded road. An American flag strung across the road. Several demonstrators standing next to sign reading: "Republic Steel Strike." They, and cohorts on the opposite side of the road, throw objects at cars carrying workers to a factory. Police intervene with tear gas.
Cars drive on the roads past the statue of King Kamehameha at a square in Honolulu, Hawaii. Barbed wire fence and rifled army sentries at the entrance of the Governor's Palace. Cars enter the palace escorted by two officers. Mountains, skyline and banks of a river. An important building nearby. Sea coast and palm trees.
A native man plows with a water buffalo in an agricultural field at the base of a mountainous terrain in Honolulu, Hawaii. The farmer bathes his buffalo in a small muddy stream by the side of farm. He throws water on back and head of the buffalo to cool it off. Man finishes bathing the buffalo and leads it out with a halter. He leads the buffalo over the field.
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