Football game in Baltimore, Maryland. A large crowd gathers to witness a football game between Notre Dame and Navy. Notre Dame wins the game by 15-0.
Football game in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. 61,000 spectators gather to watch a game of football between Carnegie Tech (Carnegie Mellon University) and Pittsburgh Panthers football teams. Carnegie Tech wins the game by 20-10 to defeat Pittsburgh Panthers.
Chickamauga Dam in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Presidential motorcade moves past a large crowd. A number of people gathers at the Chickamauga Dam as President Franklin D Roosevelt arrives for inspecting the dam.
A machine for fighting oil well fires. 75,000 pound fire fighting machine in Houston, Texas. A sign on the machine reads "Leroy Corporation, Houston Oil well Firefighters." View inside the machine as it is operated by LeRoy Ashmore. In a demonstration, the arm of the machine is positioned over a simulated oil well pipe on fire. Water begins to flow over the machine to cool it. The machine lowers a cap over the pipe, extinguishing the fire. (Note: LeRoy actually built 3 of these machines and named them Shadrach, Meshach and Abednego, for the Biblical characters, who survived death from a fiery furnace, according to the book of Daniel. The walls of LeRoy's machines were hollow, allowing water pumped through them to circulate and keep the interior control room "water cooled" during fire fighting.)
26th Annual Bench Show at the Coliseum in Chicago, Illinois. Dogs of 24 different breeds displayed at the dog show. Children play with various dogs like pug, bull mastiff, terrier, bull dog and others.
Role of United States Coast Guard in natural disaster response. Clip focuses on response in 1927 Mississippi River flood. Opens with scenes of a destructive hurricane hitting Florida coast in United States and strong winds blowing. Coast Guard provides relief to the victims. Wreckage from hurricane. Brief scene from San Francisco earthquake. Then scenes from the flood of the Mississippi River in 1927. Swollen Mississippi River flowing at great speed. Coast Guard uses boats to rescue people from the flooded area. People gathered atop the levees awaiting help. Coast Guard lifting citizens from atop levees, into boats. A house floating in the flood waters. A boat filled with livestock as Coast Guard rescues them. A man being rescued from top of a floating house. Film produced in 1935.
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