Coal mine workers' strike in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, and the dairymen clash with State troopers in Boonville, New York. Brownsville, Pennsylvania : Several tents in view. The guards move in the area. The miners during the strike in the Fayette Country coal-fields. The miners stand in a group near a building. The National Guardsmen set up machine guns and patrol the area. A truck arrives along a road. Men beside the truck. National Relief Administration personnel discuss with miners and employees to settle the dispute. Several vehicles in a line move along the road. Boonville, New York : Farmers prevent milk deliveries to wholesale shippers until prices are raised. A farmer pours out the milk from a can in a dairy farm. A few cows in front of a building. Two dairymen, injured during the clash with the State troopers.
Flood in the city due to dam break in Denver, Colorado, United States. The flood waters flowing to the city of Denver caused due to collapse of dam. A guard stands on an area beside the water flow. The waters rage through to the city. The destruction caused by the flood waters. Water gushing under a bridge. The uprooted trees and other debris under a bridge. Buildings of the city at a distance in view.
Bootleggers at abandoned coal mine shafts in Scranton, Pennsylvania, obtaining coal illegally during the Great Depression. A vehicle passes on a paved way beside a coal field. A man stands on an area on the side of the vehicle. An explosion near a cave on the coal field. Two miners, who are carrying on with the mining activities without authorization , are seen beside the explosion area. The coal deposits, accessed via the explosion, are loaded in small carts passes along a track. The deposits loaded on to trucks by a few men in the team. Three men converse beside the truck.
Native American Indian tribes during a canoe race in Coupeville, Washington, United States. Eight Indian tribes canoeing in the water to win the War Canoe title. Small boats in the water beside the long canoes, which resemble crew racing shells. People on the shore watch the race. The tribesmen in the canoes paddling in the water. The canoes move along the water. The boats beside the canoes.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to readjust national currency via the Gold Reserve Act, conveyed at the Congress in Washington DC. The United States Congress meet at the Capitol in Washington DC. The officials seated in the hall inside the Capitol building. The House leadership and officials seated in the center during discussions related to the Gold Reserve Act of 1934. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr. seated at his desk signing documents. Crates of gold being unloaded from ships as overseas gold exporters sent gold to the United States where it commanded higher prices as proclaimed by the President. Two men stocking gold bars in a bank. Young African American farmers picking cotton in a cotton field. One smiles for the camera. Commodity traders busily trading commodities on on a mercantile exchange floor. Rise in prices, as a result of revaluation of dollar.
Mining operations demonstrated in the Rosenwald Industrial Museum in Chicago, Illinois,. The Rosenwald Industrial Museum in Chicago. An elaborate full-size coal mine model set up in the museum. The equipment used for mining operations. Two men operating an equipment, to demonstrated the mining activities. The equipment works at the rock and drops the mineral deposits into a large tray. Men beside the equipment.
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