All stores and places of business in the city are closed as labor takes holiday from a distilling plant and general walkout ensues in Pekin, Illinois. A group of workers poses during the strike. The distilling plant in the background. A man in his office. A sign outside all stores reads as 'Closed at 3'O clock'. Dinner Bell restaurant, a barber shop and several other stores are closed. People come out of the stores. Men carry luggage. Men standing beside buses. View of a street.
United States Navy Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's snow cruiser cracks up in Pullman, Illinois. A giant snow cruiser for USN Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd is driven along a road. Men stand on the cruiser. The U.S. flag on the cruiser. A man stands at the gate of the cruiser. The snow cruiser hits a bridge and plunges into a creek.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt pays honors the martyrs on Armistice Day in Arlington, Virginia. A soldier walks with a rifle. Troops stand at attention in the background. An officer places a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier. President Franklin D. Roosevelt salutes.
The Antarctic Expedition crew at a pier in Boston, Massachusetts. United States Navy Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's snowmobile heads for the pier. Men standing on the snowmobile. Rear Admiral Byrd meets up with the people and dogs boarding the expedition's Antarctic freighter.
Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence receives the Nobel Prize for his invention in Berkeley, California. Dr. Ernest Orlando Lawrence, a professor of Physics at the University of California, Berkeley, demonstrates his invention- the "Cyclotron" particle accelerator. Control dials of the machine. Men work at machines. View of Dr. Ernest Lawrence.
A football match between the Georgia Bulldogs and the Florida Gators in Jacksonville, Florida. Spectators seated in a stadium watch the match. The match in progress. The Georgia Bulldogs win the match by 4 scores. Some spectators come on the ground as the match ends and the Bulldog wins.
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