In San Francisco California, Colonel Theodore Roosevelt Jr. poses with his wife on dock after his return from scientific expedition to Indo-China and Tibet, San Francisco. The Colonel has recently been appointed as the Governor-General of Puerto Rico.
American sculptor Gutzon Borglum creates the original memorial of the late President Woodrow Wilson for the Polish city of Poznań. Men work on sculpture of Woodrow Wilson in a studio in in San Antonio. Texas. Man shapes up the sculpture. The statue has been ordered by Poland in recognition of Wilson's protection.
Children walk on sidewalks, heading to school. Pet dog follows a boy to school. The boy enters the school house together with the dog, then exits a moment later to leave the dog outside the school. Young school boys queued up in school. African American school children in a line. Young African American school children dance. Boys and girl entering school buildings.
Texas officials at launching of USS Houston (CA-30) (originally designated CL-30) at Newport News Shipbuilding & Dry Dock Company. Elizabeth Holcombe, daughter of Houston's former Mayor, Oscar Holcombe, with bouquet of flowers. She is seen again on a platform, holding the flowers and a bottle of champagne, standing next to Governor Byrd of Virginia, who actually swings the bottle to christen the ship. A formation of U.S. Navy Vought O2U-1 corsair floatplanes is seen flying over U.S. flag in foreground. Large crowd gathered for the ceremony. USS Houston slides down the ways. USS Houston underway in the water.
View of The San Francisco Oakland Bay Bridge (San Francisco – Oakland Bay Bridge, San Francisco, CA, United States) over San Francisco Bay at the Pacific Ocean. Ceremonies where the bridge was opened to general traffic after completion of construction in 1936. California Governor, Frank Finley Merriam, uses a blowtorch to cut a chain, officially opening the bridge to vehicle traffic. Cars are seen massed, ready to commence the crossing. Cars pass through lane dividers and drive on the bridge. View of the towers and suspension cables from a car passing underneath. Buildings seen from the bridge. Traffic on the bridge. (From a 1961 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.)
United States and foreign officers attend the Command and Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.
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