Fourteen small racing automobiles on a track in Maywood . The cars bump and skid their way around the track in a speed test. Spectators watch the speed test. Several machines crash into the posts bordering the course.
Newsreel entitled "Baseball Aces Warm Up Under Southern Skies." Shows Washington Senators at spring training, 1936 in Orlando, Florida. Shot of players bursting through huge paper baseball marked '1936.' Last one is coach and noted "baseball comedian" Nick Altrock. Players do warm up drills as Altrock clowns for the camera. Players toss medicine balls. Players wheel legs in unison.
The Sacramento Valley covered with flood waters. Evansville in Indiana and Henderson in Kentucky are invaded by high water as ice melts in the river. Chunks of ice in rivers. People stand on the beaches at higher area.
The Government Bureau of Engraving and Printing turns out the first batch of certificates. The certificates will allow immediate payment to ex-servicemen all over the country. Several men and women work at the press. A woman reads the bonds.
Drunk detector spots fuzziness after three drinks. Municipal Police tests a drunk detector in Cleveland. Men take alcoholic beverages for the test. The machine is tested. It supplies scientific evidence against motorists accused of drunken driving. The Rotating discs of the detector confuse the eyes of the drunk people but fail to affect sober suspects.
Thoroughbred Jumpers star at Georgia Horse Show. Forty-eight different classes of thoroughbred horses contend for honors in a horse show. The strength of the horses proved in a variety of events as they take jumps or compete in steeplechase. Spectators watch the show.
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