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Communist supporters march in New York City: "Red Hordes Gather in Monster Rally as Police Foil Disorders, New York"

Huge crowd of communists gathered at Union Square in New York City. The communists and sympathizers carry banners. Some of the banners read: "Long Live the Soviet Union"; and "Food workers defend the Soviet Union"; and "Organize against imperialist war - Join Communist Party"; and "Join International Workers Order"; and "Stop Evictions"; and "Smash Doak's Deportation Plan" (in reference to efforts by Secretary of Labor William N. Doak, through the Bureau of Immigration, to identify illegal alien immigrants and deport them in order to free up jobs for citizens during the Great Depression.) The Police disperse the crowd.

Date: 1931, August 3
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040714
Giant doric column in Put-In-Bay, Ohio, is commemorated, celebrating victory in the Battle of Lake Erie during the War of 1812

Newsreel: "Put-in-Bay Ohio Dedicate great Perry Memorial! Giant shaft commemorates immortal victory in Battle of Lake Erie". Shows ceremonies for the tall monument that commemorates the Battle of Lake Erie in which Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry won a great naval battle during the War of 1812. The memorial also celebrates enduring peace between the UK, Canada, and the United States after the war. The memorial is observed from distance. Whole height of the column is observed. Close view of Ohio Governor George White beside another civilian dignitary, with several U.S. Navy and U.S. Army military officers flanking and behind them. Official dedication is celebrated. Dignitaries are seen above the stairs. Governor George White giving a speech. The Doric column -- the world's largest at 352 feet -- was officially named in 1936 by President Franklin Roosevelt as: Perry's Victory and International Peace Memorial National Monument.

Date: 1931, July 31
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040718
Scenes of 14 month old Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., at his home in New Jersey 6 months before he was kidnapped.

View of the house of Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Fourteen months old Charles A. Lindbergh Jr. in a pram while his parents are out of the country. The pram is taken in the garden by a caregiver. Three pet dogs run along with the pram while another rides in the carriage with young Lindbergh.

Date: 1931, August 3
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040723
Scenes of evidence against and courtroom trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for kidnapping and murder of Lindbergh baby

People gather in front of Bruno Richard Hauptmann's house (1279 East 222nd Street, Bronx, New York) while police dig for evidence near a shed. Marked ransom money found in a can is displayed. Phone number of Dr. Condon, ransom go-between is seen written on a door frame. Sketch of ransom suspect and Hauptmann are compared. Handwriting of the kidnapper compared as a match with Bruno Richard Hauptmann own handwriting. Mrs. Anna Hauptmann seen with her son, in a crib. J. Edgar Hoover, Norman H. Schwarzkopf, and police commissioner John F. O’Ryan at press conference. Document dated September 26, 1934, bearing the names of attorneys Samuel J. Foley and Charles McLaughlin, and detailing charges against Hauptmann is displayed. Scenes of courtroom trial of Hauptmann. Charles Lindbergh leaves the court, enters a waiting car, and departs.

Date: 1935, January
Duration: 2 min 22 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040728
U.S. Army Academy at West Point: Cadets in review honor Marshal Petain. Pershing plays host to noted French visitor

Marshal Petain also known as Philippe Petain with General John Joseph Pershing reviews the march of U.S. Army cadets at the United States Military Academy at West Point, New York.

Date: 1931, October 26
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040744
Newsreel 'Gar Wood fails in a try at Kaye Don's speedboat record, New York.'

Crowds gather to watch on the river banks as Gar Wood performs for charity in a water carnival and tries to break the record of his British rival. Cars are seen parked in lines on the bank. In driftwood littered Harlem, Gar Wood pilots the 'Miss America IX' speedboat. Miss America VIII follows. Signboard reads 'Lehigh Valley' at the finish point.

Date: 1931, October 26
Duration: 1 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040746