Joe Louis wins the world heavyweight boxing championship in Chicago, Illinois. A large crowd and a large number of vehicles are on the road in front of Comiskey Park. Police gathered at the stadium for the bout. Stadium sign : 'Comiskey Park, Home of the White Sox'. Spectators enter into Comiskey Park. View of enthusiastic celebration among a throng of people in Harlem on news that Joe Louis, AKA the Brown Bomber, had defeated James Braddock. Pan view from feet to head of Joseph Louis Barrow (Joe Louis), the heavyweight boxing champion of America, after winning the world championship crown on June 22, 1937 against James J. Braddock (opponent) in round 8 in Chicago. View of James Braddock (nicknamed "Cinderella Man") seated with his family in an interview after he defeated Max Baer for the title, but before the fight with Louis. Braddock asks his son, "Now that Daddy is champ, what do you want him to get for you." His son replies that he'd like a bike. Braddock answers, "A big bicycle" and his son says yes. View of Braddock alone, with a bandage on his left ear. (Audio present at end of clip only during Braddock interview.)
Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. View of the Chicago Police Department Headquarters Building (which also contains courtrooms) in the 1100 Block of South State Street. Cars parked in parking area in foreground. Views of Conrad Hilton hotel. People playing tennis and relaxing on park benches in foreground.
Demonstrations during Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Demonstrators in a park. They walk through the park. Protestors walking on streets of Chicago. Troops release tear gas on a bridge and demonstrators are seen running back across the bridge to escape the tear gas. Close-up views of some demonstrators and one police officer holding handkerchiefs over their faces to block tear gas effects. Another group of protestors walking near a park.
Headquarters of the United States Department of Defense at the Pentagon in Virginia, United States. Aerial view of cars parked out side the Pentagon. A road in the foreground. The Pentagon building and the surrounding area. The Potomac River and the Washington Monument in Washington DC, in the background.
View of Miss Loretta Zygowicz, a woman weight-lifter in Oak Park. Female body builder Loretta Zygowicz lifts a barbell with plates, doing several cleans and push presses. Male body builder spotters are seen beside her. She adds more weight. Loretta Zygowicz lifts weights over her head doing a clean and then a split jerk. She flips a man over her back and flexes, together with the male body builders, showing her muscles.
Children eat, play and sleep in a nursery school set up under Works Progress Administration project in Chicago, Illinois. People swim in a pool. Boys and girls play in swimming pools and splash. Boys in a line wait to use a diving board as a boy dives off of a high dive spring board. Children enjoy playground equipment and play on swings in a playground also constructed through WPA projects during the Great Depression.
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