Drought hits the mid-western United States. Barren and damaged fields due to drought. Cattle in a farm. Dead bodies of cattle, who died due to starvation lying on a field during the dust bowl.
Anglo-American investor Samuel Insull in the United States. He with his family in his house. He flees from the country but is brought back to face charges resulting from his firm's collapse.
Fire sweeps stockyards in Chicago, Illinois. Buildings on fire. Men walks past the the stockyard. Huge columns of fire and smoke rise up.
Unrest and violence in the United States by strikers in various cities. Aerial view of San Francisco. General strike in San Francisco. People gather on the streets to protest. A board reads: 'Out of Gasoline Due to Strike conditions' at a Shell gas station. Injured people lying on the street during Truck Drivers strike in Minneapolis, Minnesota, as Police battle strikers and use clubs to control them. Strike in Toledo by Auto Accessory Workers shows State guardsmen throwing rocks back at strikers and using tear gas and knockout gas to control the situation. Strikers are grabbed by State Guards forcefully and hauled away. The strikes arise as a result of disputes over the meaning of new labor rules.
Automobile and air races in the Omaha, Nebraska. Scenes of the crack ups and amazing escapes from death. Airplane in flight. It crashes in an area. Trees in the background. High altitude view of an area. Cars moving on the race track. Cameramen record the event. A car loses the control and crashes. The driver escapes death.
Aerial view of the U.S. Navy Minesweeper, USS Falcon (AM-28) dispatched from New London, Connecticut, to rescue crew members from the sunken submarine USS Squalus. Closeup from beside the Falcon as crew members open a diving bell that was sent down 240 feet to the ocean floor for the rescue. Several rescued crew members from the submarine are helped out of the diving bell and climb aboard the Falcon. (A total of 33 crew were saved in four descents of the diving bell). Next, survivors reach a dock. A woman speaks with one of the rescued men as he steps into a car. Views of the Falcon and several support vessels. Scene shifts to 13 July 1939, when the first attempt is made to raise the Squalus. An officer officer manipulates valves to send compressed air down into the hull of the Squalus. Next, foam is generated in the water as the bow of the Squalus emerges clearly showing its number, 192. The submarine remains in that condition, with bow elevated and then sinks again. (Note: several more attempts were made in subsequent months to raise the Squalus, until, finally, on 13 September 1939, the boat was successfully raised and towed to the Portsmouth Navy Yard for repairs. The submarine was renamed USS Sailfish and recommissioned in May 1940.)
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