A Ford stake bed truck, loaded with boxes, approaches, climbing up a hill, toward the camera. An elevated highway carrying traffic in background. The truck turns and proceeds up another street. Scene shifts to the truck moving on a highway. Then begins a sort of anatomy of the truck. Its various parts are shown. Beginning with the chassis, the film reveals its side rails; steel crossmembers; forward end;and 4-cylinder,50HP Ford engine. A cutaway of the engine and animated illustration show cylinder, pistons, valves, intake manifold, and carburetor. Rotating crankshaft, fuel pump and filter, and positive lubrication system are shown in action. Cutaway view of crankcase shows lubrication and valve lifters and springs in motion.The entire engine lubrication system is shown. The cooling system is described and shown.The ignition system and distributor are shown.Three point rubber insulated engine mounting is shown. The 4-speed transmission is shown in cutaway with gears moving. Single plate clutch is shown and the drive shaft assembly.
The Republican National Convention, meeting in the Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, renominates President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis as their standard bearers in the next election. Flag-waving delegates celebrate. Hoover prepares to address the convention. Posters of President Hoover and Vice President Curtis are displayed prominently by the speaker's podium.
View of crowd of 200,000 supporters during Franklin Roosevelt’s presidential campaign in Newark, New Jersey, during the Great Depression. Crowds clapping as former New York Governor, Al Smith, endorses Franklin Roosevelt. “The best way to bring back prosperity, the election of Roosevelt, Garner and the entire Democratic ticket!” Smith concludes his endorsement to the roaring cheer of the crowd.
Train carrying New York Governor and Presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt (FDR). Boston citizens gather to see Franklin Roosevelt. Sign saying “Our Next President Franklin Roosevelt”. Supporters wave American flags during Franklin Roosevelt’s speech onstage. New York citizens wait in line to vote outside polling station. Former New York Governor, Al Smith, and his wife, Catherine Ann Dunn, walk together to their polling station. Al Smith is seen wearing his famous “brown derby”. View of Franklin Roosevelt waiting for election returns. Crowd in Times Square waiting for election updates. Police patrols the crowd. People cheer all over New York City when Franklin Roosevelt wins the election. Franklin Roosevelt smiles. Franklin Roosevelt swims in pool to relax after election victory.
Activities of people in Richmond, Virginia. Examples of "Jim Crow" laws (racial segregation). View of the White House of the Confederacy (1201 E Clay St, Richmond, VA 23219, United States) in Richmond, Virginia. The sign reads White House of the Confederacy entrance on Clay St'. Buses parked in front of the "colored waiting room". White pedestrians at crossing on Broad Street. Highway sign reads "Colored tourists stop at Hotel McGuire, Route 1, Fredericksburg, Virginia." View of the Virginia State Capitol building (1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, United States) in the background.
Equestiran statue of George Washington in Richmond, Virginia (The Virginia Washington Monument). Various statues. People pass at roadside. The Virginia State Capitol building. A squirrel eats. Cars in lot in front of Old First Baptist Church (Greek Revival designed by Thomas Walter at northwest corner of 12th Street and East Broad Street. Note cupola over portico, which was later removed. The building later became the Hunton Student Center of Virginia Commonwealth University). New construction underway of another building beside the church. View down Broad Street. Cars pass at nearby intersection. A horse cart on a road with an African American driver, parked in front of the H. W. Rountree & Bro. Trunk and Bag Company located at 201 – 217 North Fourteenth Street. Scene changes to a long view down Broad Street. Next scene is sign that reads "White House of Confederacy Entrance on Clay Street". View of the back porch columns at the White House of the Confederacy. African American men on a horse cart pass by a parked streetcar or trolley. Another horse cart approaches, with two African American people on it. The cart is loaded with boxes. It passes by Triangle Service Station and then near a parked streetcar.
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