A crowd of unemployed Americans demonstrate asking the City Council for work and relief during the Great Depression. The crowd, many who are CWA workers (Communications Workers of America) and others, including Communists, fill the street in front of the Minneapolis City Hall (350 S 5th St, Minneapolis, MN 55415, United States) and Courthouse area. Police move the crowd back from the buildings. The crowd is seen beating a man dressed in a black overcoat. The beaten man is then escorted away to safety by a policeman and another man.
Henry Ford and Will Rogers converse, with Edsel Ford beside them, seated in stands at the baseball World Series, at Navin Field, Detroit, Michigan. Henry Ford escorts a group of visitors for a tour of Ford Assembly plant in Dearborn, Michigan. Number of cars lined up for display. People watch from glass window. Man stands next to one of the Ford vehicle.
U.S. Secretary of Treasury Henry Morgenthau Jr speaks about the cost of the New Deal. He explains that although the national debt has increased from 21 billion USD to 27 billion USD, this has been offset somewhat by an increase in assets at the Treasury Department of almost 1.6 billion USD during the same time period.
An African American woman convert is dunked in water of a river or creek by an African American preacher and three other church helpers during a Christian religious baptism ceremony. African American men and women sing gospel spiritual music and praise at bank of the river as several people in their community are baptized. One woman is moved in a way that she appears to be overcome with emotion and almost convulse following her baptism.
World's Three Cushion Championship in billiards (pool). Welker Cochrane and Johnny Layton play a billiards game. They shake hands. Johnny Layton wins the match. He gets prize. The champion medal. From a March 12, 1959 newsreel featuring events from 25 years earlier.
Workers work at Stearman factory in Wichita. They construct parts of aircraft. Welders work in the factory. General layout of the Plant. Lathe workers work. Lumber storing and cutting room. Wing sections made for aircraft. Welders work. Sections of Plant handle fuselage frameworks. Workman sprays framework.
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