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.
Labor riots and strikes during the Great Depression. Opening scenes show coal being moved out of a mine in Harlan County, Kentucky. Armed Kentucky National Guard soldiers climb aboard and ride on each open car of coal. Miners who cross the picket lines to work (aka strike-breakers, or SCABS) enter the mine under National Guard protection. One miner carries a pistol, along with his lunch box. Change of scene to a street, probably in Detroit, Michigan, where several women carry signs denigrating the "Big Three" (automobile manufacturers). One sign reads: "The Big 3 call us RED Because we fight for Bread." The final sequence shows a group of men attacking a farmer's truck carrying milk cans. The attackers force the truck to the side of a country road and empty all the milk cans. A plank, filled with upwards pointing spikes, has been placed on the road to stop trucks. In a town street, A vigilante knocks a man from a vegetable truck, as it passes him. A gang of men attacking the vegetable truck are resisted by club wielding vigilantes.
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