Kidnapping case of twenty months old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, in Trenton New Jersey. Police Commissioner John F. O'Ryan announces in press the arrest of a suspect Berhard Richard Hauptmann, from Bronx, New York in the case. He also displays the ransom money recovered from him. Mayor LaGuardia is seated beside O'Ryan. Subordinates and others working on the case seen behind and beside O'Ryan. Media is present and press men question him. A quick view of Hauptmann. Brief view of intermediary Dr John F. Condon. The arrested suspect's portrait. Crowd in front of the Hauptmann house in Bronx New York at 1279 East 222nd Street, New York, home of Richard Hauptmann. Hauptmann in handcuffs being led away by police.
A newsreel titled 'Trick riding youngsters' shows kids participate in a rodeo in Kansas City, Kansas. They exhibit excellent horsemanship by riding and controlling the horses.
Major General U.S. Marine Corps Smedley Darlington Butler bares 'Business Plot' at Newtown Square in Pennsylvania. He reveals that he had appeared before a congressional committee to reveal what he knew about those who had asked him to head an army of 500,000 men in a 'Fascist' March as part of an attempt to takeover the functions of government and setup a fascist dictatorship in the United States. (This was also sometimes called the failed Wall Street Putsch or The White House Putsch, a coup to overthrow President Franklin Roosevelt.)
The ocean liner Bremen underway. Smoke rises up from the stacks of the ship. Sailors aboard. Skyscrapers of New York City seen in background. Boxes containing gold bars move on conveyor belt from ship to dock. The liner Bremen brings more than $13,000,000 gold to United States following a sharp rise in the price of gold after passage of the Gold Reserve Act, and President Roosevelt setting the gold price much higher in the U.S. triggering exporters to send gold to the United States.
Inventor Buckminster Fuller's Dymaxion streamlined automobile in a test ride on the streets of New York City. The automobile is a three wheeled motor car. The car's license plate reads: 'SL 187.' It's maneuverability is demonstrated by parking at a curbside, and by. making a 360-degree turn, spinning closely and smoothly around a New York City policeman standing in the center of an intersection.
Daring anglers hook man-eating sharks from the cabin of a huge airship in Fisher Island. Airship or blimp in flight. The fishermen use hook and line from the cabin of the blimp to fish for sharks. The shark is raised up in the sky by the fishing expedition. The aircraft lands. The anglers with the shark.
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