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1937 Ohio Valley flood scenes, with major loss of property and life in the United States.
Damage caused by 1937 flood in the Ohio Valley area of the United States. A heavy loss of property due to a flood. Supplies being unloaded from trucks for the people. People being rescued from the areas affected by flood. Men aboard boats moving through buildings on the edge of the Ohio River that are submerged in water. Men moving a wooden casket. Destroyed houses and buildings in the areas. Flooded streets. A weather vane blowing briskly in wind. Narrator details how the weather bureau forecasts the weather and offers the information to help prevent losses from such disasters. Automatic typing machine records weather instrument readings. View of newspapers being printed at a printing press. A radio tower. People gather near injured flood victims. People lined up on the street to get supplies. Scenes of floodwaters below Memphis where flooding was effectively contained. Water rushing under the then new Bonnet Carre spillway of Lake Pontchartrain near New Orleans. Man opens a book published in Lisbon in 1605, now in the Library of Congress, written by Gabriel Lobo Lasso de la Vega, reporting on the exploration team of De Soto on leaf 300 of the book. De Soto's group, in 1543, reported on the flood they saw below current day Memphis, extending over 20 leagues of land, covering the tops of trees, but not overrunning the homes of the Native Americans who build shelter atop high poles. A view of submerged homes in the 1937 flood are shown as the narrator laments that more modern people did worse than the Native American Indians.
An air "flivver" costing $1500 takes off in United States in 1937
In 1937 an "air flivver" airplane from inventor Hayden Campbell, costing $1500, ready for take off as pilot sits in the cockpit in United States. Plane takes off.
A map depicts changing borders and nations around Poland up until 1937.
Animated map shows changes in borders and nations surrounding Poland up until 1937. A map with strategic importance city of Danzig in Poland. Map shows Czechoslovakia, Russia, Hungary, Ottoman Empire, and Germany.
Chinese government leaders in 1937, and Chinese troops and Boy Scouts being reviewed by Chinese officials.
Views of government leaders of the Republic of China in 1937. Chang Po-Ling, President of Nankai University. Po-Ling is seen with a little boy outside a house. Next, General Ho Ying Chin, Minister of War is seen in full military uniform while speaking. Next scene shows Lin Sen, Chairman of the National Government, speaking into a microphone while standing on an outdoor stage. Next scene shows Chiang Kai-Shek and Madame Chiang seated in a garden. Chinese dignitaries including military officers walk down a flight of stairs and approach the camera position. A mass assembly of Chinese Army troops is seen. Next, Chinese Boys Brigade marches by a reviewing stand. Chinese Boy Scouts in uniform march with flags.
Flooded city of Zanesville, Ohio in 1937.
Cars move on a flooded street in Zanesville, Ohio. Trees, houses, shops and various other buildings submerged in water of the Muskingum River following heavy flooding of Ohio River and other nearby rivers in February 1937. An overturned truck in water. Water flows at a great speed under a bridge.
U.S. Democratic Victory Dinner. Washington, D.C. March 4, 1937
A large crowd of the Democratic Party faithful, in formal dress, gather for a Victory Dinner, in the Willard Hotel, Washington, DC, to celebrate Franklin D. Roosevelt's reelection in 1937. An orchestra plays "Happy Days Are Here Again." The President stands at a table (with a man assisting him) as Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt is escorted to his side. A battery of news photographers take their pictures. Mrs. Roosevelt speaks to President Roosevelt and then leaves. Scene shifts to banquet hall with guests seated at a long table, surrounded by others at round tables. The orchestra plays smooth dinner music. Waiters move among the guests. Reelected President Roosevelt chats with his Vice President, John Nance Garner, seated to his left.
