Scenes of flooding in Colorado Springs, Colorado, as heavy rains bring a flood crest from Monument Creek, destroying much of the town of Colorado Springs on Memorial Day 1935. Damaged bridge section floating by. Man jumps from roof of house into flood waters. People walk holding rope. People float by atop debris, swept along by swift current. Vehicles swept by floods.
Combination revolver and miniature movie camera invented by O.W. Atkins of Los Angeles. 1935 film opens showing a policeman holding a revolver (unloaded) pointed directly at the camera. A small camera is attached under the gun barrel. A side view of the revolver shows a cutaway of the movie camera attached underneath. The camera's mechanism moves the film. Next, a police officer is seen standing and pointing the gun-camera. Then in an enactment, a round camera view, ostensibly from the gun-camera, shows a man running toward the officer and being shot down by him. Next, a man in civilian clothes examines a strip of motion picture film from the gun-camera.
Recovery of building industry in the United States. Views of men hammering nails, plastering, brick laying, cementing, painting and laying false floors during a remodeling program in the United States. View of the industries which have undergone equipment improvement. Large crowds of men who are employed in the remodeling program. Laborers during construction work on streets. People at work in factories and industries and men at work in residential complexes under the National Housing Act of 1935. U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt writing at his desk.
Hurricane scenes and damage in the Florida Keys from the strongest hurricane ever to strike the United States, making landfall in the Florida Keys on September 2, 1935. It had a pressure reading of 892 millibars. Massive winds blowing and bending palm trees. Vehicles damaged. Derailed train on railway track.
Applications for social security accounts under the Social Security Act,1935 in the United States. Display of a calendar. After the enactment of the Social Security Act, 1935 on 24 November, 1936, workers sign applications to apply for Old Age Retirement Benefits for the first time. A United States Post Office building. A man fills out an application for a social security card, at the post office. Five ways to return filled applications include handing them to a shop foreman, secretary of labor union, letter carrier or depositing them directly at a post office or dropping in local mail box. After returning the application the workers receive Social Security Account Numbers from the Social Security Board. They receive monthly income for life when they retire at the age of 65 years.
Views of a vintage 1930s New York City police car on a busy street of Manhattan, New York City. At start of clip, the Columbus Circle statue of Columbus can be seen in distant background as car heads possibly down 59th Street and then down 7th Avenue. A policeman driving the car, and another cop sitting next to him looking out through the window. People walking on sidewalks, cars parked at the sides of road. Other 1930s vehicles on road including cars, taxis, trucks, and buses. A horse-drawn wagon or carriage is also seen. A corner shop with sign "Primadora" is seen. Near end of clip the car passes a Madison Square Garden entrance advertising the "National Horse Show. November 4 through November 5. International Military Jumping every night."
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