German civilians forced by U.S. Army soldiers in World War 2 to dig mass graves for Nazi atrocity victims of the Gardelegen Massacre, in Gardelegen, Germany. Bodies of slave laborer political prisoners on the ground, including Russians, Poles, and French, many of whom had come from the Mittelbau-Dora Concentration Camp and the Hannover-Stöcken Concentration Camp . A large barn in the background on the Isenschnibbe estate, showing evidence of fire damage, where many victims were found by the U.S. Army 102nd Infantry Division on April 14, 1945, after having been locked in the barn which was then set on fire on April 13, 1945. German civilians uncover nearby existing hastily dug mass graves containing piled victims. Dead bodies placed in new graves and covered with dirt. Civilians under U.S. Army direction dig long, mass grave trenches to bury the dead.
Garfield Arthur Wood sets a new speedboat record of 102 miles per hour at Miami Beach Florida. Scenes of how Garfield Wood sets the record with Miss America IX. 23 March 1931.
Women are seen happily register to vote at the Boulevard Hair Cutter following passage of the 19th Amendment to the Constitution in the United States. Women are handed registration forms as they enter. The new women voters smile as they come out of the shop. Men are also smiling, standing outside the shop. A policeman stands guard while the women register to vote.
Brothers John and Kenneth Hunter fly over the Sky Harbor airport,Northbrook, Illinois, in their Stinson SM-1 airplane,"The City of Chicago," preparing to land after a record-setting endurance flight lasting from June 11 through July 4, 1930. They are forced to discontinue their flight due to oil filter and leak problems. Huge crowds are gathered around the Sky Harbor Club House as they fly overhead. Aerial view of the their Stinson SM-1, with "The City of Chicago" painted on its fuselage. The crowds rush across the grassy field and past other airplanes at the airport, as the Hunters plane touches down.But the brothers continue taxiing until they reach a hangar. The brothers are seen with local airport officials near the hangar where they parked. John, covered in oil, that spewed in the cockpit from a broken oil pressure gauge, poses next to two women.The brothers pose together.They set a new endurance record of 553 hours and 41minutes, supported by inflight refueling from their brothers, Albert and Walter, from another Stinson SM-1 airplane (not shown).
Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) track race for women athletes held in July 1930, at Southern Methodist University (SMU), Dallas, Texas. Hurdle race is shown on the track. Runners jump over the hurdles. Maybelle Gilliland and team wins the race setting a new world record in the 400 yard hurdle relay race in the National Women's AAU (Amateur Athletic Union) track meet. Maybelle Gilliland poses for a photo. Another race conducted on the track. Runners run at a fast pace. Broad jump event is shown. Contestant throws javelin during the javelin throw event. Closeup view of young woman athlete Babe Didrikson with javelin in hand.
Agricultural specialist walking beside a cow outside a barn at University of Maryland experimental dairy farm in College Park, Maryland. Calves eating from buckets with stems to simulate teats. Close-up view of body of cow standing in barn. A cow is injected with small dose of radioactive isotope to trace efficiency of feed conversion into milk. Cow is marked with a piece of tape identifying it as radioactive. A scientist takes milk sample from the cow. The milk is analyzed in a laboratory. Various laboratory instruments and scientists in white lab coats working with them. Sample is broken down into components to determine how much of the radioactive injection was converted into milk. Close up view of Geiger counter instrument in laboratory for measuring radioactivity of samples. Milk being poured into small sample vials for analysis. Narrator notes the research is providing "new clues to cattle nutrition which will mean more milk and better milk on our breakfast tables." Another closeup view of the Holstein cow in the barn.
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