Tornado sweeps the city in New Orleans, Louisiana. Civilians clear debris. Mass of wreckage, scattered houses, damaged automobiles and furniture in the city. People repairing houses. Civilians standing on streets with debris all around them.
Three thousand men walk and demonstrate outside the New York Shipbuilding company plant during a labor strike in Camden, New Jersey. Next scene shows a different group of striking workers as a dispute between police officers and strikers marks labor difficulties at the Worsted Mill in Cleveland, as police on horseback push back group of striking workers. Unrest in streets and workers running in streets. View of smokestacks of industrial factory with smoke coming out. Men entering factory and standing in line to punch their time cards at the start of a a work shift. Men at work inside automobile plants, assembling cars in Detroit, after U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt settled the dispute between laborers and manufactures in the motor industry.
A circus in New York City. Animals being unloaded from railroad freight train yards to be moved to Madison Square Garden. Smiling, happy young boys and girls watch the animals with excitement. Camel calf being unloaded from freight yard. Men lead a herd of camels, horses and elephants. Horses and elephants in the ring. High elevated view of circus act underway, with elephants in rings. Circus showman guides horses in a ring. Trapeze artists seen doing a high wire stunt. Clowns interact with a donkey or burro that is trying to kick them.
A West Coast Track Classic in Los Angeles, California. Racers drive model racing cars on the Legion Ascot Speedway. Small accidents occur during the race. Spectators watch the thrilling race. Smoke rises due to an accident on the track. Driver gets out of the car.
Workers raise 20-ton Bourdon bell, the world's largest tuned carillon bell, 400 feet to Riverside Church (490 Riverside Dr, New York, NY 10027, United States) tower in New York City. The Bourdon bell was funded by John D. Rockefeller, a parishioner at the church. Man stands next to the large bell. The 20-ton bell being raised to be put on the Riverside Church tower. The church is in Harlem between Riverside Drive and Claremont Ave (between 120th Street and 122nd Street).
Success of 'Hanging Eye' by the United States Army Air Service in Newport News, Virginia. Demonstrations of direct bombing over enemy targets with the help of a dirigible hidden in a cloud. Lieuts, Paul and McCracken are lowered in a tiny Hanging Eye to blimp and telephone to craft above. Aviators seated in a little car with fields on ground in the background.
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