Sightseers and several parked cars are seen on one bank of the Tacoma Narrows. They are watching undulations of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge, called "Galloping Gertie" in the State of Washington, United States. Scene shifts to the bridge roadway as vibrations and oscillations increase leading to the total destruction of the the bridge. Pulsating winds blowing through the narrows caused vibrations of the bridge to reach its natural resonance frequency resulting in increased amplitude of oscillations until the structure was destroyed. Leonard Coatsworth, a Tacoma newspaper editor, is seen walking from the bridge near its end after abandoning his car, which is still on the bridge, until it collapses.
Prince Edward (formerly King Edward VIII), Duke of Windsor, and wife Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, arrive in New York. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor sit on a couch at their Waldorf-Astoria suite (301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). Cameramen arrive at the place to take the photographs and record them. The Duke and the Duchess of Windsor pose for the cameras.
A football match between Georgia and Columbia in New York. A large crowd gathers in a stadium to watch the match. The match in progress. People watch the match. Players discuss with the referee. Georgia wins the match by 7-3.
A group of people standing underneath a tree and looking up. A cat is stuck in the branches of a tree. A young man climbs up the thorny branches to rescue t cat and brings it down. The cat was stuck for 120 hrs in isolation. People are happy to have their pictures clicked with the cat.
28th President of the United States,Thomas Woodrow Wilson talking to Press correspondents. He is leaving for the Paris Peace Conference and is seen aboard the ship SS George Washington. Ship's officers and and a sailor can be seen in the background.
Dr. R.H. Lord, the American representative on the Commission of Polish affairs, George Louis Beer, the American Authority on colonial issues, and Mark Jefferson, Chief Cartographer for the American Peace Commission at the postwar negotiations seen talking amongst themselves. They are leaving for the Paris Peace Conference on the USS George Washington ship. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
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