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Various buildings including Hall of science and Lama temple at world's fair grounds in Chicago, Illinois.

Buildings at the Century of Progress World's Fair grounds in Chicago, Illinois. Aerial view of the buildings at the fair grounds. Buildings include Hall of Science, the Travel and Transport unit and a dome shaped building. Exteriors of Chinese Lama temple and neo classic administration building.

Date: 1932, September 26
Duration: 1 min 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059261
A football game between convicts of the Stateville Prison team and the Cabery football team end in 0-0 tie in Joliet, Illinois

A football game in Joliet, Illinois. Aerial view of the buildings at Stateville Correctional Center. A football game between the Stateville Prison team and the Cabery football team. The players play on mud-soaked field during the game. People watch the game.

Date: 1932, December 29
Duration: 1 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068203
Debtors construct store, paint roofs and eat after work to pay their debts to the Grohar brothers in Joliet, Illinois

The Grohar brothers, grocers, induce workers to build a new store in Joliet, Illinois, during the Great Depression. Unemployed debtors including carpenters,brick layers,plasterers,grocers and other artisans work on building of a new store to pay off their due debts. The new store known as 'the store that friendship built'. A cement trolley on ground. Two men note. Workers paint roof. Workers eat food.

Date: 1932, August 11
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068207
Frosh and upper classmen fight with each other for straw sacks as the Freshmen win the annual straw race in Chicago, Illinois.

Annual straw race in Chicago, Illinois. Straw race starts. Frosh (First year college students) and older students run with straw sacks. Freshmen and upper classmen fight with each other for straw sacks. They tear their shirts off while grabbing for straw. Young men pour straw out of sacks and throw sacks over a fence. Captains of the opposing teams shake hands at the end of the match.

Date: 1932, May 16
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071663
Franklin Roosevelt delivers nomination acceptance speech during presidential campaign at Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois.

The Democratic National Convention at the Chicago Stadium in Chicago, Illinois. A large crowd gathers for the national convention. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt, the nominee for president, delivers his nomination acceptance speech. The flag of the United States and another flag in the background. A sign: 'NBC'(National Broadcasting Company.

Date: 1932, July 2
Duration: 1 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071990
Pushball match at Loyola University, Illinois.

A huge inflated ball in a stadium of Loyola University in Illinois, Chicago. College students playing push ball. Other students cheer the participants in the Pushball game as they struggle to move the giant ball to the opponents side of the field.

Date: 1932, October 27
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033275