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Civilians of England, Arkansas work together to prepare food for the unemployed and drought affected people of Henryeta, Okla.

Civilians and farmers of England, Arkansas work together to prepare food for the unemployed and drought affected people of Henryeta, Oklahoma during the Great Depression. A man pulls corn from a farm with raised bumper crops. Men carry food and ration supplies and load them to trucks to feed the people of Henryeta. Convoy of motor trucks drives on the roads. Banner on a truck reads 'Food for the unemployed'.

Location: England Arkansas USA
Date: 1931, August 27
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037100
Demonstration of different sign of Indian sign language by General Hugh L. Scott, United States.

A film named 'Dictionary of Indian Sign Language' starts. General Hugh L. Scott seated on a chair demonstrates Native American Indian sign language. General demonstrates sign Water that is to drink, apple creek and Arkansas river that is flint arrowhead. Specifically: Apple Creek signs: WATER TREE BERRY/FRUIT SPINY, which translates to Spiny-fruit-tree-river (River of the spiny-fruit tree). Arkansas River signs: WATER FLINT (ARROW) TIP, which translates to Flint-arrowhead-river. ARROW is left out for abbreviation.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033003
Flashbacks show USS Wakefield being christened as SS Manhattan, and famous passengers aboard in the early 1930s

Famous passengers aboard ocean liner SS Manhattan (later USS Wakefield during World War II) in the United States. Flashbacks show the USS Manhattan being christened by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt on 5th December 1931. It is seen being launched from New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden New Jersey. View of maiden voyage on 10th August 1932, with passengers boarding the ship. It leaves a port for her first trip to Ireland, England, Germany and France. Couples dance aboard the deck of the SS Manhattan. Passengers including Babe Ruth, Jimmy Walker, Glenn Cunningham, and aviator Douglas Corrigan ("Wrong Way Corrigan") seen aboard the ship.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1932
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070724
Poverty in Great Depression; Red Cross provides help to victims of drought in Marked Tree, Arkansas

Scenes of drought and poverty in early 1930s United States. Red Cross provides help to the victims of drought in the town of Marked Tree in Arkansas, during the Great Depression, and early in Dust Bowl period. People lined outside the Red Cross headquarters for food and medicine. Women, men and children in line to receive aid. Bridges over dry waterways. Scorched crops in the fields, emaciated, dying livestock animals. Hunger struck women and children. Close-up of children of a family with torn shoes or no shoes on their feet. Man shown picking dried up cotton bolls from sparse, unhealthy cotton plants. Man and woman with their 6 children outside a simple wooden shack home in a rural farming area. Close-up views of feet of children with shoes falling apart and toes sticking out of shoes. Hungry boys and girls lined outside Red Cross relief buildings. Each child walks out with a cup of something to drink and a biscuit in hand for food.

Location: Marked Tree Arkansas USA
Date: 1931, February 5
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036005
A sign for salt fork of Arkansas in Indian sign language by General Hugh L. Scott, United States.

General Hugh L. Scott seated on a chair demonstrates Indian sign language. General Scott demonstrates a sign for salt fork of Arkansas.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 9 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033078
Philip Hauser briefs George Stone on U.S. census from 1820 to 1931 in USA; also some Wall Street depression scenes

George Stone and Dr Philip Hauser at the presentation of U.S. census around 1960. A slide of U.S. map appears on the screen. 1820 and population figures are marked on part of the map inhabited at that time. The reasons for the increase in the population are discussed by George Stone and Dr Philip Hauser. In the next slide census figures of 1830 appears. Concern for the handicapped lead to including of deaf, dumb and blind category in this census is shown. Dr Philip Hauser shows cartoons appearing in newspapers of that time to George Stone. In the next slide, census figures of 1850 and 7 classes of occupation of people are seen. A percentage representation of various occupations in the population is given in the next slide. The stress on accuracy of 1850 census is seen in the next slide. A comparison of number of occupations of males and females from 1840 to 1870 is shown in the next slide. Census of 1930 is mentioned in the next slide. 1931 is shown as a Special Unemployment Census. Newspaper headlines about stock market crash is seen. Around clip timecode 8:13 are images of Wall Street New York Stock Exchange floor near time of stock market crash. Wall Street region in New York City filled with people and views of lines or queues for homeless, unemployed, or food during the Great Depression.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1929
Duration: 9 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023756
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