Flood relief operations of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Pennsylvania during the Great Depression. Damaged buildings and houses submerged due to flood water. Flood waters stand in Johnstown streets. Ruins on street. An inclined railway carries citizens up a hill. Workers clean the debris. Wrecked vehicles and debris on streets. Sign: ' Have Faith In Johnstown'. Debris and mud being cleaned from streets. WPA workers rescue stranded citizens by canoes and rowboats in Harrisburg: Trucks are loaded with canoes and rowboats arrive at a flooded area. Workers unload boats. Boats being rowed in flooded water. WPA workers rescue stranded citizens. Posh area of Pennsylvania submerged in flooded water. Flood water devastates houses, buildings and factories.
The Henry Ford II freighter, of the Ford Motor Company, launched on Lake Erie in Lorain, Ohio. Huge propeller and rudder visible as the freighter slides off dry dock skids and moves into the water. Crew member standing and waving on the ship. Large number of spectators standing at the shore.
A train wreck in New York, United States, near border of New York and New Jersey. Two Erie Railroad trains collided on a railway track. Several men beside the collision area. Damaged compartments of the trains on the track. A railway official moving between seats inside one of the trains. Dislocated seats and broken windows. Firemen and volunteers removing bodies from the trains. A group of men inside one of the trains trying to remove the dead bodies stuck between the parts of the train. Two men standing on ladders kept against a train and holding a white piece of cloth. Men moving bodies on stretchers. Several men in the collision area.
Army Day parade on Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington DC. Men on horseback followed by army band along Pennsylvania Avenue. Crowd lines side walks. Military units march. Cadets from Washington's colleges and high schools march. All units parade past the President's reviewing stand.
Opening scene shows a man holding fast to the mast of a boat that contains a huge rotating two-bladed propeller instead of a sail. The propeller-rotor is geared to a drive shaft (unseen) turning the boat's underwater propeller (screw). Several men are in the boat as one sets the controls. Next, two men are seen in the boat as it speeds over the water with the big rotor turning rapidly.
In a film titled "College boys try their lure as 'show-girls'," undergraduate male students of the University of Pennsylvania Mask and Wig Club dress in drag and put on wigs and makeup preparing to portray girls. The young men dressed as women dance on the stage to prepare for the Club's forthcoming musical production.
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