Damage due to a gas explosion in Chicago, Illinois. Interior of a chemical laboratory. Shattered exterior walls of the building. Firemen, people and policemen remove the dead and injured from the building. Rubble on the ground. Wrecked vehicles and equipment.
A football match between the Navy and Cornell in Baltimore, Maryland. The match in progress. A crowd gathers to watch the match. Navy wins the match 14-0. The crowd applauds.
A football match between Michigan and North Western in Evanston, Illinois. The match in progress. A crowd gathers to watch the match. The crowd cheers and applauds. Michigan wins the match 14-7.
J. Edgar Hoover speaks from his new office on the occasion of his appointment as the Director of the newly created Federal Bureau of Investigation or FBI. Behind his desk a sailfish is mounted on the wall. Exterior views of the new Department of Justice Building at Pennsylvania Avenue and 9th Street, in Washington, DC. A trolley car and tracks can be seen in the streets.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt explains the Peacetime Selective Service Lottery to the nation from a microphone in the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium at 14th Street and Constitution Avenue, Washington, DC, where members of the government gather to witness the first drawing of numbers under the Selective Service Act 1940.
Five ladies holding the minute hand of the huge clock standing in a queue. Two of the artisans seen carrying the minute hand of the clock. The minute hand is cast in a solid bar of aluminum, weighing 87 pounds, and is 120 inches long. Artisans seen installing the minute hand on the clock face at the top of the 22 story city hall. Powerful lights behind the dial would make the numerals visible at three miles. A person setting the timings of the clock at 3:14 which further shows time till 3:45.
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