The 73rd U.S. Congress ends its session in Washington DC, United States. Billions of dollars are voted for the operation of U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal programs to aid the country during the Great Depression. Exterior view of the U.S. Capitol framed by trees. Wheat harvesting combines at work on a field. Scenes of men getting back to work. Men cutting down trees in logging operations as part of Works Progress Administration (WPA) or Civilian Conservation Corps work (CCC). A crowd of men walking into work on grounds of a plant of factory. Woman fills white cloth bags with coins. Men gathered at a stock or commodity exchange. A biplane aircraft taking off from a snow covered runway. A new ship being launched from skids at a shipyard. The ship underway. Women workers seated at a liquor distillery assembly line put covers on liquor bottle tops. Bartender pours draft beer into glasses in a bar (soon after end of prohibition) and serves patrons. Men and women gathered at a bar drinking alcohol. U.S. Congress in session and view of Speaker of the House, Henry Thomas Rainey, standing and using gavel at podium or dais.
A storm in Seattle, Washington. Submerged houses in flooded waters. Men struggle to clear the wreckage. Damaged ships at a dockyard. 'North Haven Juneau' at a harbor. Debris and wreckage due to the floods. Damaged houses. Uprooted trees and broken vehicles in front of the houses. A pig scavenges from the dump.
The Piccards go on a stratosphere flight in Dearborn, Michigan. Jeannette Piccards joins her husband Jean Piccard in a perilous journey into the stratosphere. Attendants help them aboard. Souvenir hunters strip the gas bag after its landing at Cadiz, Ohio. The Piccards begin their flight with the help of a large balloon. A plane flies in the background. 'Piccards stratosphere flight' written on the balloon.
Miss Paris, Renee Jouve in New York City. Miss Renee Jouve models in winter clothing. Photographers take pictures. Miss Paris sits on a bench. A man adjusts her skirt. A photographer takes her picture as she is seated on the bench.
The Big Four Express jumps the tracks in Earl Park, Indiana. The Big Four Express running between Chicago and Cincinnati meets with an accident. A crowd gathers around the overturned train. A view of the damaged train. Workers clear the debris.
The streamline Union Pacific on a record breaking run in Los Angles. The Union Pacific breaks two records on the run to Chicago. A passenger gets onto the train. Cooks in the train pantry. Waiters serve food on the train. Workers check the train at a station. Passengers waiting at the station to board the Union Pacific.