Unemployed men in Newark, New Jersey during the Great Depression. Disturbance at railroad and dockyard being brought under control by policemen on horseback. Train and ships in background. A sign reads 'No men wanted'. Men sleep on park benches. A man holds a sign reading 'Unemployed'. Men sleep in doorways Sidewalk soup kitchen. View of shacks and an order by the Department of Health declaring them unfit for human habitation and ordering them vacated at once. Order is signed by Charles V. Craster, M,D, D.P.H., Health Officer.
College students operate a railroad system in Princeton, New Jersey. The graduate students take up the study of model trains. They work on a control system. The model of the railroad and trains shows a train during a cross over. The students operate the entire railroad system.
Parachute jumpers jump from a U.S. Navy K-class blimp in Lakehurst, New Jersey. A parachutist in front of a navy blimp. Personnel stand near a ladder. The blimp in flight. Navy Parachutists inside the blimp. View of pilot and looking through blimp windshield with pilot at the controls. Paratroops jump one after another. View from jump hatch as each man jumps and their parachute opens in flight. Two navy blimp airships in flight. A parachutist looks out from the window of the blimp. An aerial of a delayed parachute opening and buildings. Safe landing by the parachutist. A tower in the background.
Display of a model of 'Madison House' in Newark, New Jersey. People look at the design and interiors of a living room. Two old women and a couple observe houses worth $12,500. People observe dinette kept for display from outside a glass window. An official of the U.S. military is amongst the visitors. A modern kitchen design available with the houses. A man inspects the kitchen.
Display of a model of 'Westing House' (Westinghouse) in Newark, New Jersey in the post-war era. People look at the design of an electric kitchen. Modern equipment in the kitchen. Electric refrigerators, grills, stoves, cloths ironer and washing machines. Salesman explains different gadgets as a couple listens to him. He demonstrates working of some of the gadgets. A signboard advertising 'Westing House Combination Kitchen-Laundry'.
Ground crew move the airship USS Akron on mooring masts out of its large hanger, at Lakehurst in New Jersey. A specially prepared mooring mast for reaching nose of a dirigible. Ground support crew drag the huge airship USS Akron out of its hanger. A number of men drag the airship and move it out of the large hanger.
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