Stratosphere balloon 'Explorer' rips 57,000 feet over Earth in Rapid City, South Dakota. The Stratosphere Balloon with a Pressurized Capsule takes off from ground with its three occupants. The Explorer tears in the air and plunges downwards. A family listens about its launch gathered around radio in their living room. Broadcast on radio. 'Army Air Corps' written on the wrecked pressurized Capsule. Wreckage of the balloon. Officials inspect the capsule wreckage.
A baseball game being played at Navin Field, in Detroit, Michigan. Based on the uniforms, the size of the crowd, and the action seen in the clip, this is very likely the second game of a doubleheader played by the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox May 30, 1916, on the holiday then known as Decoration Day (now Memorial Day). Clip opens with shots of one White Sox player, two Tigers players hitting. Camera pans across packed stands. Tigers outfielder and Hall of Famer Ty Cobb (with split grip on bat) reaches out to get a hit. White Sox catcher Ray Schalk removes mask, gets ready for throw. Detroit player tries to score; Schalk receives the ball, applies the tag. Umpire's call is difficult to discern. Action shifts to an overhead view. Three White Sox players score on a hit, the last one sliding past an attempted tag by Detroit catcher Oscar Stanage. Detroit pitcher Harry Coveleski gets final out of the inning. Detroit player reaches first base on infield error. The next batter pokes a ball over first baseman for a single. Other Tigers players hit. The Tigers would win this game 9-8.
Workmen guide a truck carrying the top half of a wood frame house on a narrow path through woods. The truck in a large clearing in the woods. Next the bottom half of the house is seen with cables wrapped around it and a steel girder above. in the next scene, has been moved to the clearing and men stand atop it, while an 80 ton crane slowly raises the upper half and maneuvers it toward the lower half. The Crane belongs to the C.P. Ward Company, a New York State General Contractor Firm. The crane operator and workmen guide the upper half of the house into place.
A widowed female hippopotamus gets a new partner at a zoo in New York. A hippopotamus plays in water at the zoo. Zookeeper feeds a group of hippopotamuses. A hippopotamus chewing. Two heavy-weight hippopotamuses move around in the cage. Rosa and Caliph the hippopotamuses face each other with bars separating them. Animated hearts surround the two hippos. Spectators watch the animals in the background. A hippopotamus comes close to the camera.
Jewish Rosh Hashanah New Year prayers in New York's East Side. Views of quiet streets that are normally busy. Jews in shuls offer prayers. Men in Tallit robes praying. Jewish women light candles and pray.
City of Nelscott in Oregon United States, destroyed due to flood. Gigantic waves of sea strikes the rocks at the shores. A view of destroyed boasts on the ground and flood water fills the city. A woman and a man take his child on a wooden raft. They load provisions while floating beside a house window. Man along with child, household furniture and a dog, sail the raft through flood water. People walk cautiously in search for a safer place. Logs of trees destroyed by flood.
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