During the Great Depression, thousands of veteran soldiers, mostly of World War I, gather at the offices of the Wayne County Council in Detroit. The unemployed ex-servicemen rush following Henry Ford's offer to employ residents of the locality who had served in military service. Ford plant seen. Several former soldiers drink beverages while several others smoke.
FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) agents search for Charles Mattson's murderer at Everett in Washington. Photograph of young boy Charles Mattson sitting on his pony. FBI agents search for his kidnapper and murderer. Several other photographs of Charles Mattson and his family.
Workers of General Motors on strike in Flint, Michigan. The workers sit idle. Workers indulge in activities like reading newspapers, exercising and sleeping. Interiors of the General Motors plant. No workers work in the plant.
Heavy snowfall buries the highways of Omaha in Nebraska. Automobile traffic and air transport take off impeded. Huge ploughs clear the roads. Automobiles pass on the clear road. A man stands near a plane.
National Guardsmen and police patrol the snow swept streets of Auburn in Maine. Cars parked on the streets. C.I.O. Organizers (Congress of Industrial Organizations) are arrested in a strike testing the Wagner Act. Crowd on the streets.
Clara Mortenson in a wrestling match with Rita Baker in Washington D.C. Clara Mortenson wins the title of the Champion Girl Wrestler. Rita Baker keeps the match from going one sided but goes down to defeat in 10 minutes and 30 seconds. Huge crowd watches the match.
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