Bootleggers at abandoned coal mine shafts in Scranton, Pennsylvania, obtaining coal illegally during the Great Depression. A vehicle passes on a paved way beside a coal field. A man stands on an area on the side of the vehicle. An explosion near a cave on the coal field. Two miners, who are carrying on with the mining activities without authorization , are seen beside the explosion area. The coal deposits, accessed via the explosion, are loaded in small carts passes along a track. The deposits loaded on to trucks by a few men in the team. Three men converse beside the truck.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to readjust national currency via the Gold Reserve Act, conveyed at the Congress in Washington DC. The United States Congress meet at the Capitol in Washington DC. The officials seated in the hall inside the Capitol building. The House leadership and officials seated in the center during discussions related to the Gold Reserve Act of 1934. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr. seated at his desk signing documents. Crates of gold being unloaded from ships as overseas gold exporters sent gold to the United States where it commanded higher prices as proclaimed by the President. Two men stocking gold bars in a bank. Young African American farmers picking cotton in a cotton field. One smiles for the camera. Commodity traders busily trading commodities on on a mercantile exchange floor. Rise in prices, as a result of revaluation of dollar.
Mining operations demonstrated in the Rosenwald Industrial Museum in Chicago, Illinois,. The Rosenwald Industrial Museum in Chicago. An elaborate full-size coal mine model set up in the museum. The equipment used for mining operations. Two men operating an equipment, to demonstrated the mining activities. The equipment works at the rock and drops the mineral deposits into a large tray. Men beside the equipment.
Firemen work to extinguish a fire at the Woolworth 5 & 10 store located at 19-21 Broadway Street in Aurora Illinois. Views of fire fighters spraying water through large hoses and working to bring the blaze under control. Body of a fireman killed in the blaze is covered. The firemen among the debris beside the wrecked building. The front wall of the blazing building collapsed killing three firemen.
A doctor with the members of the Seminole Native American Indian tribe in Miami, Florida. Members of the Seminole Indian tribe, in Miami. Women with infants in their arms seated in a line. A doctor with two nurses moves along the line examining each infant. Huts seen behind. Women in their traditional dresses. The children of the tribe. The doctor gives medicine to the children.
An air show in Miami, Florida. A large crowd gathered on the sides of a field during an air show, in Miami. U.S. Army aircraft in formation flight. Men on ground watch the aircraft. The aircraft in flight take dives. U.S. Army bombers in formation flight. The aircraft drop bombs on a model town. Smoke rises from explosions. Parachutists jump from an aircraft. The parachutists descend to the ground. The men on parachutes land on a field.
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