Track events between the USA and Great Britain held in 1936 in London. American athlete Jesse Owens warms-up and stretches prior to an event. Owens and other American athletes during march-past. The men's 200 meters and hurdle race events. Spectators watch keenly. Owens after a victory.
View of open-pit mine at Jerome in Arizona, USA. Timber of old underground mining can be seen in the sides of the pit. Loose rock barred down from steep pit walls. Sulphide ore mined by small shovels mounted on caterpillars. Light trucks haul the ore to chutes.
View of the main haulage tracks for ore cars inside a copper mine drift at Ray in Arizona, USA. The drifts branch off beneath the ore. A mine worker stands beside an ore car. Another miner climbs a ladder.
A newsreel titled "Universal five wins Olympics basketball final" shows a game between the company team from Universal Pictures and the McPherson Globe Refiners from Globe Oil and Refining Co. of McPherson, Kansas. The McPherson team is sometimes also referred to as the Oilers, or the Refiners. The teams are seen playing in the Olympics Qualifying basketball final in New York's Madison Square Garden. People cheer the two teams. Universal defeats the McPherson Globe Refiners to win the Olympics final. The win entitled the Universal Pictures team to name 7 players to the Olympic basketball team representing the United States in the 1936 Olympics held in Berlin Germany, and McPherson Globe Refiners was able to name 6 players to the team. These two teams beat out five U.S. college teams to earn the spots in the final and determine the makeup of the U.S. Olympic Basketball team. Players in the game in this video clip include Globe Refiners forward Francis Johnson, Centers Willard Schmidt and Joe Fortenberry, and Universal forward Carl Knowles. Universal beat the Globe Refiners by a score of 44 to 43. According to a Time Magazine article of April 13, 1936, the Globe Oil & Refining team, "...have perfected a technique called dunking with which they score by jumping up above the basket, dropping the ball into it." This may be one of the earliest references to dunking, now a staple technique in basketball. The same Time article further stated of the Oilers, "On the defense, they prevent opponents from scoring by batting the ball out of the basket." Again, the Globe Refiners were demonstrating play that later became standard in modern basketball. The idea for the Globe Refiners was a company promotion scheme, thought up in 1934 by Gene Johnson, the Sales Manager of Globe Oil who had several years experience coaching basketball. The Olympic team also included Washington State Huskey player Ralph Bishop. The USA went on to win the gold, defeating Canada 19-8.
Exteriors of copper mining plants at the Inspiration Mine and Miami in Arizona. A plant in the background. Smoke stacks emit smoke. View of a mine pit cause by caving beneath it in Miami.
Prisoners being transferred under Wayne County police during Detroit riots in Michigan, United States. Entrance of County Jail. Prisoners are taken from jail, loaded onto buses for transfer to another jail. Police and soldiers stand outside County Jail. Policeman stands on guard and smiles. Wayne County Police stands by. Men arrested get into a bus. Bus being driven away. Another bus being loaded with prisoners.
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