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Marked Tree Arkansas USA 1931 stock footage and images

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Poverty in Great Depression; Red Cross provides help to victims of drought in Marked Tree, Arkansas

Scenes of drought and poverty in early 1930s United States. Red Cross provides help to the victims of drought in the town of Marked Tree in Arkansas, during the Great Depression, and early in Dust Bowl period. People lined outside the Red Cross headquarters for food and medicine. Women, men and children in line to receive aid. Bridges over dry waterways. Scorched crops in the fields, emaciated, dying livestock animals. Hunger struck women and children. Close-up of children of a family with torn shoes or no shoes on their feet. Man shown picking dried up cotton bolls from sparse, unhealthy cotton plants. Man and woman with their 6 children outside a simple wooden shack home in a rural farming area. Close-up views of feet of children with shoes falling apart and toes sticking out of shoes. Hungry boys and girls lined outside Red Cross relief buildings. Each child walks out with a cup of something to drink and a biscuit in hand for food.

Location: Marked Tree Arkansas USA
Date: 1931, February 5
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036005
Demonstration of different sign of Indian sign language by General Hugh L. Scott, United States.

A film named 'Dictionary of Indian Sign Language' starts. General Hugh L. Scott seated on a chair demonstrates Native American Indian sign language. General demonstrates sign Water that is to drink, apple creek and Arkansas river that is flint arrowhead. Specifically: Apple Creek signs: WATER TREE BERRY/FRUIT SPINY, which translates to Spiny-fruit-tree-river (River of the spiny-fruit tree). Arkansas River signs: WATER FLINT (ARROW) TIP, which translates to Flint-arrowhead-river. ARROW is left out for abbreviation.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1931
Duration: 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033003
Philip Hauser briefs George Stone on U.S. census from 1820 to 1931 in USA; also some Wall Street depression scenes

George Stone and Dr Philip Hauser at the presentation of U.S. census around 1960. A slide of U.S. map appears on the screen. 1820 and population figures are marked on part of the map inhabited at that time. The reasons for the increase in the population are discussed by George Stone and Dr Philip Hauser. In the next slide census figures of 1830 appears. Concern for the handicapped lead to including of deaf, dumb and blind category in this census is shown. Dr Philip Hauser shows cartoons appearing in newspapers of that time to George Stone. In the next slide, census figures of 1850 and 7 classes of occupation of people are seen. A percentage representation of various occupations in the population is given in the next slide. The stress on accuracy of 1850 census is seen in the next slide. A comparison of number of occupations of males and females from 1840 to 1870 is shown in the next slide. Census of 1930 is mentioned in the next slide. 1931 is shown as a Special Unemployment Census. Newspaper headlines about stock market crash is seen. Around clip timecode 8:13 are images of Wall Street New York Stock Exchange floor near time of stock market crash. Wall Street region in New York City filled with people and views of lines or queues for homeless, unemployed, or food during the Great Depression.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1929
Duration: 9 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023756
Mark VIII tank of World War I undergoes tree smashing and climbing tests in Bridgeport, Connecticut

Testing and demonstration of ordnance material in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Mark VIII tank of World War I tested in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Tank smashes apple tree during a tree smashing test to test its traction power. Tank moves over a 14 feet obstruction trench from the flat side. Tank moves over a trench from mound side during a climbing test. Mark VIII climbs over a stone wall. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)

Location: Bridgeport Connecticut USA
Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675048449
Animation depicts the high cost of living causing social unrest in Hawaii.

Animation depicts the high cost of living in Hawaii. A coconut palm tree on a beach. Man comes out of hut and climbs tree to get a coconut marking year 1900. Second time man wanting coconut. Tree becomes tall and coconut marks year 1920. Shows how high cost of living causes social unrest. Short palm tree with coconut marking year 1925.

Location: Honolulu Hawaii USA
Date: 1920
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052982
Old graduates celebrate 63rd Anniversary of University of California

Old graduates of University of California gather for Charter Day in Berkeley, California. Traditional procession of gowned dignitaries marks 63rd Anniversary of University of California. Buildings in background. Trees lined on sides of the road. A huge crowd seated.

Location: Berkeley California USA
Date: 1931, March 30
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041978
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