Match for United States Women's Open Golf Championship in Worcester, Massachusetts. Woman player hits the shot at a golf course. Spectators watch the match. Golf players include Earling Heggie, Joe. In the final round, Betsy Rawls holds a lead and wins her 4th U.S. open.
President Franklin D. Roosevelt stands at podium and speaks after Democratic Victory Dinner, in the Willard Hotel, Washington, DC, on March 4, 1937. He states that, "Democracy in many lands has failed, for the time being, to meet human needs." He speaks of people being so fed up with debate and party bickering that they surrender democratic principles and processes to get things done. He goes on to speak of history, and failure of dictatorship. He states that, "In the United States, Democracy has, not yet, failed, and does not need to fail." At that point the audience applauds. Roosevelt refers the the Agricultural Adjustment Act. He complains about the Supreme Court. He remarks with a smile that, as the lawyers themselves say, "In this fight, time is of the essence." The audience applauds. He speaks of meeting the needs of the peple, now.
United States President Woodrow Wilson and his wife after returning from the Paris peace Conference. The Welcome Home Procession includes United States soldiers on horses and motor bikes. President Wilson and his wife sitting in the car. Escorted by the United States soldiers they are seen leaving the Commonwealth pier.
A film concerning railroad electrification in the United States. A westbound Boston and Maine Railroad steam train at East Portal, Hoosac Tunnel, where the railroad was electrified in 1911. An electric locomotive approaches the steam engine. ( Note the carbide headlamp on the electric locomotive--which were outlawed by the ICC circa 1918. ) The motor pulls the steam engine and its train West. Next: a 'cab ride' from North Adams, Massachusetts to West Portal and subsequently exits the East Portal of the 4.75 mile long Hoosac Tunnel.
Commercial fishing activity aboard a Fishing boat in Atlantic ocean off the coast of Massachusetts in the United States. Sea birds flock around the boat as the crew hauls heavy nets aboard, full of fish.
Fishing activity aboard a ship in the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Massachusetts in United States. Men lean down from the deck side. They pull up the fishing net. Fishing boat underway at sea. Sea birds flock around the boat. Man handles a wheel aboard the ship. Man rolls up a line. Men work aboard the ship. Smoke rises from smokestack of the ship. A man aboard the ship smokes.
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