Famous passengers aboard ocean liner SS Manhattan (later USS Wakefield during World War II) in the United States. Flashbacks show the USS Manhattan being christened by Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt on 5th December 1931. It is seen being launched from New York Shipbuilding Corporation in Camden New Jersey. View of maiden voyage on 10th August 1932, with passengers boarding the ship. It leaves a port for her first trip to Ireland, England, Germany and France. Couples dance aboard the deck of the SS Manhattan. Passengers including Babe Ruth, Jimmy Walker, Glenn Cunningham, and aviator Douglas Corrigan ("Wrong Way Corrigan") seen aboard the ship.
French President Albert Lebrun's son, Jean Lebrun, marries a tennis player in Rambouillet, France. People gather outside the Rambouillet City Hall (2 Pl. de la Libération, 78120 Rambouillet, France). A man greets a woman. Photographers take pictures of the bride and groom. President Lebrun with his son and the bride. Guards and minister walk out of the Église Saint-Lubin-et-Saint-Jean-Baptiste Church (Pl. Jeanne d'Arc, 78120 Rambouillet, France) after the wedding ceremony. The newlywed couple poses. President Lebrun with his wife, Marguerite Lebrun.
1932 Democratic Party National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Democratic supporters carry signs with the names of US states and territories such as Mississippi, Florida and South Carolina. Keynote speaker Senator Alben Barkley of Kentucky speaks to the crowd, calling for the repeal of the Eighteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, also known as the Prohibition. View of crowd in 1932 Democratic Party National Convention. William Gibbs McAdoo, a senatorial candidate of the Democratic Party for California, speaks to the crowd, nominating Franklin Roosevelt as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate with the words, "he's entitled to the nomination" during the Democratic Party National Convention. Democratic Party National Convention crowd cheering as parabolic microphones turn to catch audio. Crowds cheer during the nomination of Franklin Roosevelt as the Democratic Party’s presidential candidate for the 1932 United States presidential elections.
King Sidi Mohammed bin Yusef (Mohammed V) of Morocco visits Paris, France. King Sidi Mohammed bin Yusef arrives by car with his Moroccan entourage. Guard opens the door. He gets out of the car and climbs the stairs of a building. They all go into a mosque. Toy car and model of mosque presented to Crown Prince Mawlay al-Hassan. Three years old Crown Prince Mawlay al-Hassan feeds and plays with pigeons.
A millinery salon by Mademoiselle Marthe in Paris, France. Women working on hat making in a millinery salon. A woman turns a hat mannequin head. A woman’s hat in her head is trimmed. Pins are inserted on pincushion. A milliner takes measurements of a woman’s head. Sideview of a woman wearing a fashionable beret. Women modeling various hats, berets and fascinators made by the salon of Mademoiselle Marthe.
Shows an apartment building collapsed due to landslides caused by heavy rainfall and melting snow in Lyons France. Police and firemen work to dig out the buried causalities. 40 people were buried alive.
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