Postmaster General and other dignitaries present at the 70th National Convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Kansas City, Missouri. Michael F. Shannon named new exalted ruler.
West Coast Waterfront Strike ends in San Francisco, California. Mayor Angelo Rossi congratulates President of the San Francisco Labor Council, Edward Vandeleur on the successful arbitration of strike. Troops march down The Embarcadero. Workers with 50-60 Fremont St. Yawman Filing Equipment and Supplies unload a truck at the Farnsworth Warehouse. Workers line up outside a cannery. View of busy Market Street with cable car and San Francisco Ferry Building in the distance.
Customers deposits are returned to them under the auspices of officials who have placed the bank under Federal Receivership. Depositors hadn't been able to make withdrawals,due to the National Financial Crisis. U.S. receivers in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. Interior of bank and people inside. An official speaks on 'repayment of frozen deposits in National bank'. He credits Federal Government for this positive action made possible by enactment of the Reconstruction Finance Commission Act and the Home Owner's Loan corporation Act.
U.S. Air Force Starts its 'Operation Haylift' to save the starving livestock of the Western ranges, as new blizzard lash the distressed areas. Ranchers help load bales of hay aboard cargo planes which are dropped above the blizzard bound herds of cattle and sheep.
Auction sale of jewelry and art collections of the 19th century in San Francisco, United States. The 19th century collection in the auction is part of the estate of Walter Scott Hobart, a mining magnate. The heirs of the estate joins with the auctioneer Harold Reich. Man holds an heirloom necklace containing 240 diamonds that is up for auction, appraised at 250,000 dollars. Several costly jewelry items and art collections displayed. People gathered at the auction. A man shows a diamond necklace set to the crowd. A woman examines a necklace. Harold Reich hitting the gavel.
America's amateur divers dive at a pool in Palm Springs, California, United States, in preparation for upcoming Olympic trials. Somersaults, flips and twist dives performed by the athletes. Champion Garry Tobias gets injured as he slips off the end of the platform while performing a dive. Narrator notes that Tobias required 15 stitches in his leg from the incident. Several other amateur divers dive from a high platform into the pool. Comedy diving group from New York called the Aquazanies demonstrates funny group dives during a show.
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