Clear aerial views of midtown and lower Manhattan, New York City 1930, but with smoke coming from Hudson River pier of New York Harbor where the North German Lloyd liner Munchen (sometimes Muenchen or München) is seen on fire, shortly after docking in New York after the voyage from Bremen, Germany. Ship emits smoke and fire at the pier. Firefighters spray water to extinguish fire. Views of the piers and slips and dock areas on the Hudson River at New York City and close up views of the firefighters battling the blaze on the Muenchen. The ship subsequently sank at dock. She was raised later in 1930, repaired in dry dock, and returned to service under the new name SS General von Steuben. The ship was sunk in 1945 by the S-13 submarine of the Soviet Union.
Exceptionally tall man Ralph Earl Madsen (sometimes called Tex Madsen) in Los Angeles, California. He stands next to an elephant. He dances with an overweight short woman. 7 foot 6 inch Ralph Madsen stands beside two midgets, one of whom is atop the shoulders of the other. The little person on top lights Madsen's cigarette. Ralph Madsen (also called Sky High Madison) referees a boxing match between the midgets.
Aftermath of Pearl Harbor attack. An animation shows a map of Japan as a fictional character Tojo makes a call from Tokyo to Nagasaki and other cities disseminating the news of Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor. He rejoices at the attack. The United States Navy ship Arizona capsized. Wreckage of damaged ships like Nevada, West Virginia, California. Navy personnel along with civil technicians start the salvage of United States ships. Men work on the ships. Ships like California, Nevada and West Virginia underway after repair. Sailors and supplies aboard the ships. Military preparations in United States to counter the Japanese attack. (World War II period).
A guilty taken to a jail. Richard Whitney, President of New York Stock Exchange and his cashiered broker taken down a stair case with their faces covered. They get into a car and it pulls away. The party arrives at a prison in Ossining, New York. Prisoners look down at them from a prison window. Men enter the prison building. Interiors of the prison building.
President Franklin D Roosevelt in Des Monies, Iowa. Presidential motorcade arrives at the State Capitol. President and other officials enter the building. President Roosevelt along with Governor Alf Landon of Kansas and other executive members of drought affected states. They discuss the measures to be taken to provide relief to these states. The dignitaries come out of the Capitol and President Roosevelt waves to the crowd.
A soap box derby car race in Los Angeles, California. Boys in their home made cars get ready to compete in a race. Race starts and cars speed away down a hill, powered only by gravity. Spectators cheer. Checkered flag waved at the finish line as the winner crosses the line.
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