Labor riots and strikes on streets in San Francisco, California. Striking workers of Maritime Union on street. Strikebreakers and strikers start a riot in the street. Several men are hit by strike breakers, with clubs. and are beaten. A man sits with blood streaming down his face. A man sits near him. Men grab a man and push him along the street. Policemen fire tear gas into crowd. Police officers mounted on horseback push back the huge crowd. Soldiers with bayoneted rifles push back strikers. Man with cut on his head receives medical attention from another man. Police push back protestors. Strikers of the International Seamen's Union (I.S.U.) on picket line. Signs for Ship's masters, mates, and Pilots on strike. Striking workers use clubs and smash windows of a warehouse during violent protest. Final scenes show unrelated labor strife, elsewhere, with United States soldiers standing guard near railroad tracks at entrance to a coal mine.
Brief view of people crowded at Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, near the Owl Drug store, during a general labor strike. The San Francisco City Hall is seen across the street. Crowds mill about in various areas of the city (This strike, in July 1934, grew out of a Seamen and Longshoreman strike and was soon joined by other labor organizations.) Vehicular traffic making its way with difficulty through the crowds on the street. Vigilantes with clubs keeping people away from side street where business owners cars are parked. Silhouette of California National Guard troops manning machine guns. Rioters gather on a road. Police or vigilante officers with rifles and gas canisters disperse crowd. Men run on the streets as policemen scatter the crowd. A sign for "H.A. Hopkins & Co" in background. Lamp lights and buildings on the street.
People relaxing at edge of lake and others in row boats, in Central Park in New York City, United States. People seated on benches near water. Hotels and office buildings in the background. Several people relax under shade in the park. U.S. soldiers, in uniform, relaxing with girlfriends on the lawn. Sailboats in water. People stand and watch the sailboats. Two men play chess on benches. Skyscrapers of New York City skyline in view.
Scenes from Central Park in New York City, United States. Families with children are seen throughout the park. Families relax under shade in the park. A family seated in a garden. A pram (stroller, carriage) in the foreground. A child seated on his father's lap on a park bench. Children laugh and enjoy. A happy and smiling boy. Families take children to watch the animals in the Central Park Zoo. Chimpanzee climbs on a bar. A Panda bear eating a bamboo shoot. A sleepy looking hippopotamus with his head lying down. Elsewhere in New York City as evening approaches: Vehicles on the street and passing under the Washington Square Arch. Skyscrapers in view. Evening in New York City. The Brooklyn Bridge is seen from ground level. Lights on the buildings and skyscrapers of New York at night.
Residential houses in Charleston, South Carolina. Women enter the house. A view of a street. The Steeple of St. Michael's Episcopal Church (71 Broad St, Charleston, SC 29401) from the east on Broad Street. Cars parked in the street. Pedestrians on sidewalk. A sign reads 'R G Rhett, 147'. A woman comes out of an alley through a gate. Gardens of a Southern mansion. A man sits on a chair. An old lane.
Battery Park in Charleston, South Carolina. People sit on benches in Battery Park. Trees in blossom. Cars on street. Pedestrians on side walk. Street lamps on roadside. Various mansions in view. Vehicular traffic on street. Children play in a park. Two women enter a house.
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