Ohio and Scotia rivers with water flooding the streets, railway tracks across Cincinnati, Ohio, USA. Cars submerged in water move through the streets. Floods partly submerge houses and buildings. Two boys sail on makeshift raft. Men carry their children as they cross flooded street. Pedestrians walk on elevated planks during the flood. People sail by boats to cross the city. Sign showing the directions to Columbus, Gallipolis, Marietta, and Ravenswood. The worst flood in many years claims five lives and renders many homeless.
Gymnasts compete at West Point to qualify for the United States team in the 1959 Pan-American Games in Chicago, USA. Garland O’Quinn of the United States Military Academy at West Point Gymnast Team shown in semi-slow motion on the parallel bars. Brilliant performances on horizontal bars, trampoline, and parallel bars. Los Angeles schoolteacher John Beckner demonstrates in the finale. Group of people assembled to watch their performances.
1935 flooding in Bellingham, Washington, USA. Three people walking on deserted street after a flood. Raging floods at a creek in Bellingham. Buildings and other properties are damaged as water rushes down the slopes following rain. Mountain streams turn into turbulent, swift-flowing streams.
Marietta Terrill jumping rope as she balances on spinning log in the water. She performs a striptease over the log before falling into the water. At the Chicago Coliseum (1513 S Wabash Ave, Chicago, IL 60605, USA).
Traffic comes across the Arlington Memorial Bridge (2912 Independence Ave SW, Washington, DC 20418, United States). Trees in the background. Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, USA) in Washington DC in the background. The streets are wet. Cars have their lights on and windshield wipers due to rain. Cars and buses on the streets.
Animated save food public service campaign in the United States during World War 1, promoting food rationing and conservation. A man and a woman at a table. The man, who is very overweight, eats a meal. A sign in the background reads ' Eat less food this means you '. His wife, who is slender, berates him, but he ignores her. The mans walks on sidewalk, past posters reading such things as:' Hooverize food for USA ' , ' Eat less food' . He sleeps and has stomach trouble and dreams of being hit by a bull. The man in a hospital being treated with less food. A vision of Uncle Sam berates him. Later, recovered, healthy and trim, the man discards his medicines.
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