Tourists during winter vacations in Miami, Florida. People gamble at slot machines at the Royal Palm Club in Miami, Florida. Woman laughs.
Scenes showing various historical events that took place in April 1935, during the Great Depression. In Stresa, Italy, on the banks of Lake Maggiore, leaders of Britain, France and Italy confer on German rearmament, in violation and defiance of the Versailles Treaty. (There they sign the "Stresa Front"). Images show the French and British delegations arriving by boat and walking near the port at Stresa, including British Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald, French Prime Minister Pierre Etienne Flandin, and French Foreign Minister (President of the Council of Ministers) Pierre Laval. U.S. College students across the country join in anti-war, pacifist demonstrations. They are seen marching with banners and anti-war signs and cartoons. One banner reads, "It is the task of the 20th century to make this world a brotherhood." Also "War is Hell....Who want to go to hell?" and "War is Stupid". President Franklin Roosevelt returns from a two week cruise. He arrives in Jacksonville Florida. Local officials and crowds in Jacksonville greet him and cheer. Boy Scouts in a line greet the President. Views of Franklin Roosevelt in an open car and on ships and docks. Al Smith and Herbert Hoover share the speaker's stage in New York lending their support for the Salvation Army during the Depression. Scenes from the Easter Parade in New York City. Crowds gather, filling double-decker open air buses. Al Smith seen with his wife. Postmaster General James Farley and Irish tenor singer John McCormack are seen on Fifth Avenue in New York. Amelia Earhart completes a 1700-mile flight from Burbank, California to Mexico City. Scenes of her in Mexico City in a car laden down with celebrating Mexican officials. Aviatrix Bernadine King sets a new record for upside down endurance flying. She is seen getting into her plane, and her plane is seen upside down in the air.
The Florida Derby, an American thoroughbred horse race, at the Hialeah Park Racetrack (2200 E 4th Avenue Hialeah, Florida) in Miami, Florida. View of the Hialeah Park Racetrack. Palm trees in the foreground. People buy tickets from counters. The horses are released from chutes. Riders ride on the horses on the racetrack. Spectators watch. Joseph Early Widener, a thoroughbred horse racer, wins the race and sets a world record.
American divers dive from a high ramp into a swimming pool at Miami Beach in Miami, Florida. The divers perform various acrobatic moves including somersaults, flips and swan dives. Spectators gathered at the pool side watch in delight.
Harold Lee "Jug" McSpaden wins the Miami Open golf tournament in Miami, Florida. Golf players hit ball on the golf course. Spectators watch the tournament. McSpaden wins the tournament against Henry Picard by one stroke. McSpaden receives a trophy and smiles.
The 1936 Model of Gorgeous Girl in preview at Miami Beach. Tropical palm trees in the background. Female models enjoy summer sports with other girls . Girls walk on the sides of the swimming pool. The girls climb the ladders of a slide. They slide one by one into the water.
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