Man and dog walk on a barren dry and dust-filled field destroyed during the dust bowl. Jack rabbits in the fields of the midwest during the American dustbowl. Groups of vigilantes organized in Texas and Oklahoma. They slaughter the jack rabbits which cause harm in the field. Several men with guns in the fields. The men seen with the slaughtered jack rabbits tied to their belts. Man opens jaws of dead rabbit to show its teeth.
Musicologist John A. Lomax and LeadBelly also known as Huddie William Ledbetter, an American folk and blues musician, reenact events in their relationship in the United States. Lomax works on a typewriter as Lead Belly comes in and says he has been pardoned from prison and asks to work for Lomax for life. Lomax asks if he has a pistol.Leadbelly says no, only a knife. Lomax asks him to give it to him, which Leadbelly does. LeadBelly promises to sing for him and Lomax agrees to provide him a job.
United States troops guard labor strike areas in the United States in 1934. Kohler Company building exterior (RPPC General Offices building). State troopers and National Guard on grounds in Kohler, Wisconsin, near Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Broken windows of various Kohler Company buildings and its showroom. Walter J. Kohler Sr., President of Kohler Company, and former Governor of Wisconsin, walks out of a building. Closeup view of Walter Kohler Sr. who tips his hat to unseen persons and says a few words. Scene changes to Minneapolis, Minnesota, where National Guards patrol the streets to prevent rioting during the Truck men's strike in Minneapolis. National Guard among citizens in shopping and retail areas of Minneapolis.
Japanese Ambassador to the United States Hiroshi Saito calls on U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull In December 1934 to inform that Japan will denounce the Washington Naval Treaty on 1922 which limited the size of the Japanese fleet. A close up of the ambassador Saito. He exits the State, War, and Navy Building (later the Executive Office Building) and gets in a car. Next segment: A female pilot Helen Richey becomes the first woman to fly mail in the United States. Richey stands in front of an aircraft and shakes hand with an official. Richey in the cockpit and the aircraft takes off. From a December 14, 1959 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's plan to readjust national currency via the Gold Reserve Act, conveyed at the Congress in Washington DC. The United States Congress meet at the Capitol in Washington DC. The officials seated in the hall inside the Capitol building. The House leadership and officials seated in the center during discussions related to the Gold Reserve Act of 1934. Secretary of the Treasury, Henry Morgenthau, Jr. seated at his desk signing documents. Crates of gold being unloaded from ships as overseas gold exporters sent gold to the United States where it commanded higher prices as proclaimed by the President. Two men stocking gold bars in a bank. Young African American farmers picking cotton in a cotton field. One smiles for the camera. Commodity traders busily trading commodities on on a mercantile exchange floor. Rise in prices, as a result of revaluation of dollar.
'The Irish go for baseball'. Huge crowd gathers to watch a charity baseball game in Windsor Park, Belfast, Ireland. 34th Infantry and 1st Armored division all-stars teams play baseball before a crowd that includes many uniformed U.S. military, as well as Irish civilians and stands filled with young boys. An advertisement for Gallaher’s Tobacco is seen on the railway stand. Representing the 34th Infantry Division were the Midwest Giants while the 1st Armored Division was represented by the Kentucky Wildcats. (World War II period).
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