Stunt by Alaska gold miner Jack Loreen, as he remains "buried alive" in a coffin underground for 64 days and one hour in Chicago, Illinois. A crowd seated around a grave with a sign which reads 'Here Lies Jack Loreen'. A man starts to dig the grave to retrieve Loreen. Jack Loreen as seen from a see-through air shaft. The man digs deeper. A coffin is hoisted out of the grave. The crowd surrounds Jack Loreen as he emerges from the coffin. Jack Loreen poses with his family including wife and children.
U.S. Coast Guard works to rescue victims of a flood in Greenwood, Mississippi. Men lower Coast Guard dory boats from a railroad car. Spectators watch as the men put dory boats in the water. Prisoners in striped clothes stack sandbags to control overflowing water of Yazoo and Tallahatchie Rivers. Submerged houses and trees. Residents flee in boats. Coast Guard officers aboard a boat in water. U.S. Army and Red Cross Fokker F.VII a aircraft in flight over the flood area. Aerial views of the flooded region.
Under the direction of City Manager George W. Welsh a new civic plan is introduced for unemployed men in Grand Rapids, Michigan, during the Great Depression. George W. Welsh poses. Unemployed men are employed on the Highway and Street Improvement projects for which they receive food and fuel as supplies from the municipal relief stations. Men work on road with shovels and use wheel carts. Exteriors of the Social Welfare Store. Supply bags in the store. Bottles of milk and bread are distributed to children.
Fishermen on a strike against low rates offered by fish canners in San Pedro, California. A harbor jammed with idle boats as the fishermen roam the beach. The fishermen ready their vessels for return to the water when the disagreement is settled. The fishermen sort fish aboard the boats and empty fishnets.
A cow gives birth to triplets in Bristol, Pennsylvania. Men play with the three calves. The cow feeds the calves. The men stand near the three calves.
Miners are killed and injured when the locomotive of a train in which the workmen were riding explodes in Powellton, West Virginia. People gathered around the wrecked locomotive. Men inspect the wreckage. A damaged house near the wreckage. Group of four sad looking young boys seated near the site. Two of these children are wearing early flyer hat and goggles as part of play costumes. The right eye of one boy appears to be slightly injured and swollen. They are looking sad and dirty. A young boy and a young girl wearing overalls look very sad and tired. Fire blazing on embankment beside railroad tracks.
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