Fire in the Marlborough Hotel (1301 2nd Ave S, Minneapolis, MN 55404, United States), built in 1890, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Fire blaze damage visible all through the apartment hotel. Snow and ice cover vehicles and buildings nearby. Fire fighters dig to get the bodies of the victims. They clear the debris. (World War II period).
Hard times in the Great Depression led to formation of The Bonus Army. American veterans of World War 1 march on streets of Washington DC, carrying a large poster demanding immediate cash redemption their "bonus" service certificates awarded by Congress in 1924 (but not lawfully payable until 1945). Army Chief of Staff, General Douglas MacArthur, ordered by President Hoover, to clear the Bonus Army encampments, is seen standing in a street surrounded by several U.S. Army troops. People watch from sidewalks as a contingent of U.S. Army cavalry rides down the street. U.S. Army M-1917 tanks roll down Pennsylvania Avenue in July 1932. Bonus marchers and others watch from Lafayette Park in background. Scene shifts to the 1932 Democratic Party Convention in Chicago Stadium, Chicago, where delegates cheer after nominating Franklin D. Roosevelt as their Presidential candidate. Roosevelt seen waving from the podium. Migrant farm workers seen at temporary, dilapidated dwellings in close quarters, and sitting at a campfire, some with sad and desperate faces. Migrant farm workers' cars on the road, piled high with family belongings during westward migration. Migrants riding atop an open railroad freight car. Two men share a copy of the "Epic News" newspaper (published by supporters of Upton Sinclair and the End Poverty Movement in Los Angeles and central California). Narrator describes programs of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) and the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC). Construction workers ignite demolition charges during construction of Boulder Dam (aka Hoover Dam and officially so-named in 1947). Glimpse of President Roosevelt at the site in an open car, for its dedication on September 30, 1935. Construction workers engaged in building the dam. Another shot of President Roosevelt in his open car. Towers being erected to carry electric power from the dam's hydroelectric generators. President Franklin D. Roosevelt smiling broadly at the formal dedication ceremony, September 30, 1935. Controlled discharges of water through the dam. Views of the Boulder Dam hydroelectric generating station. Oil well rigs or oil derricks at work during construction at night. People at work in fabric mills or textile mills, and in a print shop
Douglas cruiser aircraft in flight during the first flight around the world in 1924. People gathered in large number in Boston, steamers and boats underway at sea. Aircraft land on the water and a boat brings the crew to the dock. Flight crew meets dignitaries at the dock. Mayor James Michael Curely presents watches to the flight crew. Aircrafts lined up, take off and in flight. People gathered in large numbers to welcome the round the world fliers at Mitchel field in New York. Planes land on the field and people gather around the aircraft. Flight crew along with Prince of Wales Edward VIII.
The 1960 Presidential Election in the United States. Interiors of a building show NBC News and CBS News Election Tracking headquarters and television studio operations. Board tracking the election result returns. A man behind a camera. Many news employees inside the building. The men preparing to broadcast the results of the elections. Interiors of a television network headquarters shows men and women at tabulating machines and electronic computers. A huge crowd gathered at the Republican Party headquarters. A few men and women beside a tally board updating election results. People in the crowd looking at a board. The board showing Presidential candidates Richard Nixon's and John F. Kennedy's count of votes in states Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota and several other states. A woman in the crowd looking through binoculars. The figures show Kennedy leading. The moving ticker bulletin board in Times Square, New York City, is shown reading "Kennedy Overcomes Slow Start, Pulls ahead of Nixon" as the counting continues. The Times Square moving bulletin reads 'Kennedy wins Connecticut's 8 Electoral votes, Sweeps all'. A crowd cheering and shouting 'We Want Kennedy'. The bulletin reading 'Kennedy leads in 17 states with 192 electoral votes'. A CBS news worker beside a map showing the states and the position of Republican and Democratic candidates in each state. A bulletin reading 'Kennedy stage see-saw battle in Virginia'. Men inside the television network headquarters including Walter Cronkite. Close up view of a camera being used to film the television news broadcast. A board showing position of the candidates in the election.
United States Senator from Minnesota, and former Vice President, Hubert Humphrey, records a speech related to the U.S. Presidential election campaign of 1972 in the United States.
Sports in United States. Men's final 220 yard ice skate race and Women's 230 yard final race in Minnesota, United States. Men's final 880 yard race. Girls race in snow shoes at Lewiston, Maine. Women with ice shoes, a girl falls at the beginning of the race. Men's race and pole vault at Madison Square Garden in New York.
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