Crowd gathered in front of the Jailhouse in San Jose, California, where a mob of thousands had broken in and seized prisoners Thomas Thurmond and John Holmes, who had reportedly confessed to the kidnapping and murder of Brooke Hart, son of Alexander Hart, the owner of Leopold Hart and Son Department Store. The mob had taken the two and lynched them, in St. James Park, across the street. Under-sheriff Hamilton, is interviewed and states that they held the mob off until they ran out of tear gas, and then didn't shoot, because of women and children. View of many people and cars outside, as seen through cell windows inside the prison. One of the prison inmates, testifies about seeing the mob break into the prison and make their way to the third floor. View of the St. James Park, where many people are seen gathered beneath its palm trees. Camera focuses on trees where the prisoners were hanged. California Governor,James Rolph, Jr., makes a statement tantamount to condoning the lynchings. The film shifts to a new location, in Missouri, where, On November 28, 1933, a crowd of 7-thousand broke into the Buchanan County Jail, St. Joseph, Missouri, to seize and lynch an African American man, Lloyd Warner, who had been charged with criminal assault. The mob overpowered defending police officers and members of the 35th Tank Company, Missouri National Guard. One of tank company's six ton M1917 light tanks parked in front of the prison. View of broken steel prison door and battering ram used by the mob. Wrecked interior of the prison quarters. People posing near a broken prison steel door.
United States aircraft land aboard the aircraft carrier Langley off the coast of California, United States. A U.S. Aeromarine 39-B airplane,piloted by Boatswain A. Feher, comes in for landing aboard the United States aircraft carrier Langley off the coast off California. A signal man on the edge of the deck waves flags. Aircraft lands, but noses over and then completely flips over upside down. Flight deck crewmen along the edge of the deck rush to the stricken airplane.
Girls display varieties of Kimono in Los Angeles, California. American girls of Japanese descent display different styles of Kimono, a traditional Japanese attire at a Nisei festival in Los Angles, California. Girls wearing Kimono seated around a table. Girls display different styles of Kimono. Girls in Kimono seated around a table as they drink from their cups.
Hotel staff goes on a strike in San Francisco, California, during the Great Depression. Hotel staff pickets in streets of San Francisco, California. An abandoned restaurant and bar area in a hotel. Empty kitchen of the hotel restaurant. Manager pushes a heavy trunk around the hotel. A guest makes his own bed as another one does the laundry himself.
A busy city street in San Francisco, California. Two women crossing the street. A building at the back. Buses pass on the street. A beach as waves come on to the shore. Golden Gate bridge seen in the distance. Waves coming to shore. Hills in view. People run to catch a cable car. atop a hill in San Francisco. Closeup of people getting on and off a cable car labeled Van Ness Ave. California & Market streets.A cable car passing a parked on on parallel track. Cable car cresting a hill and starting downward on steep street. (Throughout the film, automobiles, vans, and other motor vehicles mingle carefully with the cable cars, clearly being cautious about riders using them.)
The annual contest of motorcycle race at Stinson Beach, California, United States. A man flags off a motorcycle race on the Stinson Beach in California. The motorcyclists begin the annual contest of motorcycle race on the beach. The racers wearing goggles ride on a sandy course on the beach. The motorcyclists on the motorcycles racing in high speed.
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