Appalachian men and women make handcrafts for sale, with assistance from Watauga Industries, part of the Watauga Mission of the Lutheran Church, near Boone, North Carolina. Mr. H.C. Ford, of the mission visits appalachian carpenters who are building handmade chairs. View of a carpenter planing wood for a chair and shaving wood from a cylinder part of the chair. A completed chair and bench. An elderly woman separating cotton fibers using two wired brushes, then weaving the cotton into a blanket at a hand and foot operated loom. Two women holding up the finished blanket. Mr. H.C. Ford brings money to one of the carpenters, earned from the sale of chairs.
Rural health care in Appalachia during the Great Depression. Nurse Amy Louise Fisher arrives at Watauga Mission in the southern Appalachian Mountains near Boone, North Carolina. In her car she passes a man leading an ox that is drawing a loaded wooden sled or skid behind it. Children and parents outside a church, part of the Watauga Mission sponsored by the Lutheran Church. Toddler weighed on scale by Nurse Fisher. Nurse Fisher gives vaccination injection to toddler. She makes a house visit to see a newborn. Miss Fisher assists a mother bathing her little baby. A dentist, coordinated by Nurse Fisher, holds a "party" offering tooth extraction services. Appalachian men and women take turns sitting on a chair on a wooden porch and having teeth extracted. View of the dentist's various instruments laid out on a table. View of a woman having her tooth extracted by the dentist.
Strong winds fan flames that sweep city of Hakodate, Hokkaido, Japan. Flames rise from a house located within the Sumiyoshi area, Hakodate. Japanese firemen attempt to extinguish fire during the Great Fire of Hakodate. Fireman climbs up a ladder to rescue people. In the aftermath, men and women walk around burned houses and streets. View of homes, offices and stores reduced to a mass of blackened ruins.
Photographers take pictures, as Bishop Cannon, of the Southern Methodist Church, emerges from courthouse. Cannon, founder of the Virginia Anti-Smith Campaign, was on trial along with campaign treasurer Ada L. Burroughs, accused of mishandling Presidential campaign funds in 1928. Bishop Cannon walks slowly down steps using a cane and makes his way to a coupe automobile awaiting him at the curb.
Man drives a "pocket edition" racing car inside Empire State Building in New York, United States. The Racing car enters elevators and turn in the corridors of the building. Aerial view of the Empire States Building. Man drives on the roof top.
Franklin D Roosevelt Junior participates in year's first workout of the Freshman Eight Harvard crew, in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Wearing number 20 on his shirt, he takes his place, in a racing shell along with the rest of the Freshman crew.
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