A United States Army Air Force Northrop A-17 two-seater attack plane crashes at the Lick Observatory on Mount Hamilton in California. The damaged side of the main building. The wrecked airplane seen in the building.
People visiting the large telescope at the University of California Lick Observatory (Lick Observatory 7281 Mount Hamilton Rd. Mount Hamilton, CA 95140), near San Jose, California. View of the tube of the telescope and the 36-inch diameter lens of telescope. Animated views of telescopic views featuring Jupiter with nine moons around it, Saturn with its ring and Mars with two moons. A bearded astronomer looks through the telescope. Pictures of comets.
United States Army Air Corps exercises on Hamilton Air Force Base in California, United States. United States Army Air Corps Douglas B-18 Bolo bomber fly in formation.
American film stars of the silent screen arrive at the preview of the Universal International film, 'The Hollywood Story' in New York, USA. American actor James Neil Hamilton receives a scroll from New York's Walter Shirley. Cast and crew of the film present at the eve including William Barnum and Francis X Bushman. Scenes from the preview of the film at the Academy Awards Theater in Hollywood, California. Several renowned Hollywood stars arrive at the preview.
College students from the University of California Bears crew team begin training in hopes of winning the 1939 rowing championships. California oarsmen in Oakland turnout for the spring training. Ten shells get underway for vigorous practice on Frisco Bay. Crew teams rowing on the bay.
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.
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