New York, New Haven and Hartford railroad trains collide in Atlantic, Massachusetts, injuring hundreds of passengers. Wrecked trains lie at the tracks as people throng the area to look at the accident site.
View of railroad workmen working on track for the Lehigh Valley Railroad. The new Black Diamond Express railroad train from New York City, through Pennsylvanis, to Buffalo, New York. Locomotive seen emitting smoke and rounding a curve at a distance. Workers move off the track as train comes. Work crew supervisor waves two large white kerchiefs as the train approaches and passes. Trainman on board waves back with a kerchief.
Linda Lewis, a six year old golf prodigy, in Florida. Linda hits balls with a club one by one. Her father, golf comedian and a trick shot expert Chuck Lewis, helps her practice. She and her father kneel down and hit a ball. Chuck Lewis holds a ball in his mouth as he lies down on the course and Linda hits the ball with a club.
View of the Main gate and guard posts of Eglin Air Force Base, Florida, on Eglin Boulevard (State route 397). Traffic moving in and out unimpeded (official vehicles and those with decals). Air policeman steps to center of entranceway holding hands up to stop a vehicle. After checking occupants, he waves them through. The traffic light at the guard post is orange. Numerous vehicles of various types enter and the MP waves them through, and salutes those containing officers. A large sign, on approach to the main gate, identifies the Air Force Systems Command and Air Proving Ground Center as organizations on the base
Facilities of Stateville Correctional Center in Crest Hill, Illinois, near Chicago, Illinois. View of a prison building with an open lawn in front and awnings on each window. Huge prison walls with watchtowers on it. Man watches and waves to camera from a watch tower. Group of prisoners play and relax on recreation field. They line up to go inside to their respective cells. Prison uniforms are like ordinary work clothes including cap. Officer locks the cell after prisoner is sent to his individual cell. Two officers do a final check of cells. Grounds have landscaping and flowers. A sign in the prison grounds points to State Street in one direction and to Madison Street in the other. Roundhouse buildings visible.
Three California police officers search numerous makeshift shelters, looking for indigents during the Great Depression. The officers approach an abandoned car body. They try to open the door, look under the covers of the hood and inspect the body. A ramshackle hut on the field, covered with stones, logs and rags. The officers inspect the hut, look into an opening on one side and walk around it. The officers inspect empty cartons and empty glass bottles on a table. A broken rack outside a hut in a poverty stricken area. Things in an abandoned cart nearby. They inspect another shack, open the window and look inside. Dilapidated huts and shacks and covered vehicles. The cops inspect many huts, look inside, try to open doors and windows. Posters cover a wall of one hut. They inspect the interior. An old car. The officers approach a shack as a man emerges from inside.
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