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Conditions leading to the dust bowl on the American Great Plains

A homestead on a farm in the U.S. Great Plains. Horse carts break the plains. A woman sweeps stairs. A man and a child stand on the plains near the plow. An explosion on the land. World War 1 news headlines: 'England declares war on Germany, Belgium invaded, French win at sea' and 'War news tumbles securities, Stock Exchange Closed, Wheat Prices Soar'. A man drives a tractor with a plow on a plain land and dust cloud rises. The plow breaks the plains. News headlines: 'Wilson proclaims war, Spy ring arrested, German ships seized' and 'War sends wheat soaring, Grain up 13 points, Pit in Pandemonium'. The postwar decline of the wheat market results in overproduction: Farm machinery is used to sow the land. Wheat grains are poured into a thresher. A steamer at a sea. Tractors are driven and plows break the plains. A dust storm in the foreground during dust bowl era. Overproduction of wheat. Notice of 'Farms for Sale' in lower prices. Farm machinery is used. The sun rises in the background. A notice of 'Own a farm away from home'. Overproduction of wheat is shown. Over-exuberance in roaring 20s market is shown by a stock market or commodities market ticker running large amounts of ticker tape and a scene of a 1920s African American jazz musician drummer playing the drums enthusiastically and smiles while another band musician in the background plays bass.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 8 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045148
Children celebrating Thanksgiving wish President Roosevelt a Happy Birthday

Children rehearse wishing President Franklin Roosevelt a happy birthday. But, not on his birthday. Instead, it is Thenksgiving Day, and the children are enjoying turkey drumsticks. They say they are unable to be with the President on his birthday, so they will wish him a Happy Birthday now, on Thanksgiving, instead.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936, November 26
Duration: 3 min 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049339
Niagara Falls electric power generation. Electrified rail line of Virginian Railway Company

View from Niagara River gorge of the exterior of the Schoellkopf Power Generating Station, operated by New York's Niagara Power Company. The turbine deck of the power plant, with turbines being driven by water of Niagara Falls. Bank of electric generators in operation. Change of scene to open gondola rail cars containing coal for a power plant. A steam locomotive pulling a freight train. An electric powered freight train of the Virginian Railway moving through snowy landscape over its electrified 134-mile track in the mountains,from Mullens, West Virginia, over Clark's Gap, to Roanoke, Virginia. A coal car being emptied by a tipper.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050968
Jimmie Caras wins Billiard championship. Various players take part in the contest. Trick shots displayed.

A man plays pocket billiards. Various views of shots being made. Audience watches in the background. Men at desk watch. Winner, Jimmie Caras, is presented with prize. Audience claps for the Caras. Other experts put on demonstrations for the audience. Player tries trick shots using two cues. Audience surrounds the player and table. Man hits the ball without using cue. Close view of player smiling.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 4 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052054
Henry Ford's "999" racing car

Actors, dressed in early 20th century clothing, ride in a wagon propelled by wind and sail, across a sand flat. Actor portrays Henry Ford working on the gasoline engine for a racing car called the Ford 999. Workers at a forge making repairs and adjustments on the car. The actual Ford 999 being demonstrated on a race track. Driver seated in the car. An assistant cranks the Ford 999 engine to start it, and it is driven around the track. (Signs painted on the track wall refer to Tommy Milton; Duesenberg; and Meteor, which relate to auto racing in the 1920s and 30s.)

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068818
Farm machinery is used and postwar (WWI) decline of the wheat market results in overproduction in the Great Plains in the U.S.

A homestead on a farm in the U.S. Great Plains. Horse carts break the plains. A woman sweeps stairs. A man and a child stand on the plains near a plow. The homesteaders look towards the sky in hope of rain. An explosion on the land. News headlines: 'England declares war on Germany, Belgium invaded, French win at sea' and 'War news tumbles securities, Stock Exchange Closed, Wheat Prices Soar'. A man drives a tractor with a plow on a plain land and dust cloud rises. The plow breaks the plains. News headlines: 'Wilson proclaims war, Spy ring arrested, German ships seized' and 'War sends wheat soaring, Grain up 13 points, Pit in Pandemonium'. The postwar (WWI) decline of the wheat market results in overproduction and spurs dust bowl conditions: Farm machinery is used to sow the land. Wheat grains are poured into a thresher. A steamer at a sea. Tractors are driven and plows break the plains. A dust storm in the foreground. Overproduction of wheat shown. Farmers celebrate the production of wheat. Tractors driven in the Great Plains.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 5 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070602
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