Views of life during the Dust Bowl. People removing dust and sand from their houses. Farmers shovel sand from around their homes and farm buildings. Livestock have nothing to graze. Crowd gathered as desperate farmers auction off their livestock.
Lewis Thaddeus Nordyke, newspaperman and author, who lived through the Dust Bowl in Dalhart, Texas, recounts how some people "stayed and prayed" in hopes of rain, always looking forward to "next year." Views of drought stricken land and sand covered houses during dust bowl in Great Depression. Scenes of farmers packing up their families and abandoning their homes. Some wear handerchief masks over their faces to protect against dust. Families load belongings into the backs of towed carts and trucks, leaving their homes. (Between 1935 and 1939, 350 thousand people left their homes in the dust bowl. Many migrated west toward California.)
American Airlines DC-3 "Flagship Illinois" aircraft, with passengers disembarking at Chicago's Midway airport, as American Airlines introduces passenger flight service between New York and Chicago. At the door of the American Airlines airplane, men receive the people coming out of the airplane. A well dressed man comes out; then another man, and then a woman wearing a hat, who shakes hand with a man already present. Another well dressed man follows her, and also shakes hands with the man greeting outside. The tail number of the aircraft, NC16002, is seen briefly. The same segment is seen several times in the clip, with slightly different framing.
A man sitting near a large billboard saying: 'Personal guide to Movie Stars homes'. Views of the exterior of a building with 6-7 names on it, a car parked outside the building.
Views of the exterior of the Angelus Temple in the Echo Park district of Los Angeles, California. Preacher and Foursquare church founder Aimee Semple McPherson is seen. Views of interior of church, women praying and making music, and people in charismatic religious service. Pentacostal parishioners are animated, clapping, praying, playing tambourines, and emotional during the revival service
Scene of a wall at the Union League Club in Chicago, Illinois. With the Great Depression easing, some of the club members realize that some stock certificates and bonds now have value, that had been affixed to the wall as wall paper. A man steams the bonds so they can be removed. Elderly men examine the bonds that now have value. Men clipping coupons. From a 1961 newsreel showing events 25 years earlier.
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