The National Balloon Race held in Denver, Colorado. Four balloons fastened to the ground before the race. U.S. Navy and U.S. Army personnel hold their respective balloons during Colorado wind and storm. Night launches of the Goodyear and the U.S. Navy balloons.
Damage caused due to flooding of Potomac River near Williamsport, Maryland. Houses and buildings submerged in water. Destroyed buildings. Remains of a segment of a trestle bridge across the Potomac River at Point Of Rocks Maryland, with flood waters all around. Ticker tape warning of the flood is shown running throw a persons hands. Warnings issued by the weather bureau for the people. Members of the CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) and others build a sandbag barrier to protect Federal buildings against the impending flood. View of the sandbags being put in place and the Washington Monument in the background. View of high flood waters at Great Falls and along other spots on the Potomac River carrying debris including houses and sheds. A trestle bridge over the water. Several people standing on the bridge as flood waters rip a support from the bridge and water is nearly overtaking the bridge. View on March 19 near the time the water crested at 19 and eight tenths feet at the site of the old Aqueduct Bridge or Aquaduct Bridge (near Key Bridge and Fletchers Boathouse) Industrial buildings flooded on the shores of the Potomac River. (Great Depression period)
The XI Olympiad in Berlin, Germany. Spectators seated in a stadium. The athletes competing during the high jump. American Cornelius Johnson wins the high jump. The spectators cheer. Various athletics events. The athletes get ready for a 100 meter race. They stand at the starting line. A man fires a starting gun to start the race. Runners on the tracks. American Jesse Owens wins the 100 meters race. The spectators cheer.
Scenes from the Eleventh Olympiad in Berlin, Germany. Sign: 'Marathonlauf Entscheidung'. Participants of Marathon race in stadium. Spectators in the background. Marathon race starts. Participants of the race on race track. Views of stadium along with race track. Spectators cheer participants. Athletes run on road. Spectators standing on road. A man makes commentary. Participants take refreshments from a refreshment stall and continue the race.
View from just beside and below a mountain road in Sierra Nevada mountains, as trucks of the 1919 U.S. Army motor transport convoy make their way from Nevada into California. View from ahead, and below of the trucks. The narrow mountain road is lined with rock boulders and the mountain rises almost vertically beside it. A Holt tractor pulling a truck by a chain, along a stretch of the road. Trucks proceeding successfully on their own on other parts of the road. Several picturesque views by the camera operator.
Soft rock is loosened for steam shovels by blasting it with black powder. A churn drill makes blast holes in the soft rock at a copper mine in Ruth, Nevada.
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