Robert Pershing Wadlow during the National Shoe Fair in Chicago, Illinois. Exceptionally tall man Robert Wadlow stretches his legs on the table. A woman measures his size 39 brogan shoe with a measuring scale. Women fashion models stand near Robert Wadlow. Models look very short in comparison. Models try to touch Wadlow's outstretched hands. Wadlow ducks under doorways and along with models walks out from the room.
Car racing competition in Los Angeles, California at the Legion Ascot motor speedway. Skilled drivers in cars, race on the auto race track. Cars run, crash, and skid in turns at high speed.
Two officials talk to a French dignitary (possibly French Prime Minister Leon Blum) at an airport in Europe. A crowd looks on. Policemen escort the dignitary towards an Air France plane parked on an airstrip. Photographers take pictures. The dignitary addresses the crowd in French, waves and boards the plane. The aircraft taxis and takes off.
A boat race in Seattle, Washington. Teams from the University of Washington and the University of California battle it out during a boat race in Seattle, Washington. View from seating area of a moving railroad train on the coast, as people on the train view the race underway. University of Washington Husky crew team beats California crew team in the rowing race.
Italian boys train in the art of naval warfare in Naples, Italy. Italian boys clean the deck of an old Italian ship as they undergo intensive training in the art of naval warfare. Boys perform a drill with signal flags. They climb up on rigging onto the mast of the ship.
Models display clothes in French Lick, Indiana, in advance of the Kentucky Derby Horse Race. Models display a variety of clothes for Kentucky Derby Day in French Licks, Indiana. Models display different styles of hats, skirts and over coats as people look on. A model displays a fur dress, another model on horseback.
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