Women members of the 1936 American Olympic Team receive special medals created by the City of New York, to honor each member of the team. Other American athletes are also called, in groups, according to events in which they participated. Jesse Owens comes to the podium.and is praised by New York Mayor Laguardia. Jesse Owens then speaks at the microsphone, and presents a medal to Bill Robinson, the "Mayor" of Harlem. The ceremony continues as other athletes receive their medals. Mayor Fiorello Laguardia and former World Champion Heavyweight Boxer, Jack Dempsey, are present on the stage through the proceedings.
After the United States Presidential election of 1936 in New York. Women seated on wheel cart or carriage move through streets of New York City in humorous stunt. Poster on cart reads "We Bet on Roosevelt". Man pulling the wheel cart hold a poster which reads "Landon also ran". President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt seated at desk. Woman shows him letters and cards he received after his victory in the Presidential election. President Roosevelt reads them.
Views of various projects depicting man's creative engineering skills across the United States, including: The Indian Serpent Mounts, Ohio; Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Headquarters, Connecticut; Mackinac Bridge, Michigan; Green Bank Radio Astronomy Antenna, West Virginia; Tanker "Manhattan" in the Northwest Passage; Chicago's Marina Towers, Illinois; NASA launch complex 39 in Cape Canaveral, Florida with a rocket in place; Watts tower, California; John Hancock Building, Illinois; Washington Monument; Dworshak Dam while under construction, Idaho; Newport Bridge, Rhode Island; U.S. Steel building, Pennsylvania; Mt. Glory Arch Bridge under construction in Wyoming; Johnson Wax Headquarters building, Wisconsin; Boeing 747 Factory Building Complex, Seattle Washington; A model of the proposed New Orleans Super Dome in Louisiana; Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel; Dulles International Airport, Virginia; Tyrone Guthrie Theatre, Minnesota; Westinghouse Headquarters building, Pennsylvania; Rio Grande Gorge Bridge, New Mexico; Gulf Life Tower, Florida; Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church, Wisconsin; a paddle style River boat on the Ohio River; an artist depiction of the under construction Mobile River Highway Tunnel, Alabama; the Westinghouse Desalinization Plant, Florida; Model of master plan for the city of Gary, Indiana; Gulf Oil's "Big Brutus" crane at work on a dig site (The 160-foot tall coal shovel known as the 1850-B was designed and built by Bucyrus-Erie in Hallowell Kansas, for the Pittsburg & Midway, or P&M Coal Mining Company. It is the only one of its kind ever built. The mining company was purchased by Gulf Oil in 1963, and subsequently went under The Chevron Mining umbrella); Knights of Columbus headquarters building, Connecticut.
The legislative and maritime history of the U.S. Merchant Marines in the period between World War 1 and World War 2. Newly launched German, Italian and Japanese ships underway at sea. Ships including the German liner Bremen and the Italian Ocean liner Rex are seen underway. People gather at a dock. American ship underway in heavy seas with waves crashing over. Point of view shot at heavy seas from deck of a ship. A man works in a ship radio room. A man watches through binoculars and uses a sextant. Sailors row a small boat with oars in heavy seas. A sailor decorated by officials of the Merchant Marines. Dock workers and ship construction workers at a shipbuilding yard in the United States working on building new ships. American liners are seen undereway including: SS Washington off shore of New York City skyline and skyscrapers, SS Manhattan also off shore of Manhattan, the SS Lurline, the SS Mariposa, and the SS President Hoover (named for Herbert Hoover) underway at sea. The U.S. flag fluttering from a flag pole. The text of the declaration of policy under the Merchant Marine Act of 1936 is shown.
A documentary titled 'Day of the Killer Tornadoes' on the Super Outbreak of tornadoes in April 1974 that hit regions in many states, including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and New York; and the Canadian province of Ontario. An announcer at a radio station in area of Louisville, Kentucky. He talks over a phone, and informs about the tornado. View of tornado winds blasting through a building and destroying a building. A warning notice for citizens is typed on a typewriter. An alarm rings in the newsroom of the WHAS emergency broadcast station. A news reader giving a warning people about the tornado. Men talking over telephones and giving information about the tornado sighting near Brandenburg Kentucky, and it approaching Louisville, Kentucky. Exterior of a building and view of public address siren horns blaring warning of the incoming tornado. Announcements and warnings about the tornado. A helicopter hovering over an area and the pilot giving information on what he is seeing. Footage of the tornado in the region of a local fair grounds and approaching buildings of downtown Louisville, Kentucky. Men giving information about the tornado as they watch the area. View of the tornado moving near Louisville Kentucky.
Scenes of Tornadoes in the U.S. during a Super Outbreak in early April 1974, when a series of tornadoes struck numerous states including Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and New York; and the Canadian province of Ontario. A man receives a call at a radio station during tornado in United States. He goes to door and see outside. He comes back and gives warning on radio. Message received at local emergency center. A man announces warning. A helicopter flies and relays report of tornado sightings from flying helicopter. A man talks on phone giving sighting reports. A meter indicates wind speed. View of tornado bearing down on Louisville Kentucky downtown buildings after having hit state fairgrounds. A cameraman takes video. A man talks at National Warning System. A man points location of tornado on a map. Various departments having meetings. Police jeep on road. Scenes of Tornado. People carry dead ones on stretcher and in hands.
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