View of Morris Dam in Pine Canyon, California. Former U.S. President Herbert Hoover arrives at the dam. Heads of Pasadena water department greet him. President Hoover unveils the Morris Dam inscription tablet.
Conflict between National Guardsmen and strikers in Toledo,Ohio. Guardsmen keep a vigil as thousands of people gather outside an auto accessory plant. Scenes of damaged building, men throwing stones at troops. Troops of Guardsmen march on the streets. They spread tear gas in order to disperse the crowd.
Stage show by circus performers to entertain sick peoples at a Jewish hospital in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Performers in various costumes perform activities like high jump, juggling with balls and gymnastics. Patients on wheel chairs and sick children with canes gather on the hospital grounds.
A documentary film from the Rural Electrification Administration: "Power and the Land" about the lack of electric power in rural areas such as St. Clairsville, Ohio. Men with lamp walk on a pathway at dawn. A man feeds the cattle while another one is seen milking a cow in the light of a lamp. A woman pumps water, starts her work and children do their work in the dim light of la amp. Scenes of horses grazing in the field.
Lack of electricity creates difficulties for farmers in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Man cuts log into pieces by hand and splits wood. Two men bring out a horse driven wagon into a field.
Due to lack of electricity in a rural setting, people work by hand in St. Clairsville, Ohio. Woman heats water over fire in a huge container. A girl adds wood to fire. Woman washes clothes by hands while the girl cleans and fills kerosene in the lamp. (World War II period).
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