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A huge statue of Christ which is to be placed on the top of a mountain being constructed in Denver, Colorado.

A huge statue of Christ being constructed in Denver, Colorado. Men work on the statue. The mountain where the statue is to be placed.

Date: 1934, September 13
Duration: 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061010
A man and a dog water ski together behind a boat in Lake Arrowhead, California.

A demonstration of water skiing by a dog and a surfer or water skier in Lake Arrowhead, California. The man and the dog are towed on a single board (referred to as an Aquaplane in the newsreel title) with a rope behind a boat in Lake Arrowhead.

Date: 1934, September 13
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061011
Alaska gold miner Jack Loreen remains "buried alive" underground for record-setting 64 days and one hour in Chicago, Illinois

Stunt by Alaska gold miner Jack Loreen, as he remains "buried alive" in a coffin underground for 64 days and one hour in Chicago, Illinois. A crowd seated around a grave with a sign which reads 'Here Lies Jack Loreen'. A man starts to dig the grave to retrieve Loreen. Jack Loreen as seen from a see-through air shaft. The man digs deeper. A coffin is hoisted out of the grave. The crowd surrounds Jack Loreen as he emerges from the coffin. Jack Loreen poses with his family including wife and children.

Date: 1934, September 13
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061013
U.S. Coast Guard rescues victims of a flood in Greenwood, Mississippi using motor-powered dory boats

U.S. Coast Guard works to rescue victims of a flood in Greenwood, Mississippi. Men lower Coast Guard dory boats from a railroad car. Spectators watch as the men put dory boats in the water. Prisoners in striped clothes stack sandbags to control overflowing water of Yazoo and Tallahatchie Rivers. Submerged houses and trees. Residents flee in boats. Coast Guard officers aboard a boat in water. U.S. Army and Red Cross Fokker F.VII a aircraft in flight over the flood area. Aerial views of the flooded region.

Date: 1932, January 25
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061016
Narrow gauge railroad train equipped with rotary snowplow clears snow from tracks near Cumbres, Colorado.

Lodges covered with snow on a snowy mountain pass near Cumbres, Colorado. A narrow gauge train of the Rio Grande San Juan Extension (later the Cumbres and Tultec Scenic Railroad) plows its way through the snow of a Rocky Mountain pass near Cumbres. The locomotive engine of the train is equipped with a rotary snowplow that clears away the deep snow from the tracks. The train approaches two men waving.

Date: 1932, January 25
Duration: 1 min 22 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061019
A harbor shows fishermen during a fishing strike against low rates offered by fish canners in San Pedro, California.

Fishermen on a strike against low rates offered by fish canners in San Pedro, California. A harbor jammed with idle boats as the fishermen roam the beach. The fishermen ready their vessels for return to the water when the disagreement is settled. The fishermen sort fish aboard the boats and empty fishnets.

Date: 1932, January 25
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061021