Strike of workers in a wage dispute spreads to Philadelphia's transportation system. People walking to work in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Transport union protesting for pay hike. Streetcars, subways and buses lie idle. 'Station Closed' sign at Philadelphia subway entrance. Huge crowd of people walking to get to work, waiting at railway station and on streets for transportation. View of empty 46th street metro rail station in Philadelphia. View of taxis on streets and a press company without workers. Buildings and shops along streets of downtown Philadelphia. A line of African American men and women hitchhiking in downtown Philadelphia to get a ride. Group of 5 people runs to catch an available Philadelphia taxicab. Scene changes to New York City where striking newspaper workers form a picket line. Empty newspaper offices are shown. Longshoreman dock workers on strike so office workers are seen hoisting a giant rope and assisting the Cunard Line Ocean liner Queen Mary (RMS Queen Mary) in docking operations at New York harbor slip covered in thin ice. Cunard Queen Mary passengers carrying their own luggage at the dock area due to the labor strike.
Bulldog Bright Beauty gives birth to a record litter of thirteen puppies in Philadelphia. The neighborhood kids help bathe the pups then hang them on the clothesline to dry while Bright Beauty supervises. April 1938.
A boxing match in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. World Light Heavyweight champion John H. Lewis fights with another boxer in a boxing ring. Spectators seated in the stands. He drinks water after the first round. American Boxer John H. Lewis. 'Tony' Galenio from Orange, New Jersey seated on a barrel. The match between John H. Lewis and Tony resumes. Tony lifts up the barrel and shows his confidence.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Junior and his wife walk out of a hospital with their new born son in Philadelphia Pennsylvania. Roosevelt Jr. carries the baby while his wife, former Miss Ethel DuPont accompanies him. They smile at the people and hospital staff outside the 'Lying-In' hospital and sit in their car.
A large crowd gathers to welcome Joe Burk on his return after winning the Diamond Skull Championship. Mayor Samuel Davis Wilson and Joe Burk address the crowd in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Diamond Skull Champions trophy. Men row boats in a lake.
A freckled boy crowned at the National 'Sunspot' contest at Germantown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Freckle-faced children lined up. Boys look through a lens. A boy named Bob Noonan is crowned.
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