A milkmaid rides a Zebra pulled carriage on a street in St Louis, Missouri. Carriage number 500 of the Pevely Dairy Company halts outside a house. Picture of a baby and slogan "Baby First" on a panel of the carriage. The milkmaid delivers milk and rides the carriage further, pulled by two zebras.
Lew Worsham wins the United States Open Championship in a playoff, St Louis, Missouri. Lewis Elmer "Lew" Worsham, Jr. and Sam Snead, American golf players play golf on golf course. Spectators watch the game and applaud. Lew Worsham wins from 2 and 1/2 foot putt on the 18th green. Lew Worsham receives trophy.
Display of a fuel cell powered truck of the U.S. Army in St. Louis, Missouri. The fuel cell powered U.S. Army truck drives along a road. The truck stops and a man gets off. The hood of the truck opens. The man looks under the truck hood. He displays fuel cells under the hood. The cells come from chemical hydrazine which produces electricity by air oxidation, and does not need recharging. The truck drives away. (Example of early electric vehicle concept.)
U.S. Navy McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II crashes at St. Louis, Missouri. It was test flight #155557 MAC 2833. The F-4J aircraft taxis for take off, lifts off and climbs steeply. Pilot and co-pilot eject. (Both survived: Pilot C. D. "Pete" Pilcher, Production Test Pilot, McDonnell Douglas Corporation; and Radar Observer Harvey A. Begay in backseat position.) Plane moves flatly through air in vertical position. It loses all speed. Aircraft falls flatly, impacts runway and explodes into a huge fireball. Black smoke billows up from impact area. Plane continues to burn. F-4J ablaze. Crash crew makes way to fire. Ambulance on ground. Pilot Pilcher and Radar Observer Begay meet-up together with other personnel on the airfield and observe the blazing aircraft from which they had ejected. They walk around a military station wagon. The two crew members examine ejection seat on runway. Ejection seat resting on runway. Two pilots get into a station wagon with other civilian personnel. Collapsed chute laying on grass. View of ejection seat. Blown canopy, other debris lying about runway in the background. F-4J still ablaze. Fire engine enters and moves down a runway. Firemen wade knee-deep through foam while fighting fire. Heavy smoke rises from wreckage. Crashed F-4J, heavy foam in the foreground. Fireman direct more foam into opening of F-4J while smoke is pouring out.
Several Mississippi river steamers are seen. The U.S. Greenbrier, a stern paddlewheeler river steamer in the Lighthouse Service is seen. (It was later transferred to the Coast Guard, in 1939, and designated a Coast Guard Cutter -- SAGL-214). President Herbert Hoover and his wife, Lou Henry Hoover, are seen on deck, with members of their party. Spectators line the upper bank of the wharf. Many hold umbrellas due to rain. An American flag flies over the wharf. The Greenbrier backs away from the wharf in clouds of smoke and steam. The Grand Avenue suspension bridge can be seen in background. The President and Mrs. Hoover smile from the deck.
Newsreel clip entitled "Record Crowds See Cards and Mackmen Battle for Title." Contains highlights from game 4 of baseball's 1930 World Series. Long shot of crowds packing the stands of Sportsman's Park in St. Louis Missouri. A's players walk onto the field. Three A's players, including Hall of Fame outfielder Al Simmons in the middle, talking and smiling. Close up of A's manager and part-owner Connie Mack (in suit) talking to Cardinals manager Gabby Street. Shots of crowd. Cardinal pitcher and Hall of Famer Jesse Haines gives up single to Simmons in first inning, scoring Max Bishop. A's pitcher and Hall of Famer Lefty Grove gives up third-inning triple to Cardinals' Charlie Gelbert, who scores on a single by Haines. In the fourth inning, Ray Blades and Gelbert score on Cardinal hits. Cardinals go on to win the game, 3-1, but would lose the World Series, four games to two.
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