Hotel staff goes on a strike in San Francisco, California, during the Great Depression. Hotel staff pickets in streets of San Francisco, California. An abandoned restaurant and bar area in a hotel. Empty kitchen of the hotel restaurant. Manager pushes a heavy trunk around the hotel. A guest makes his own bed as another one does the laundry himself.
Opening slate states: "Golden Rivet Marks Dedication of Huge Golden Gate Span" View of the completed Golden Gate Bridge from the San Francisco side. A crowd of people is assembled for the bridge dedication on May 4, 1937. Joseph Strauss, Chief Engineer of the Golden Gate Bridge holds the "Golden Rivet,"seen in closeup. Closeup of a bridge worker in a metal hard hat. Next he is seen holding up the rivet in a protective glove as he stands next to Mr. Strauss. Glimpse of worker's cage moving along a bridge cable overhead. Closeup of two riveters setting the final rivet as spectators crowd close around them. Long view from San Francisco hills of the bridge.
Pages of a book showing pictures of telephone Transmitter and Receiver exhibited in Centennial Exposition at Philadelphia in 1876. Picture of Dom Pedro, Emperor of Brazil. Dramatization: Alexander Graham Bell greeting Dom Pedro at International Centennial of 1876 in Philadelphia. Actors playing Bell, Pedro and other people walk to see the demonstration. Bell speaks on mouthpiece and Pedro trying to hear Bell's word on receiver. Pedro is surprised and makes other hear the words on receiver. People congratulate Bell.
The disappearance of American aviatrix Amelia Earhart in 1937. A smiling Amelia Earhart stands with a man, possibly Fred Noonan. Earhart and crew loading up an airplane parked in a hanger. May 20, 1937, Lockheed Model 10-E Electra taking off from Oakland, California bound for Miami, Florida on the first leg of Earhart's second attempt at an around-the-world flight. Earhart and her navigator disappear during the flight and are last heard from on July 2, 1937. A huge air sea search is undertaken to find them. An aircraft carrier underway at sea. Airplane parked on the flight deck. Bi-Planes fly in formation during search.
Three Soviet Airmen land on an airfield in San Jacinto,California after flying over the North Pole 6,700 miles without a stop from Moscow. Large crowd gathers at the airfield and greet their arrival.
Hotel staff on strike in San Francisco, California. Exteriors of a hotel. Staff picketing on a street. Abandoned bar and restaurant of the hotel. The manager of the hotel brings in a heavy trunk to a room. A guest makes his own bed. Another man washes his socks in a wash basin.
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