Stay delays Bruno Hauptmann execution in Trenton, New Jersey. Curious crowd waits for Bruno Hauptmann's execution for kidnapping and murder of the the Lindbergh baby. The prison warden grants a short reprieve before the execution.
Dwarf trainers at the California Pacific International Exposition throw a party for three bull elephants in San Diego, California. Dwarfs seated around a table with three bull elephants enjoy a meal together. The elephants take toasts from the table with their trunks.
People gather to collect clams from a beach area in Ocean City, Washington. Men and women along a twelve mile front on the beach collect clams in buckets. They load their collection onto a truck.
Latin-American officers visit Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. They visit a chemical plant. They watch a demonstration of hand grenade and flamethrowers at Edgewood Arsenal. The officers inspect masks. A soldier explains about the magnesium bomb, hand grenade and other bombs. Demonstration of a fire bomb on a field. Aircraft in flight demonstrating chemical warfare. (World War II period).
The largest U.S. ocean liner, the SS America, arrives in New York after cutting short its last pleasure cruise. View of American flag on side of ship SS America. Passengers disembark from the ship, which is being converted to become the fastest troop carrier in the world, during World War 2.
Crane lifts smashed aircraft engines (Pratt and Whitney R-1340-10) following crash of the first aircraft assigned to the Coast Guard Air Station, St. Petersburg, Florida. The aircraft bears the identification: Coast Guard 131. It is a Douglas RD-4 Dolphin amphibian named Mizar.The fuselage (missing empennage) is lifted by crane and guided by coast guardsmen. Later, the wing is moved separately by crane, along the pier.
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