Scenes from the wedding of John Jacob Astor VI to Ellen Tuck French at the Trinity Church in Newport, Rhode Island. People gather in large number at the ceremony. The married couples pose for the crowd.
Transpacific ships lie idle at a port in San Fransisco, California. Longshoremen (dock workers) meet to force recognition of their union demands.
Aftermath of the June 27, 1934 explosion that occurred at the J.A. Denn Powder Company in the Hawks Prairie region of Lacey, Washington (8 miles east of Olympia, Washington). Thurston County authorities survey the wreckage of the destroyed factory. Rubble and debris strewn at the site. Smoke rising from some of the debris. Officials examine a shoe with its sole torn away.
Robert (Slim) Jones buried alive at a grave during a show in Springfield, Pennsylvania. Rescue party digs him out of his grave when an accident occurred due to the seepage of water in his coffin.
Shows pilots take off on their gliders from a field in Elmira, New York. Several gliders in flight. Richard C. Dupont in his glider attains 6500 feet and breaks the American record for motor-less aircraft.
Scenes from the Boy Scout Jamboree in Binghamton, New York. Boy scouts parade through the center of the town of Binghamton. Scouts lined up and sprayed with some kind of chemical agent (de-lousing?) at the camp. Scouts building a cooking fire. Scouts compete in a horse race in front of a packed grandstand, and the winners are awarded at a ceremony. Scouts gathered in an outdoor field doing a large group drill.
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