Postmaster General and other dignitaries present at the 70th National Convention of the Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks in Kansas City, Missouri. Michael F. Shannon named new exalted ruler.
West Coast Waterfront Strike ends in San Francisco, California. Mayor Angelo Rossi congratulates President of the San Francisco Labor Council, Edward Vandeleur on the successful arbitration of strike. Troops march down The Embarcadero. Workers with 50-60 Fremont St. Yawman Filing Equipment and Supplies unload a truck at the Farnsworth Warehouse. Workers line up outside a cannery. View of busy Market Street with cable car and San Francisco Ferry Building in the distance.
Customers deposits are returned to them under the auspices of officials who have placed the bank under Federal Receivership. Depositors hadn't been able to make withdrawals,due to the National Financial Crisis. U.S. receivers in Hempstead, Long Island, New York. Interior of bank and people inside. An official speaks on 'repayment of frozen deposits in National bank'. He credits Federal Government for this positive action made possible by enactment of the Reconstruction Finance Commission Act and the Home Owner's Loan corporation Act.
Snow covered streets in New York City. People walk past shops on 5th Avenue. People do window shopping. Leather bags , costumes and hats on sale inside the shops. Snow covered on cars parked along the side of a street in New York City. Snow covered areas and leafless trees.
Scenes from a basketball match between Michigan and University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) held by the National Collegiate Athletic Association at Portland, Oregon. The UCLA wins the collegiate title by the last minute goal from the substitute Kenny Washington who went for injured Keith Erickson.
American baseball superstar Willie Mays signs a two-year contract with the San Francisco Giants at a reported $130,000 a year, then a major league record. Cameras, reporters seen covering the event as Mays talks with Giants' officials and journalists. Scenes of Mays playing baseball with Giants, including a steal of second base, his famous over-the-shoulder catch in game 1 of the 1954 World Series, and hitting a record-tying four home runs in one game against the Milwaukee Braves early in the 1961 season. Last shot is Mays with Giants' owner Horace Stoneham.
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