Chairman of the committee receives Blue Riband Trophy from representative of Italian line and member of the committee. Chairman of the committee presents the Blue Riband Trophy to Captain Rene Pugnet as the trophy is won by SS Normandie for French Line. Dignitaries surround the trophy. Captain Rene Pugnet gives a short thanksgiving address.
Titled 'Viking Customs Revived'. Descendants of ancient Norsemen pay homage to their ancestors. The men carry a Viking galley to dock at a port. Town crier ringing bell stands before a tall sign explaining the ritual. A picture of an old viking ship is seen atop the sign. Guizer Jarl leads Jarl Squad wearing ancient style viking clothes with swords and shields as they board the galley boat. Night scenes show torch light parade in the town, followed by parade goers throwing torches onto the galley and the burning of the Viking galley.
The four engine seaplane Blériot 5190 (possibly the first one, called ‘Santos-Dumont’, named in memory of a friend of Blériot) descends a ramp into the water and takes off in Dakar, French West Africa. The Bleriot 5190 floatplane in flight. Views of the amphibious aircraft as it flies.
A film titled 'Boys dig up pot of gold'. View of the three story row house at 132 S. Eden Street in Baltimore, Maryland. View of a basement window on the building. View inside an office of two teenage boys, Theodore Jones and Henry Grob, standing in front of a desk covered by gold coins they discovered when digging a hole in the basement of the Eden Street building in August 1934. Close-up view of the gold coins and the degraded metal can that had held them when they discovered it underground. (Their discovery yielded 3,558 gold coins dating from the 1830s-1850s, with a face value of $11,200.) Henry Grob speaks and says, "I'm glad tthat the decision of Judge O'Dunne (Judge Eugene O'Dunne) was in our favor, because now I can complete my education, buy my mother a home, and help others in my family who are in need." Theodore Jones then adds, "That's a swell idea. I think I'll do the same." Close-up view of hands of a man picking up a number of the coins.
A preacher Elder Michaux leads his people in song they sing. People clap and sing. Elder Michaux describes his view of paradise.
National Archives building at Constitution Avenue in Washington DC, United States. Human figures engraved on the building. Building of the Department of Labor with American flag hoisted on it is seen. Building has a number of lamps hanging on to the wall. Cars pass by the Department of Justice building. The building has a flowing fountain in the center.
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