A busy highway in New York jammed with civilian cars. Men fix flat tires of a car on the roadside. Total gridlock traffic with cars and trucks at a stand still. Frustrated drivers and people sit in cars and wait. Good close up views of many 1930s cars by Ford and other car makers. Produce stands beside the road selling fruits and drinks. Cars begin to move. A car stops. A truck driver shouts. People eat hot dogs in front of a hand cart. A family picnics on side of road.
From film dealing with sesquicentennial in Washington DC, released 1950. Review of development of Washington, DC. Model of the Memorial Bridge and the Constitution Avenue in the year 1930. A model of the Jefferson Memorial. The Agriculture Building and building for the members of the House of Representatives. Elevated view of 15 blocks of old slum and run down home and office buildings in the Federal Triangle area that had been marked for destruction. Narrator characterizes them as "unsightly and useless sections of the city." Men work in demolition of slum area. They push over a building wall during clearing of the area. Crane with wrecking ball demolishes building in the Federal Triangle area. View of Department of Commerce under construction circa 1931. Construction of the Post Office Department building is seen underway in the same period.
Traffic on streets in city of Youngstown Ohio. Point of view shot from a moving car showing 1930s and 1940s vintage automobiles crossing Market Street Bridge in Youngstown.
A film depicts an impressionistic study of Washington DC on a typical Great Depression day. Clark Mills's Lieutenant General George Washginton equestrian statue at Washington Circle. A cemetery and men work at the cemetery. They use a machine to help lift old grave markers up out of the ground. The grave markers appear to be circa civil war era. A marker with number 7566 on top is lifted out of the cemetery grounds. Elevated view of Pennsylvania Avenue, Old Post Office Building seen on right, and traffic on the street. Close up elevated view of 1930's automobiles stopped a stop light. Several views of 1935 year license plates or number plates of cars from various states including California, Georgia, New York, Wisconsin, and Ohio . A horse eats food from a bucket. A woman seated on a footpath drinks and enjoys lunch. A family seated around a table during a lunch break. People at the National Zoo. They look at animals and stand behind a cage. A young girl plays with leopard cubs. Picnickers seated in a garden, with cars on roadway behind, possibly Rock Creek Park area. A close up of a young girl eating. Children swinging on a swing set.
Reenactment shows FBI(Federal Bureau of Investigation) agents battling gangsters in the United States, during the 1930s. Machine Gun Kelly storms an apartment building and shoots enemies. The Kansas City Massacre reenacted. Shootouts with gangsters George Kelly Barnes nicknamed 'Machine Gun Kelly', 'Babyface' Nelson, 'Prettyboy' Floyd and John Dillinger by FBI agents. The FBI agents with the help of hidden cameras keep a check on gangster in New York. Hidden camera footage of FBI double agent meeting an axis spy on a New York street. The Brinks robbery in Boston, Massachusetts. Armored cars driving at night. Large amounts of money transported to trucks. Reenactment shows plane exploding with 40 passengers on board. FBI agents in warehouse examining airplane wreckage. View of a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally at night, with a burning cross on a field and men in Klan robes around it throwing lit torches toward the burning cross. Brief shot of Martin Luther King being interviewed. Man smoking a cigar. Roulette wheels associated with illegal gambling.
College football game between Michigan State Spartans and University of Michigan Wolverines, held at Spartan Stadium in East Lansing Michigan, United States. Large crowd of spectators gathered to watch the match. Features a 92 yard punt return by Dean Look of the Michigan State Spartans. The game ends in a 12-12 tie.
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