Needy and poor children from poor and low income homes in Detroit romp and play at "Fresh Air Camp", a summer camp in Sylvan Lake, outside Detroit, Michigan, during the Great Depression. The camp was established by the Detroit Free Press newspaper. (The Sylvan Lake Community Center is now on the site.) Boys and girls run out of a main camp building, possibly the dining hall. Group of boys walking past camp buildings including sleeping cabins. The children wait in line for food at an outdoor eating or mess area. They smile and drink milk from glass bottles. Needy children play on a playground and enjoy swing sets. They run into the water of Sylvan Lake and splash and enjoy swimming in the water. Children gathered around a flag pole with the American flag on it for a flag lowering ceremony.
Scenes in the "Italian Village" exhibit of the Chicago "Century of Progress" World's Fair of 1933-34.. Carnival barkers holding canes,stand on boxes next to women and harangue the crowds to visit their respective sideshows for 25 cents. Aerial views of the fairgrounds, showing two man- made lagoons along with, bridges, and buildings at the fair on the shore of Lake Michigan.
A film titled '60 mile gale hits Windy City' shows high waves rising in Lake Michigan due to blowing of 60 mile gale across the city of Chicago in United States. High waves break at the shore. Pedestrians find it difficult to walk down the road as they are swayed away by the strong wind.
Elliott Roosevelt, son of U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt and his wife Ruth Josephine Googins of Fort Worth Texas marry at an outdoor ceremony, at the home of George Swiller, in Burlington, Iowa, on July 22, 1933. The couple is seen walking with members of the wedding party, to the ceremony. Many guests and others watch. Scene changes to Jack Dempsey and his wife Hannah Williams, at their wedding reception on July 18, 1933. They are at a table with friends. Scene shifts to Jack and Hannah preparing a meal in kitchen of their home at Lake Tahoe, California.
"Polar Bear" swimmers of varying ages swim in the icy waters of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. Men and women go into the frozen Lake Michigan. They use ice picks to dig holes through snow and ice into the frigid lake water. They laugh and splash water on each other while swimming
A sand and gravel barge upturns in Lake Michigan, Chicago, Illinois. A diver climbs down a staircase into the lake to search for dead bodies. Men aboard a rescue vessel. A diver comes aboard the vessel. A boat underway at the lake as the search for dead bodies continues.
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