Role of United States Coast Guard in natural disaster response. Clip focuses on response in 1927 Mississippi River flood. Opens with scenes of a destructive hurricane hitting Florida coast in United States and strong winds blowing. Coast Guard provides relief to the victims. Wreckage from hurricane. Brief scene from San Francisco earthquake. Then scenes from the flood of the Mississippi River in 1927. Swollen Mississippi River flowing at great speed. Coast Guard uses boats to rescue people from the flooded area. People gathered atop the levees awaiting help. Coast Guard lifting citizens from atop levees, into boats. A house floating in the flood waters. A boat filled with livestock as Coast Guard rescues them. A man being rescued from top of a floating house. Film produced in 1935.
Textile workers go on strike in Georgia, United States. Textile workers (possibly from Celanese Corporation in Rome, Georgia) carrying placards outside a factory. Smokestacks are seen in the background. Placards say 'Textile Workers on Strike' and 'Give us real Senority'. Textile workers on strike stand near factory fence. A worker lights his cigarette. Strike committee made up of union members and representatives from the locality and national union convene for a meeting. An African American worker speaks with the strike committee. A man takes the minutes of the meeting. A telegraph is sent through Western Union. Telephone operator transfers a call. Close up views of men and women talking on telephones. Publicity department gets the details from a typewriter. A woman mails a pamphlet “This is your fight”. A man signs a Textile Workers Union of America check made out to the Northwest Georgia Joint Board, TWUA. Man signs an official paper of 'Textile Worker Union of America'. Workers on strike line up outside the TWUA Local 689 commissary. The union commissary replenishes their stocks of food and supplies for the workers to carry them through the time without pay. Workers receive their supplies and food. A man leads the union workers to sing "We shall overcome." The worker takes his supply to his car. Interior of a house, a woman (mother, housewife) gives a glass of milk to a boy, man seated on chair in living room reading newspaper and his family with boy on sofa, and wife joins him.
A man and a model of airplane in GALCIT wind tunnel, California, United States. The model plane is suspended in wind tunnel powered by a large four-bladed fan. Several airplane models are seen in the wind tunnel. A technician adjusts a balance, amid measuring devices outside the wind tunnel, during operation. Models of sea planes lie on a table. Man carries a pontoon model.
Boys of '4-H youth organization' talk about steps needed to be taken for development of prize winning pastures in Georgia, United States. Men seated around a table appreciate the work done by the members of the 4-H youth organization. A geographical map shows the Georgia region. A 4-H boy seated on a tractor is interviewed about the important steps taken by him to grow prize winning pastures. Cattle graze on the pastures. He talks about the amount of fertilizers used in the pastures. Weeds are removed from the pastures and the pastures are well irrigated. Agricultural machinery and equipment used on a farm.
Boys of '4-H youth organization' talk about steps needed to be taken for development of prize winning pastures in Georgia, United States. A geographical map shows the Georgia region. A 4-H boy is interviewed about the important steps taken by him to grow prize winning pastures. Cattle graze on the pastures. He talks about the amount of fertilizers used in the pastures. He also talks about the pest control.
Boys of '4-H youth organization' talk about steps needed to be taken for development of prize winning pastures in Georgia, United States. A geographical map shows the Georgia region. 4-H boys in mountains and piedmont are interviewed about the important steps taken by them to grow prize winning pastures. Cattle graze on the pastures. They talk about the amount of fertilizers used in the pastures. Sheep and hogs graze in pastures along with the cattle.
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