The launch of USS Nashville in Camden, New Jersey. People gather in large number at the launch. Mildred and Ann Stahlman, daughters of James G. Stahlman, publisher of Nashville banner launch the cruiser. Cruiser underway at sea.
Unemployed men in Newark, New Jersey during the Great Depression. Disturbance at railroad and dockyard being brought under control by policemen on horseback. Train and ships in background. A sign reads 'No men wanted'. Men sleep on park benches. A man holds a sign reading 'Unemployed'. Men sleep in doorways Sidewalk soup kitchen. View of shacks and an order by the Department of Health declaring them unfit for human habitation and ordering them vacated at once. Order is signed by Charles V. Craster, M,D, D.P.H., Health Officer.
American aviator Howard Hughes flies from coast to coast in 7 ½ hours. Hughes exits out of cockpit of Hughes H-1 Racer plane in Newark, New Jersey. Crowd surrounds the plane. Cameraman atop a car. Hughes H-1 Racer being pushed by men towards a hangar.
The National Marble Championship in Wildwood, New Jersey. Bill Kloss wins the championship. Boys participate in marble shooting contest. Children watch and cheer during the championship. Judges seated at a desk watch carefully. Bill Kloss seated in a chair with a crown on his head.
Burning and crash of zeppelin airship Hindenburg in Lakehurst, New Jersey. German rigid airship Hindenburg bursts into flames. People run around at Lakehurst Naval Air Station. The airship burns in the diaster. Smoke rises due to fire. The skeleton of the airship burns and people seen around the burning airship.
Newsreel titled 'Champion babies of '37 parade at sea side resort ' shows babies dressed in unusual dresses as they participate in annual babies parade in Ocean City,New Jersey. Babies arrive in well decorated carriages and some even crawl down the road.
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