Excerpt from the fictional film "Birth of a Nation". A pro-Southern dramatization by actors on the effect of the Civil War and the Reconstruction. Men gather in Masters Hall in the State House of Representatives in South Carolina. Majority of African Americans sit in the hall. An African American speaker speaks in the hall in front of everyone. Another African American man eats on the table. They talk amongst themselves. A man drinks. One of them puts his shoes on the table. A man puts his legs on the table. They misbehave. Speaker asks everyone to wear shoes. White visitors seen in the gallery. An intermarriage bill passed in the meeting. People talk. African American people cheer.
Annual round up of American buffalo by cowboys and cowgirls at the Custer State Park in South Dakota, USA. View of the buffalo being rounded up for inspection. Riders on horseback seen assisting with the buffalo round-up.
Aviator Charles Lindbergh welcomed in New York. He reviews troops marching by in his honor at Central Park Mall. Lindbergh with his mother Evangeline Lindbergh on the podium. NY Governor Al Smith presents Lindbergh the State's Medal of Valor as his mother looks on. Policemen control the large crowd. People wait for him in Central Park. A decorated float with a model of Lindbergh's plane 'Spirit of Saint Louis'. Governor Smith with Lindbergh and his mother on stage. Lindbergh addresses the gathering and stands amidst two officers.
U.S. Secretary of State Cordell Hull talks about Pan American Conference. Secretary Hull during a press conference aboard USS Santa Clara. He talks about the Pan American Conference in Peru. An American delegate addresses the conference. Cordell Hull poses on the ship.
Aerials of New York City and Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001). A traffic jam in Manhattan. Men and women near the building. Firemen inside the building examining the areas caught on fire. Nine different floors from the 24th to 68th are caught on fire. Exteriors of building.
'Flood area digs out of debris as waters recede '. Mud and debris dug out and water gushes away after floods in New York State. In the aftermath of floods wrecked house, furniture on the street and a damaged jeep. People distributed water. Doctors inject people to prevent spread of an epidemic. Children eat a meal.
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