Clear aerial views of midtown and lower Manhattan, New York City 1930, but with smoke coming from Hudson River pier of New York Harbor where the North German Lloyd liner Munchen (sometimes Muenchen or München) is seen on fire, shortly after docking in New York after the voyage from Bremen, Germany. Ship emits smoke and fire at the pier. Firefighters spray water to extinguish fire. Views of the piers and slips and dock areas on the Hudson River at New York City and close up views of the firefighters battling the blaze on the Muenchen. The ship subsequently sank at dock. She was raised later in 1930, repaired in dry dock, and returned to service under the new name SS General von Steuben. The ship was sunk in 1945 by the S-13 submarine of the Soviet Union.
President Herbert Hoover and others leave for fishing grounds in Long Key, Florida. President Herbert Hoover and others walk to the dock. Party gets into Jeremiah Milibank's boat ' Saunterer' Men push the boat away from the dock. Boat with an American flag hoisted on it. President and others take to smaller boats to catch sail fish.
Exceptionally tall man Ralph Earl Madsen (sometimes called Tex Madsen) in Los Angeles, California. He stands next to an elephant. He dances with an overweight short girl. 7 foot 6 inch Ralph Madsen stands beside two midgets, one of whom is atop the shoulders of the other. The midget on top lights Madsen's cigarette. Ralph Madsen (also called Sky High Madison) referees a boxing match between the midgets.
A guilty taken to a jail. Richard Whitney, President of New York Stock Exchange and his cashiered broker taken down a stair case with their faces covered. They get into a car and it pulls away. The party arrives at a prison in Ossining, New York. Prisoners look down at them from a prison window. Men enter the prison building. Interiors of the prison building.
A hurricane in Panama City, Florida. Strong wind blows and sea washes the beach as a hurricane strikes the coast of Panama City in Florida. Houses submerged in water. Strong winds blow. Cars drive across a flooded street. People work on wooden planks.
A soap box derby car race in Los Angeles, California. Boys in their home made cars get ready to compete in a race. Race starts and cars speed away down a hill, powered only by gravity. Spectators cheer. Checkered flag waved at the finish line as the winner crosses the line.
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