Activities of people in Richmond, Virginia. Examples of "Jim Crow" laws (racial segregation). View of the White House of the Confederacy (1201 E Clay St, Richmond, VA 23219, United States) in Richmond, Virginia. The sign reads White House of the Confederacy entrance on Clay St'. Buses parked in front of the "colored waiting room". White pedestrians at crossing on Broad Street. Highway sign reads "Colored tourists stop at Hotel McGuire, Route 1, Fredericksburg, Virginia." View of the Virginia State Capitol building (1000 Bank St, Richmond, VA 23218, United States) in the background.
Belle Bart, famous astrologer at desk in her office, New York, USA. She speaks on her predictions for the Year 1936. She reminds viewers of her predictions for the year 1935. She says that the period of prosperity will extend from 1936-1943. She further says that although war is imminent in the far East, and that some nations will become eclipsed during this period, the general trend through 1943 will be "happiness and prosperity for all."
Equestiran statue of George Washington in Richmond, Virginia (The Virginia Washington Monument). Various statues. People pass at roadside. The Virginia State Capitol building. A squirrel eats. Cars in lot in front of Old First Baptist Church (Greek Revival designed by Thomas Walter at northwest corner of 12th Street and East Broad Street. Note cupola over portico, which was later removed. The building later became the Hunton Student Center of Virginia Commonwealth University). New construction underway of another building beside the church. View down Broad Street. Cars pass at nearby intersection. A horse cart on a road with an African American driver, parked in front of the H. W. Rountree & Bro. Trunk and Bag Company located at 201 – 217 North Fourteenth Street. Scene changes to a long view down Broad Street. Next scene is sign that reads "White House of Confederacy Entrance on Clay Street". View of the back porch columns at the White House of the Confederacy. African American men on a horse cart pass by a parked streetcar or trolley. Another horse cart approaches, with two African American people on it. The cart is loaded with boxes. It passes by Triangle Service Station and then near a parked streetcar.
Construction of Hoover Dam in the United States, concluding in 1935. A sign reads 'the Babcock'. Giant steel pipes. Steel plates hoisted by a crane. Steel pipes are assembled in the steel fabrication plant erected on the dam site. Men working on constructing and assembling pipes. Train passes through a 30-foot diameter section. Trailers carry giant steel pipes. The pipes transferred via cable ways. Trailers carry giant steel pipes inside diversion tunnel. Steel pipes are joined at location with cables. Construction equipment work on construction site. Railroad tracks seen. A tram car carrying construction material, passes through the tunnel. Last concrete poured on May 28, 1935 and construction of the Hoover Dam completed two years ahead of schedule. View of completed Hoover dam in mid to late 1930's with 1930s automobiles passing by and parked on top of the dam. From a 1962 production about the dam.
A Greyhound passenger bus traveling to a destination in the United States. The tourist bus stops in Virginia. View of the Natural Bridge in Virginia, USA. A water stream flows under the bridge.
Harlem being guarded by New York City police forces after March 19, 1935 race riot in New York City, New York. Workers repair broken glass of the S. H. Kress and Co store. People walk on street outside the damaged shops. Broken glass on the ground. African American men who are the accused rioters come out of police cars and paddy wagons to enter a court room. One of the accused men has a bandage on his head. (This incident is sometimes called the first modern race riot in the United States. A Mayor's Commission investigated the cause and issued a report, "The Negro in Harlem: A Report on Social and Economic Conditions Responsible for the Outbreak of March 19, 1935." The report concluded that the riot was spontaneous and had no organized leadership behind it. It also identified "injustices of discrimination in employment, the aggressions of the police, and the racial segregation" as conditions leading to the riot.)
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