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Mayor James J. Walker leads the great Beer Parade on 5th Avenue in New York City.
People march in the Great Beer Parade, also known as the 'We Want Beer' parade in New York City MS of Mayor Jimmy Walker leading the beer parade. Business leaders, international figures, and society matrons parade down the Fifth Avenue advocating repeal of prohibition. Signs held by demonstrators include, 'Beer For Taxation' and 'Beer for Prosperity' written on the side of a large beer barrel. Mayor Jimmy Walker viewing the beer parade demonstration. A sad tramp clown, possibly the famous Emmett Kelly, rides a bike while wearing a sign that reads, "Repeal 18 Amendment".
Sailor Charles (Bud) Cowart is rescued after dangling from the airship, USS Akron, two thousand feet above ground
Original footage and supplemental reenactment of event that took place about a week earlier when the U.S. Navy Zeppelin, USS Akron (ZRS-4) attempted to dock for refueling at Camp Kearny, San Diego, California. In clips from that actual event, spectators watch as a hundred Navy ground crew sailors attempt to hold down the dirigible. But one of the Akron cable rings breaks and the sailors are unable to hold her. All let go of the lines except for three sailors, two of whom fell to their deaths. Scenes are shown of the remaining sailor, Bud Cowart of Sand Springs, Oklahoma, as he hangs on for more than an hour until the USS Akron crew pulls him through a port hole to safety aboard the air ship. Views shot about a week later show officers inside the Akron and Sailor Cowart aboard the airship.
Dead rats examined for lesions of plague in the United States.
A study of rats and diseases harbored by rats. Scientists and technicians in a laboratory comb rats for lice, mites and fleas. They mount and suspend the rats over a bowl and comb them. The insects collected in the bowl looked at through a microscope lens. Fleas, mites and lice as seen through a lens. A solution dropped on them and transferred to another bowl. Dead rats examined for lesions of plague. Technicians dissect the dead rats with a pair of scissors. A building with a sign that reads 'Fertilizer Company'.
A rat moves on a rope in United States.
A study of rats. United States ship Baltimore at a dock. A rat moves on a rope which ties the ship to the dock. Rat moves along the rope.
Practice of rat proofing in United States.
A study of rats. Examples of rat proofing, a man measures the dimensions of a house. A diagram shows the right and wrong way of construction of an elevated building for rat proofing. A diagram of chain and curtain walling. Marks on a wall as a man measures it. Correct construction of food establishments. The construction of correct wooden floor. Wooden planks on the floor, a man hammers nails in the wooden planks on the floor. An elevated house prepared for rat proofing. Men remove wire gauze from the lower portions from all three sides. A diagram of the ventilations and doorways in the structure. A diagram shows the correct and incorrect way of construction, concrete garage, and walks. A man takes measurements of a concrete pathway.
Franklin D Roosevelt during his Presidential campaign in United States.
Scene of steam locomotive starting to move. Engineer in the locomotive cab. Franklin D Roosevelt's Presidential election campaign. A railroad train pulls up at a station in Kentucky. Governor of New York, Franklin D Roosevelt addresses a public meeting in Topeka, Kansas,about the new deal and its help for farmers. His train arrives in Seattle and a large crowd welcomes him at the rail road station. A train moves over a bridge and Roosevelt arrives in Springfield, Georgia to campaign for the Presidential elections. He receives a warm welcome in Georgia.