The Republican National Convention, meeting in the Chicago Stadium, Chicago, Illinois, renominates President Herbert Hoover and Vice President Charles Curtis as their standard bearers in the next election. Flag-waving delegates celebrate. Hoover prepares to address the convention. Posters of President Hoover and Vice President Curtis are displayed prominently by the speaker's podium.
A large crowd gathers at Democratic National Convention in Chicago, Illinois. They carry banners in support of Franklin D Roosevelt. A banner reads 'our next President Roosevelt ' People carry posters and campaign signs in favor of Roosevelt at the convention. Views of many FDR campaign signs.
Democratic Convention in Chicago, Illinois. Delegates from various states at the Democratic Convention. Senator Alben W. Barkley of Kentucky delivers Keynote address, including a call for Congress to repeal the 18th Amendment to the Constitution (Prohibition). A woman temperance supporter who gives the impression of being in a trance (perhaps "channeling" a spirit?), says she is George Nye, the Quaker Evangelist of Madison, Wisconsin. She speaks for the Prohibition Party (sometimes called the Dry's or Dries) and condemns both Republican and Democratic parties for their alcohol tolerance. William McAdoo addresses the convention and declares Franklin D Roosevelt the Democratic candidate for President of the United States.
Rose Bowl college football game between Tulane (Green Wave) and the University of Southern California (USC) Trojans. Game in progress. Crowd watches. Trojans over Tulane in a 21-12 defeat. In the final quarter Don Zimmerman drops a pass into Jerry Dalrymple's hands for a score and follows it closely with another touchdown over a similar route.
Waterfront near facilities of Norfolk boat builder, John H. Curtis, who perpetrated a hoax during the search for Charles Lindbergh's kidnapped son. (Curtis falsely claimed he was contacted by kidnappers who held the child on a yacht.) A wooden motor cabin boat is seen docked. The camera pans along the river past boats and a Security Storage building in the background. it focuses on the Curtis building and boatyard. A sign identifies it as "J.H. Curtis Boat & Engine Corp."
Germans streaming into the first Berlin Olympic Stadium or Deutsches Stadion (Deutsches Stadion, Olympischer Platz 3, 14053 Berlin) in Westend to attend a Nazi party rally. A Sturmabteilung (SA) band performs a concert. The band marches and plays. SA athletes display their prowess, running in formation around the stadium track; performing synchronized calisthenics; and running to form a giant swastika in the field. The rally continues into the night, with torchlight activities watched by Adolf Hitler, Joseph Goebbels, and Hermann Goering, from a balcony.