In South Bend, Indiana, views of a "Giant Car" Studebaker roadster built by a group of 60 craftsmen working under Studebaker's Paul Auman. This giant scale version 1931 model 80 Studebaker Four Season Roadster was used in the film "Wild Flowers." The Giant Car is 41 feet long with a wheel base of 325 inches. It is 13 1/2 feet high, 15 feet wide, and weighed 5 1/2 tons. Men drive up beside the giant President roadster in a normal vehicle. Some use a rope ladder to climb up into the giant car and others climb up the wheel fender and then onto the hood. A boy is shown trying unsuccessfully to climb up a giant wheel of the car (each wire wheel was 6 feet 8 inches in diameter and weighed 600 pounds). The boy's small pedal car is seen beside the Giant Car tire. A police officer in a motorcycle rides up beside the giant car. He places a board-style 'Police Ticket' on the running board and then climbs up onto the running board to present the ticket to a woman who is behind the wheel of the giant roadster.
Figure skating in Coney Island, New York. Trudy Bronson and Paul Carriere performs while adapting various dance movement to skating. 1931.
Edward Blood from University of New Hampshire establishes ski record in interstate tournament. 12000 spectators watch his 150 feet jump at Bear Mountain, New York. 1931.
A dog athlete dives from 20 foot height in Seattle, Washington. An old lady watches. Dog on the back of the man. "Lady Bunty" claims world's canine diving championship.
Jack Rousseau builds 8 foot house of cards in Tacoma, Washington. He uses 135 decks for the house. He stands on a stool and makes a storey of the house.
Hearing of a secret 'Cannon Trial' at a court of church officials in Washington DC. Bishop James Cannon, Jr. arrives in a car. He walks using calipers, or crutches. Bishop and his group walk out of the court where his alleged shady dealings had been the subject of scrutiny. His troubles left discredited the prohibition movement he had championed, and contributed to the repeal of prohibition.
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