| Election Day-25 Years Ago | ||
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| This clip is not available for streaming at this time. Please contact WPA. | Tape Master: | 1677 |
| Catalog #: | 363638 | |
| Clip Number: | 363638-1 | |
| Orginal Film: | 033-087-05 | |
| Timecode: | 00:46:04 - 00:48:31 | |
| Location: | various | |
| Year Shot: | 1935 (Estimated Year) | |
| Audio: | Yes | |
| Color: | No | |
| Headings: | ANIMALS/MAMMALS: Lions DISASTERS: Earthquakes ELECTIONS: Voting POLITICS: United States WEATHER: Snow | |
| Description: | ELECTION DAY - TWENTY FIVE YEARS AGO President Roosevelt, Mrs. Roosevelt, and F.D.R.'S mother go to the polls at Hyde Park as America returns Mr. Roosevelt to office by a popular landslide. Greece ends its republic and restores the monarchy of King George II in a national plebiscite. Greek election. Soldiers voting. Earthquakes shock North America. Helena Montana suffers severe damage, and new York city feels the tremors. Buildings collapse, three men carry bed and frame out from damaged structure. Heavy snowfalls added to Helena’s misery. Aerial Manhattan. Cracked gothic structure. In Los Angeles, a zoo's attempt to train lions to harness. 'King' and 'Tarzan' pulling man on wagon. Another man feeds black bears, lions look on. CU lions growling. Lions take off running, wrecking cart in process. Two lions to tow the chow wagon is a fiasco as the big cats mutiny and rampage through the zoo premises, wrecking the cart and a grand experiment. Cu lions growling. | |
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