LAUNCHING OF THE USS BROOKLYN The U.S.S. Brooklyn slides down the ways as Kathryn Jane Lackey smashes a christening bottle over her bow. Mayor LaGuardia and other dignitaries attend the launching of the ship.
Date: 1936 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV Length: 00:00:30:00, No Audio
CONTROVERSY OVER KING'S ROMANCE Newspapers worldwide cover the royal romance. King Edward's deep interest in the twice-divorced Baltimore belle, Mrs. Wallis Warfield Simpson, rocks the Empire to its foundations.
Date: 1936 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV Length: 00:01:32:00, No Audio
PRESIDENT HERBERT HOOVER FISHING TRIP President Franklin Delano Roosevelt does a bit of fishing in Caribbean waters near Trinidad from a launch which puts off from the U.S.S. Indianapolis.
Date: 1936 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV Length: 00:00:21:00, No Audio
TELESCOPE SHIPPED BY TRAIN A 200-inch lens for the largest telescope in the world (1936) is shipped to the west coast where it will be set up on Mount Palomer by the California Institute of Technology which exhibits a scale model in San Diego.
Date: 1936 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV Length: 00:01:20:00, No Audio
ELDERLY ACROBAT At 63 years old, the retired attorney Mering is an expert acrobat. His specialty is the "planch" in which he supports his body horizontally above the ground while standing on his hands.
Date: 1936 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV Length: 00:00:44:00, No Audio
DOGS RIDING TRICYCLES Hansel and Gretchen, two-year-old police dogs, learn bicycle-riding techniques on tricycles. One dog pedals himself while another dog pushes a toddler on a tricycle.
Date: 1936 - BLACK/WHITE Source: Video: DV Length: 00:00:39:00, No Audio
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