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keywords: Secretary Of The Interior Harold L. Ickes, President Franklin D. Roosevelt, First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt, Tomb Of The Unknown Soldier, Heiress Barbara Hutton, Prince Alexis Mdvani, Princess Marina Of Greece, Duke Of Kent Prince George Of England, Women's Football, Chicago Bootlegging

Synopsis: Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes kicks off a new slum clearance program, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt pay their respects at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Heiress Barbara Hutton weds Prince Alexis Mdvani, Princess Marina of Greece weds Duke of Kent Prince George of Britain, Fit girls play the rough and tumble sport of Football, Chicago attempts to thwart bootlegging by embedding a certified coin in every bottle of liquor...(read more)

  • Date: 1959
  • Duration: 00:02:22
  • Sound: Yes
  • Color: Monochrome
  • Type: Public Domain
  • Language: English
  • Location: United States

1934 - Stories 25 Years Ago

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1934 - Stories 25 Years Ago

One of the worst storms in the area’s history ravages Seattle and the Pacific Northwest.

Slum clearance gets under way as Secretary of the Interior Harold L. Ickes dynamites a rickety Atlanta, Ga., tenement house.

On Armistice Day President and Mrs. Roosevelt pay homage at the tomb of the Unknown Soldier.

Women in the News is Heiress Barbara Hutton, just wed to Prince Alexis Mdvani. Princess Marina of Greece arriving in London soon to be wed to Britain’s Duke of Kent Prince George.

Football played by the gals in Ohio. These girls are rough and tumble football players.

The war on crime. Chicago’s far fetched effort to thwart bootleggers was with a coin embedded in the base of every bottle of liquor. The only way to remove the coin was to break the bottle.