NR-1200

MARGARET SHOTWELL. SANDY PLAZA HOTEL, NEW YORK CITY. 11/13/29.
SHOTWELL SPEAKING ON LOSING 1 MILLION DOLLARS IN THE STOCK MARKET CRASH WHICH BEGAN GREAT DEPRESSION. FEMALE INVESTORS STOCK EXCHANGE BAD INVESTMENTS. KEEPS HER CHIN UP TRIES TO BE FUNNY, HER ADVICE HOLD ONTO YOUR MONEY & DON'T INVEST IN THE STOCK MARKET. PRETTY EXCERPTS FROM CLASSIC PIANO PIECES. USC MUSIC. SENSE OF HUMOR.
HIGHLIGHTS;
MS WOMAN PLAYING PIANO FUR SPREAD
ON TOP OF PIANO EVENING GOWN
CLASSIC PIANO PIECE, TURNS AND
ADDRESSES VIEWER, SAYS ALL SHE HAS
LEFT IS CHINCHILLA COAT, ANY
BUYERS?

TITLE CARD "HARLEM BELLES PARADE FOR YOU; DARK DAMSELS DEMONSTRATE WHAT'S WHAT IN FASHIONS ON UPPER 7TH AVENUE"

MONTAGE BLACK FEMALE MODELS WEARING
LATEST FASHIONS, CIRCA 1929. MODELS
SEEN THROUGH OPEN PIANO TOP

MR. ZERO GIVES THANKSGIVING DINNER. 1929. SOUP KITCHEN.
CHARITY. GOOD WILL. PHILANTHROPIST. HUMAN WELFARE. SOUP KITCHEN. BREAD LINE. DEPRESSION ERA. ELDERLY. AGED OUT OF WORK UNEMPLOYED, COULD BE CONSTRUED AS MEN AT HOMELESS SHELTER

CU MR. ZERO TALKING TO TWO UNEMPLOYED OUT OF WORK MEN. 83 YEAR OLD VETERAN

CU CRAZY OLD TIMER LOOKS LIKE A BOWERY BUM EYEING TURKEY LEG IN HIS HAND EATING TURKEY LEG, WAVING TURKEY LEG IN TIME TO THE MUSIC AS IF CONDUCTING ORCHESTRA. CLASSIC. INSANE, BONKERS OLD TIMER CU PAN MAN NEXT TO HIM DOING SAME

MS MEN BEING SERVED DINNER, POURING SOUP INTO HUNGRY MEN'S BOWLS SOUP LINE BREAD LINE

STORY # 4-425B

STORY ENDS

FURNITURE ON THE STREET PILED ON TRUCK IN THE BOWERY, NEW YORK CITY "ZEROS 12 TUB". CURIOUS ONLOOKERS ON SIDEWALK

LS FURNITURE ON THE STREET, TABLES, CHAIRS PILED HIGH

STORY ENDS

BARNES SITS AT DESK AND READS FROM PREPARED SPEECH. TRIES CALM FEARS BY PAINTING AN ENCOURAGING PICTURE ABOUT THE CRASH WITH STATISTICS. CU RE-TAKES.

STORY # 7-141
AUGUST 1, 1930
SCENES FROM THE END OF A FIFTEEN WEEK DANCE MARATHON. THREE COUPLES AND ONE SINGLE REMAIN ON THE DANCE FLOOR. THE COUPLES ARE INTRODUCED BY AN ANNOUNCER. THE DANCERS ARE PERMITTED TO TAKE FIVE MINUTE NAPS EVERY HOUR. SCENES INCLUDE THE COUPLES COMPETING FOR THE 2,650 DOLLAR PRIZE AND TO SET A NEW WORKLD RECORD.

STORY # 14-393

STORY ENDS

UNION TEXTILE WORKERS SITTING. MANS SHIRT TORN AT SHOULDER. MAN
PASSING OUT ICE TEA DRINK REFRESHMENT
FROM LARGE KETTLE, BEVERAGES BEING
DISTRIBUTED. ALL AGES PRESENT

STRIKERS SINGING SONG WHILE MAN PASSES OUT ICED TEA POURS INTO MUGS. "I'LL BE COMING BACK TO YOU". COULD BE CONSTRUED AS PICNIC, SUNDAY OUTING, SOUTHERN STYLE CIRCA 1934

MS BIBLE THUMPING SPEAKER CARRYING BIBLE SPEECH CHOCK FULL OF CLICHES, TOO MANY TO MENTION. PICKETERS LISTENING TO EVANGELIST WITNESSING.

GROUP OF STRIKERS SINGING IN FRONT OF FACTORY. ALL AGES SING ALONG.

STORY ENDS

JOHNSON RESIGNS FROM NATIONAL RECOVERY ACT ADMINISTRATION. SITTING AT DESK. SPEAKING ON ECONOMIC CONDITIONS DURING GREAT DEPRESSION. SPEECHES. ADDRESSES. NRA. READS SPEECH. CLICHE: "THERE ARE VERY FEW SLACKERS IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA"

REEL ENDS