Roger Smith Collection. 1927 - 1934. Motion Picture Films. 1927 - 1934. PATHE NEWS

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Roger Smith Collection. 1927 - 1934. Motion Picture Films. 1927 - 1934. PATHE NEWS

1932

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NEWSREEL: (1) Indianapolis 500: Eddie Rickenbacker introduces a driver to Henry Ford and his family; a racer crashes; massed band parades; Fred Frame wins race. (2) Advanced guard billets itself in capital awaiting Congressional action on bonus for World War I veterans. (3) Gustavus Kirby demonstrates timing device that times speed to hundredth of second; two-eyed camera and stop timer eliminate need for stop watch at Olympics. (4) Army machine gun experts, who are training to repel air attack, demonstrate accuracy of modern rapid fire at Camp Dix, New Jersey. (5) Eleanor Hanley of Hoboken, NJ wins $111,000 on the English Derby. (6) Shots of Coney Island amusement park.

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