BONUS ARMY RIOTS IN WASHINGTON, D.C., JULY 1932 Part 2

Description

Part 1 (Signal Corps), D.C. policemen drag veterans from a Pennsylvania Ave. warehouse and load them on trucks. Cavalry and tank units patrol the city. Part 2 (Universal Newspaper Newsreel), cavalry and tank units patrol. Shacks used by the Bonus Army are burned. Veterans are routed by tear gas. Part 3 (Paramount News) shows Bonus Army camp facilities at Johnstown, Pa., established after the eviction from Washington, D.C.

Collection

Records of the Office of the Chief Signal Officer

Series

Historical Films