America's Newsreel Album Part 4

Description

This newsreel, hosted and narrated by Dennis James, contains three segments. The first segment focuses on the suffragette movement in the United States, with footage of the women as they paraded, canvassed for political support, and posed with President Warren Harding. The next segment highlights the career of tennis Hall - of - Famer Don Budge, using archival footage of him as he competed against Bobby Riggs and Baron Gottfried von Cramm, and an interview with host Dennis James in which he discussed his career and the need for standardizing tennis court surfaces. The last segment contrasts the transatlantic crossing attempts of Charles Lindbergh and French aviator Renee Fonck. Included with the newsreel features are two recruitment shorts for the Marine Corps.

Collection

General Records of the Department of the Navy

Series

Commercial Motion Picture Films