High Lights of the News in 1930

NOTE: FOR ORDERING See: www.footagefarm.co.uk or contact us at: Info@Footagefarm.co.uk High Lights of the News in 1930 The Air Claims its Death Toll R-101 blimp crash aftermath in Beauvais, France. Police & military look thru wreckage. Skeleton of dirigible, spectators. Coffins on cart pulled past camera. 15:16:59 Most Spectacular Rescue Ever Filmed New York City High angle of street w/ fire trucks & spectators. Smoke pouring from building, men hanging from windows of high floors, man jumps from window ledge, stretcher or body into ambulance. Firemen with hoses on fire escape & climbing ladders. 15:17:32 Leader of Millions Jailed by Authorities India Huge crowds in street & listening to Gandhi speaking from platform, rally with banners “Live in Deeds” “Beware of a Candid Friend”. Pacifist. 15:17:57 History made in Epochal Flight - Coste and Bellonte in NYC after East-West ocean hop. Plane landing, crowds round aircraft, pilots carried by crowd, many press photographers using phosphorus flashes. Ticker-tape parade with police escort & Coste & Bellonte in open top car up Broadway and posing. 15:18:50 A Disaster that Stirred the World Melfi, Italy Italian earthquake aftermath, homeless w/ belongings walk down rubble strewn street. Soldiers look for survivors under collapsed buildings. Homeless moving out with belongings. Damaged buildings. 15:19:29 Gallant in Defeat - Sport, sailing, Americas Cup. Sir Thomas Lipton loses as Shamrock V fails to lift cup against Enterprise. Title only, no pix. Review of the Year;