1931 Film Clips Sign up for five clips. The Thirties: Vol. I The British R101 experiences a huge aviation disaster 40 sec. 8-story leap successful 34.0-- Gandhi's farewell message 22.83-- Bellonte and Coste make the first non-stop Paris-New York flight 51.7 Earthquake in Italy 38.07 New York unemployment skyrockets, creating huge crowds at the Free Employment Agency 34.8 Emperor Hirohito reviews Japanese Army reserves 49.12 New short hair style for women 1:32.36-- Babe Ruth begins golfing, having been refused a raise by the NY Yankees 47.46-- Empire State Building, the highest structure in the world, in progress 57.64 Mussolini reviews his Army of young boys 1:02.33 Elinor Smith makes the highest female plane flight 1:05.03-- 42-year old De Mar wins the Boston Marathon 1:01.33 The Battle ship Saint Louis is scrapped 42.71 Hitler's cohort loses election in Austria 41.28 Atlantic City Easter Parade draws huge crowds because of warm weather; unemployed also out in the NYC streets in huge numbers 1:31.19-- Enterprise, Harold Vanderbilt's America's Cup defending boat, is doing well in the America's Cup 51.66 Beginning of construction on Mount Rushmore 1:05.83-- Defense of Matter Air Field in response to bomb threat 1:50.28 Jean Drummond wins national modeling competition 33.76-- Sande on Gallant Fox wins Preaknes horse race 1:58.67 Lindbergh and his wife fly from California to New York with one stop 1:20.13-- Zipline invented as a rescue device 54.39-- George Washington Bridge built; A look at the nearby Naval fleet 1:27.38-- Max Schmeling's boxing training 43.48 Preparations for a coming golf tournament 19.7 Coolidge dedicates dam in Arizona 1:54.47 George Dukakis dies going down Niagra Falls in a barrel 1:52.44-- British Royal Air Force show 1:10.15-- Bobby Jones wins the US Open, his third championship victory that year 1:16.5 Harlem beauty pageant 57.53-- New sport: water skis propelled by paddles 1:01.28 Atlantic City: new roller coaster 47.62-- Helen Wills Moody wins Wimbledon for the fourth time 1:16.54 2 Communists sent to prison for insulting the American Flag 48.34 Austrian gymnastics invention: human perpetual motion machine 30.-- World's first pair of female ice carriers 42.15 Ape auto race in California 37.32-- Gold Cup motorboat race won by Hotsy Totsy 59.7 Fire repair being done on President Hoover's office 44.72 General Mafu Sang's opium plantations in China 54.5 New style: jeweled hairpins 23.29 Sinclair Lewis is the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature 27.3-- Fourth game of the World Series in Saint Louis 1:00.86 Family evicted from its home moves onto the sidewalk 38.25-- Group of counterfeiters caught 33.55 Vanderbilt's Enterprise wins America's Cup for 37th time 1:07.41 Ship Leviathon docked for repairs 46.51 63rd Coast Army Artillery weapons 51.27 American experts visit German monorail with the possible anticipation of building one on Long Island 48.74 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade 1:12.39-- Group of German debutantes hang-glide 47.88-- New Congressional Session opens, accompanied by a Communist march at the Capital 46.32 The 30s: Vol 2 Empire State Building opens to the public 29.94 Contortionist in New York City 1:22.56 Bill Tilden makes his professional tennis debut 1:21.67 First Vaudeville TV show 52.33 New clothing styles from Florida 1:00.8 Lindbergh tests new plane for the flight to South America 35.01 World's largest auto being built 1:21.2 Funeral of Newt Rockne, a popular Notre Dame football star 1:18.03 Army Air Service invents a visibility device for blimps 1:58.07 Captain Alberta and his hair stunts 55.54 Dismantling of the Battleship Wyoming 1:00 Annual feature race for female jockeys 1:09.44 Rocket sled built in Syracuse flops 1:05.55 Police force shooting stunt in Colorado 1:00.81 12th Birthday of the Fascist Foundation celebrated in Italy 1:00.47 Rescued ship's skipper sues for liquor seizure: he claims to have been carrying alcohol legally with no intention of docking in America 53.45 Annual cross-country junior Steeplechase in Eton 40.07 New York Mayor Jimmy Walker faces charges for "neglect of duty" 50.21 6-wheeled, 12-speed car invented in Czechoslavakia is showcased in Indiana 57.93 Navy demonstrates new aerial torpedos 57.14 Annual Winter Water Sports Competition 59.58 Ghandi attends the National Congress in India, met with rioting from the Red Shirts 1:37.0