Kinograms Newsreel (1924)

Washinqton DC - President and Mrs. Calvin Coolidge stage a White House reception / Chief Justice Taft and Andrew S. Mellon in attendance. Placerville, California: Inhabitants take a Sunday to start a new Park. Famous runner Paavo Nurmi from Finland arrives in the United States to train for race. Women candidates for Congress meet: Mrs. Kerr from Colorado, Mrs. Culbertson and Jessie Collet from Philadelphia. Grand Duchess Cyril - wife of claimant to the Russian throne visits Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. St. Louis 45th annual carnival / thousands view $10,000 floats. Nation pays tribute to Samuel Gompers, who died recently in Texas / he visits with San Francisco's Charles Schwab. Mrs. Coolidge receives honorary Doctor of Laws from Boston University. New York - Workers risk lives to paint WJZ's radio tower at Aeolian Hall, across 42nd Street from the New York Public Library, in Manhattan. San Francisco: Army blasts away last signs of training cantonment foundation (at Crissy Field). Philadelphia hires tale-teller for children. "Frisco" ( San Francisco, California ) cops show how to make an arrest! We digitized and uploaded this film on behalf of the Prelinger Archives. Email us at footage@avgeeks.com if you have questions about the footage and are interested in using it in your project.