New York, N.Y.

Shots of the US Supreme Court, retiring Justice George Sutherland, and possible replacement appointees in 1937

Citizens with awards and decorations from Axis countries using medal decorations for salvage metal / New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia with New York Supreme Court Justice Ferdinand Pecora shown on stage / montage of men holding their medals / bowl filled with foreign medals / LaGuardia speaking with group around him / NEW STORY / Dartmouth Campus / close up of sign 'Student Workshop' / men in small factory setting with wool making equipment / group of men surrounding woman who is sitting while knitting / male student with large 'D' on sweater taking lessons from female.

New York, United States of America. <br/> <br/>M/Ss of the Supreme Court (?) in New York. President Roosevelt's racket-busting District Attorney Thomas Dewey is seen going up the steps as commentator explains he has accused Jimmy Hines, seen with a group of other men outside the building, of controlling the $100,000,000 lottery racket and off using his political machine to prevent the election to public office of his opponent Ferdinand Pecora. Mr Pecora, the judge, is seen walking out of the building and along the street. <br/> <br/>Commentator calls this "the juiciest political scandal in modern American history".

/ Senate members sitting around talking / Ferdinand Pecora leads senate hearings into Wall Street failure / hearing of Edsel Ford of Ford Motor Company. Senate hearing of Wall Street Financiers on January 22, 1934 in Washington, DC (Footage by Getty Images)

Lawmakers in Washington, DC

Title card: "Vacancy: Sutherland Quits Supreme Tribunal" / MS exterior Supreme Court with flag flying in front, woman and two workers, car and taxis drive by in fgd / CU flag sculpture by Robert Aitken on the Western pediment just above words "Equal Justice Under the Law" and partial columns / MCU Justice George Sutherland in hat, scarf and coat outside the Supreme Court / CU head shot Sutherland / MS Sutherland turns and walks up snowy stairs using a cane / CU Ferdinand Pecora, NY Supreme Court justice and possible appointee / CU NY Senator Robert Wagner, possible appointee / CU former NRA administrator Donald Richberg talking (no audio) / Indiana Senator Sherman Minton talking (no audio), possible appointee / Ohio judge Florence Allen, possible appointee, talking (no audio) / WS EXT Supreme Court, people on steps / Note: exact month/day not known