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Bridgeport Connecticut USA 1918 stock footage and images

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Displays of Patriotism in Polish section of Bridgeport Connecticut as World War II is imminent

Polish American establishments in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The American flag flies and smoke stacks in the background. Stanlev steel works plant. Men work at a World War 2 defense workers' housing project site. Advertisement on a building reads: "Photos for Passport or Citizenship." American flag waving in a brisk breeze. Sign in shop door reading: E.T. Krolikowski, Prop." Inside, visible through the glass door is a small banner reading,"God Bless America, We are proud to be AMERICANS." A sign in a restaurant window advertises Polish Kolbasy." It also displays a small banner reading: "God Bless America, its great to be an AMERICAN." Writing in window identifies Laniewsky's barber shop and shows a small striped shield stating: "This is AMERICA." Sign in Hungarian, on door of Hungarian Weekly newspaper reads: Editorial Office of "EGYETERTES Concord, SZERKESZTOSEGE" (Memorandum of Understanding Concord, Editorial)

Date: 1941, February
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065921
Smoke rises from the stacks of factory in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Factories in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A man walks on either Maiden Lane or California Street. (These streets are now gone.) Smoke rises from the stacks of The American Tube and Stamping Company. The factory is viewed from the west side of the Yellow Mill Channel. Industrial smoke and smog pollution from stacks.

Date: 1942, October
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675046809
'Community Advisory Service Center' established in Bridgeport, Connecticut after World War II.

Film 'Community Advisory Committee' shows American people finding employment after World war II. People work in American factories and mills. A group of men and women work on operating machines. A train gives departure signal. People walk on a street. Officials in a meeting discuss the re-employment problem in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Social agencies deal with personal problems of the people. The Mayor of the city shows a plan for the city's development during a meeting. 'Community Advisory Service Center' board at the entrance of a building. People walk in and out of the building. A machine operator comes for help and is interviewed by a councilor at the Community Advisory Service Center. He gives a conduct test at the center.

Date: 1949
Duration: 8 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675043774
Workers work inside a lumber company plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

A lumber plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut. 'City Lumber Company' written on the plant. Man loads and unloads lumber with the help of small transport vehicles. Workers lift section of lumber factory. Water pipe and plumbing being installed. Worker applies sheathing to lumber. Section being loaded on truck. Truck loaded with lumber comes out of parking area.

Date: 1945
Duration: 4 min 5 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044071
Personnel look at a display of prefabricated houses in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

A lumber plant in Bridgeport, Connecticut. Crane conveying lumber onto truck. Display of prefabricated houses. Group of men get inside the house. Personnel look at a map in hand. Man points to the architectural plan of prefabricated houses.

Date: 1945
Duration: 2 min 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044072
A judge administers an oath of citizenship of the U.S. to a group of people in a courtroom in Bridgeport, Connecticut.

Opening scene is in a courthouse, where a judge asks a group about taking an oath of citizenship. Members of the group raise their hands and then lower them. The judge then proceeds to have them raise their right hands and administers the oath. They repeat the words as he states them. Closeup of the judge as he administers the oath. Closeup of the persons assembled for the ceremony, raising their hands as the judge speaks, and saying "I do,"before lowering their hands. Camera in exclusive closeup of one woman as she has hand raised and states, "I Do." This last scene is repeated three times.

Date: 1941, February
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065916