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Steel Mill and Town. Smoke, ash, soot, fumes, dirt, molten iron, wooden sidewalks,dirt streets,densely packed housing

Molten iron being poured from industrial furnace into ladle in steel mill. Steel mill belching steam, black smoke and fumes from numerous stacks. Mill town, across the river, in smog of mill effluents. Densely packed houses, submerged in dirt and smoke pollution from the mill. People walk up wooden sidewalks on hilly dirt road lined with wooden houses. Goats tied near ditch behind house.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675031537
Life in a Steelmill town. Smoke, steam, smog, from locomotives, mills, steam shovels and use of coal for cooking

A sad looking boy stands near steep iron stairs of a run-down tenement in a poor, blue-collar mill or mining town during the great depression. Workers with lunch buckets descend steep steps. Steam locomotive belches smoke and pollution. A woman stands on porch of house and watches as boys run across railroad tracks to school, in front of oncoming steam locomotive and train. The boys run back across the tracks again. A man with a peg leg breaks up coal in his back yard and brings some into his dwelling in a bucket. An African American man enters his shack. A woman throws dishwater from her back porch. Women and children on wooden stairs and porches Black smoke streaming from industrial mill stacks.Girl with doll and boy with puppy. Boy and girl at doorway. Huge amounts of smoke from mills and locomotives in nearby rail yard. Little blond girl with dirty face. A man washes his face and hands using a wash basin. A woman cooks food on coal stove. Smoke emitted by chimney in the house. Black smoke and smog from steam locomotive. Black smoke from steam shovel. Steam and smoke from numerous locomotives in rail yard.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 57 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675031538
Myriad views of New York City. Subway and elevated train commuters. Skyscrapers, street and office scenes

Succession of views of Manhattan New York City skyscrapers. Commuters using subway and elevated trains. Trinity Church at foot of Wall Street, Manhattan, with commuters filling the sidewalks. A sea of commuters jamming a subway entrance, People stream through revolving doors. Large numbers of women typists at work in typing pools of offices. Skyscrapers views with pan shots from top to bottom of skyscraper building. Closeup view of lower half of train car or subway car moving by quickly. Kids playing in the street near sign reading: "Danger, Congested Area."

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675031539
New Yorkers rushing through lunch in the city. Sidewalk lunch stand.Eight-slice toasters. Pancake machine. Lunch counters.

Well-dressed woman standing on sidewalk, eats at lunch stand. Other customers on sidewalk eating at lunch stand. Woman employee of diner serving coffee. Customers having meals inside a restaurant, some at counter and some at tables. Eight-slice toasters. A ham slicing machine. A woman makes sandwich. Machine dispenses pancake batter on rotating skillet. A woman serves tea and coffee to the people dining. Bread slicing machines are also available. Slices of bread pop up from the toaster. Sandwiches are being prepared. People eating wedge pie.

Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675031540
The Dock Street Theater plays 'The Beaux stratagem' in Charleston South Carolina, United States.

The Dock Street Theater in Charleston South Carolina, United States. People move on street outside a building. The board on building reads 'Dock Street Theater'. Another board reads the name of the play 'The Beaux stratagem'. A group of people moves inside the theater. A person checks the tickets of the people. People sit in front of the stage. Performers act during the play.

Date: 1939
Duration: 3 min 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031586
Daily activities around poor homes and deserted warehouses in Charleston South Carolina, United States.

African Americans living in poverty-stricken condition in Charleston, South Carolina, United States. Black women sit with children on their laps outside a shanty house. An African American woman combs a baby’s hair. A white man plays with African American children. Black children sit in a group and play outside the house. Clothes hanging on rope to dry outside the house. View of deserted warehouses. People move on street in front of the houses. Railroad yards. Charleston mansions in decay. African American man sits on a wooden box. Stairs leading to a building and two children move in front of it.

Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031587