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Germantown Pennsylvania USA 1936 stock footage and images

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Boys with freckles being examined and the one with handsomest of freckles gets an award during a competition in Germantown.

A competition to judge the handsomest boy with freckles in Germantown, Pennsylvania. Boys lined up at the competition. Boys with freckles on their faces being examined with the help of an instrument. The one with handsomest freckles being given a winning trophy. Winner with a trophy and a crown.

Date: 1936, August 19
Duration: 35 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051389
Ten year old Bob Noonan is crowned during the National Sunspot contest at Germantown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

A freckled boy crowned at the National 'Sunspot' contest at Germantown in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Freckle-faced children lined up. Boys look through a lens. A boy named Bob Noonan is crowned.

Date: 1938, July 11
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061116
Description of American demographics in 1970 emphasizing diversity of backgrounds and cultures

Animated map assembles sections of the United States of America reflecting various kinds of inhabitants. A woman of Native American Indian origins weaves a straw hat as a young boy plays nearby. Sign outside a building identifying the "Slovak Political Benefial Assn." Other signs on seen on different buildings include: "Polish Army Veterans Association of America;" "Ukrainian American Youth Association;" and "Germantown Hospital." A brass plate on a building reading: "English-Speaking Union." Asian-American school girls, and a Japanese-American man with a boy. View of a wood carving in ancient African style. A street scene showing many Hispanic Americans, and commercial signs in Spanish. A group of new American citizens at a naturalization ceremony,each receiving a small American flag. Animated map shown again, indicating the geographical distribution of Americans in the U.S. First it shows areas where citizens live near water, either the oceans, Gulf of Mexico, or the Great Lakes. Montage of urban scenes showing some of the cities where most Americans live. The Massachusetts State House in Boston. New York City street scene with the Empire State Building in background. City Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Capitol in Washington, DC

Date: 1970
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070320
Democrats survey facilities in Atlantic city, New Jersey as they look for a site for the upcoming Democratic Convention.

Survey of potential site for the Democratic National Convention of 1936. People along the beach in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A building with American flag hoisted on it. Democrats look at the building as they consider it the site for the Democratic Convention of 1936. Two policemen hold a scroll in front of the men and they look at the picture on the scroll. Mayor Harry Bacharach and others discuss about the site for the Convention. (The convention was ultimately held in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, in 1936)

Date: 1935, July 8
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675042764
Scenes at end and during cleanup from Saint Patrick's Day Flood in Johnstown Pennsylvania, 1936

Damage due to Saint Patrick's Day Flood in Johnstown Pennsylvania, in March 1936. People crowding on top of the Coopersdale Bridge in Johnstown as large pieces of flood debris rush toward and underneath the bridge. People standing on another bridge as part of a building floats into it atop rushing flood waters. The river level very high due to the floods. Buildings in an area of the town. First National Bank building in background. Men stand in front of wrecked vehicles and a toppled statue in the area. The people lift a statue that appears to have fallen from its pedestal (it appears to be of a Civil War era figure). Flood damaged buildings, one which says "Democrat Headquarters." People walking in the flood damaged city.

Date: 1936, March 19
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063003
Destroyed buildings and wrecked vehicles in the flooded streets of Johnstown Pennsylvania due to 1936 flood.

Damage due to massive flood in March 1936 in Johnstown Pennsylvania, known as the Saint Patrick's Day Flood. People gather on the streets in the flood affected areas. The destroyed buildings in the area. Names visible on some shops and buildings including Hendler Hotel, Valley Drug Co., Exide, Alderman, Penn Traffic Co. The wrecked vehicles in the flooded street. People viewing the damage. The debris on the street. The streets submerged in water. Buildings along the sides of the streets. Mountains in the background. Men clearing rubble with shovels. People viewing debris while standing on the steps of a building. A stopped street car or trolley car with flood debris on top of it.

Date: 1936, March 19
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063002
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