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Harrisburg Pennsylvania USA 1975 stock footage and images

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Public meeting against nuclear power station at State Capitol building in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Events following accident at Three Mile Island Nuclear Generating Station in Pennsylvania. People gather near the state capitol building in Harrisburg. People hold placards, reading 'RIP TMI'; 'No Nukes' and "Execute Met Ed" . Traffic on road. Dome of the building. Statue over the dome. People stand at the stairs to listen to the speaker of the public meeting against nuclear power station.

Date: 1979
Duration: 3 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047059
WPA workers clean the debris from streets and rescue stranded citizens by canoes and rowboats in Pennsylvania.

Flood relief operations of the Works Progress Administration (WPA) in Pennsylvania during the Great Depression. Damaged buildings and houses submerged due to flood water. Flood waters stand in Johnstown streets. Ruins on street. An inclined railway carries citizens up a hill. Workers clean the debris. Wrecked vehicles and debris on streets. Sign: ' Have Faith In Johnstown'. Debris and mud being cleaned from streets. WPA workers rescue stranded citizens by canoes and rowboats in Harrisburg: Trucks are loaded with canoes and rowboats arrive at a flooded area. Workers unload boats. Boats being rowed in flooded water. WPA workers rescue stranded citizens. Posh area of Pennsylvania submerged in flooded water. Flood water devastates houses, buildings and factories.

Date: 1936
Duration: 4 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675045142
Dwight D Eisenhower gives a brief speech on winning the Presidential election in the United States.

Voting Headquarters at a township in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. 'Cumberland Election' written outside the house. Dwight D Eisenhower along with his wife cast their vote. Voters stand in line to cast their votes in the ballot box. Richard Nixon seated with family members. President Eisenhower gives a brief speech on being elected as President of the United States.

Date: 1956, November 8
Duration: 2 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675064658
Passengers relax on the reclining chairs and use public telephone service during their railroad journey in the United States.

Luxurious facilities provided to the train passengers during journey in the United States. Train moves over the Rockville Bridge across the Susquehanna River above Harrisburg and Enola, Pennsylvania. Mountains in the background. Passengers relax on the reclining chairs during the journey. African American attendant or porter helps a woman to place her luggage. Child opens a push door. Women go to the washroom and apply makeup. Man uses the public telephone service. Woman and girl sleep in a master bedroom. Men work on the electrification speed operations at the power directed room.

Date: 1948
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073412
Bridges constructed by John Augustus Roebling in the United States.

A historical documentary about German born civil engineer John Augustus Roebling's early experimentation with wire rope suspension bridges in the United States. The biography of John Augustus Roebling by Hamiltion Schuyler. The Pennsylvania home of John Augustus Roebling. Aerial view of the railway lines across the Allegheny Mountains connecting Harrisburg to Pittsburgh. A suspension bridge over the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh. A steamer in the river. A suspension bridge spanning the Niagara River Gorge. A railroad on the bridge. A page of the biography shows the construction of the Brooklyn Bridge. Animation depicts the Brooklyn Bridge and boats in the East River. A statue of John Augustus Roebling. The George Washington Bridge spanning over the Hudson River.

Date: 1933
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067265
European immigrants go through health examination at Ellis Island circa 1900.

Describes European immigration to America from 1880 to 1914. Elderly European immigrants recall their experiences to interviewers in 1975. Still photo montage scenes circa 1900: Immigration officer with a woman. Large number of immigrants wait for immigration check at Ellis Island. Children lined up. Immigrants at port and going through health examinations. During physical examination, immigrants with disease of Trachoma marked and segregated. In 1975 an old lady describes her experience of being misdiagnosed with Trachoma and almost sent back to Russia. She was reexamined and allowed to remain in America.

Date: 1975
Duration: 2 min 44 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039773