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Scenes of snow storm in New York City circa 1920

Pedestrians walking sidewalks in New York City, United States, during a snow storm circa 1920 (likely February 4-7, 1920). Monument and statue of seated man in public square. Peddlers lined up along a street tending their horses and wagons in the aftermath of the snow storm . A peddler works to get his horse going on a wet, slippery, muddy dirt road. Men driving large open stake wagons, pulled by teams of horses on streets filled with water and chunks of snow. Street views in New York City with horse-drawn wagons maneuvering on sidewalks past snow banks to get on the street. Motorized car and truck traffic competing on same roads with horse drawn wagons. Heavy traffic of trucks on city street during snow storm. A crowded and busy street during the snow storm, filled with peddler wagons, pedestrians, cars, trucks, and a hobble skirt car (low floor streetcar with sliding doors at center, allowing women with tight fitting lower skirts - so called hobble skirts - to board more easily) . Text "New York" visible on lower forward panel of streetcar. Pedestrians making their way along a wide, icy sidewalk in heavy wind during the storm. Men shoveling snow. Some pedestrians are actually pushed by the wind so they slide on their feet across the sidewalk covered in frozen ice. A police officer helps a woman to cross a street. More scenes of pedestrians trying to make their way across city sidewalks during the storm, with many sliding on ice.

Date: 1920
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055031
Skyscrapers and government buildings along Lower Broadway in Manhattan, New York City in 1920s.

Documentary about buildings of New York. The buildings and skyscrapers along lower Broadway. A dirigible airship floats overhead. The busy street with vehicles, streetcars and crowds of people walking. The New York City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States), built over a hundred years ago. The high-rise Manhattan Municipal Building (1 Centre St, New York, NY 10007, United States). The James A. Farley Building housing the United States Postal Service (421 8th Ave, New York, NY 10001, United States) on Eighth Avenue. The Flatiron Building (175 5th Ave, New York, NY 10010, United States) stands on edge of busy crossroads.

Date: 1925
Duration: 1 min 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036357
Montage of scenes reflecting life in the United States during the decade of the 1920s, following World War I

Baseball great, Babe Ruth starting to trot around the bases after hitting a home run. An inverted stunt biplane, N57323 with "EM Avery" readable on fuselage while flying inverted. A wing walker is strapped under the airplane (on top wing, now underneath). The airplane rolls over into upright position, trailing white smoke to be more easily seen by spectators on the ground. A 1920s jazz band comprised of African American musicians playing in a night club. A couple and then four women, dancing the Charleston. Point of view (POV) from moving car driving along Broadway in New York City at night, surrounded by neon light signs including some like the Winter Garden Theatre and the Rivoli Theatre. A flagpole sitter atop structure behind an RKO Keith's Advertising sign. Closeup of the man on his perch. A room full of women sewing garments in a factory. Wealthy, formal dressed couples at a city supper club, where an orchestra is playing. Exhausted couples clinging to one another on dance floor during a marathon dance contest. Gangsters firing a machine gun from window of a moving car. Charles A. Lindbergh steps past a policeman, to board his Ryan monoplane, "Spirit of St.Louis,"at Roosevelt field, Long Island, New York, on May 20, 1927. View of takeoff roll. Registration number "NX-211," visible atop the right wing. Manhattan ticker tape parade welcoming Lindbergh back to New York City, following his successful solo transatlantic flight. Charles Lindbergh speaking at a microphone. Traders on floor of the New York Stock Exchange during era of frantic stock market speculation. Money counted out at bank teller window. Labor strife at the gates of a Massey-Harris Company plant, with workers fleeing attacks by men with clubs hired by the company. Boy workers pose for a photograph While narrator mentions Child labor Act declared unconstitutional (1922). A girl worker. Boys employed as coal miners. Workers installing body panels on cars and working on engines in automobile production and assembly lines. Partially completed vehicles driving out of an automobile factory. Babe Ruth rounding third base and coming to home plate after hitting a home run in a baseball game.

Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063341
U.S. Labor strife - strikes and lockouts in the clothing industry in the 1920s

Post-World War 1 United States marked by labor-management strife and strikes, especially in the garment industry. Clothing workers are seen busy at their jobs in a factory in New York City. A man is seen symbolically closing and locking a steel door (narrative refers to a company "lockout.") Footage of police officers and crowd of laborers on New York City street. Police try to maintain order as crowds fill garment district streets in protest. Montage of persons awaiting a June 1921 decision by the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Kings County. Narrator announces that Justice James C. Van Siclen, has granted an injunction (against all picketing by the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America). Narrator quotes Van Siclen's opening statement in the decision: "The court must stand at all times as the representative of capital, of the captains of industry..." View of Sidney Hillman, leader of the Amalgamated union (ACWA) sitting with other union members. View of a bustling New York City street lined with tenements and pushcarts. A man washing his face at a sink. A woman preparing a meal over a stove. Four children sharing a large bed. A gathering of idled clothing workers in a school room setting. Some in art classes. Dancers entertaining locked out workers. Young people presenting a puppet show. Narrator states that the lockout lasted 6 months, but the union prevailed. View of pleased union members.

Date: 1921
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036809
The U.S. Navy battles the enemy and animation of enemy air power attacking the United States.

The need to develop air power in the United States. Battleships underway at sea. Eleven bi winged single engine aircraft fly in a V formation. A line of 6 battleships in water off the coast of New England, U.S. A 1920 vintage battleship fires a salvo from its guns at the enemy. The battleships fire guns. Shore batteries fire large guns. Sailors load a deck gun. An early model submarine. The submarine submerges. Its periscope visible above water surface. Naval crafts set their depth charges and fire them. Depth charges going off in the background. A ship sinks. A United States Army Air Service ( USAAS ) Curtiss PW-8 aircraft in flight. 4 bombs fall away from the aircraft. The bombs hit and explode on USS Alabama. Smoke rises as explosions occur on the ship. A ship rolls over and sinks. A USAAS Curtiss-Martin NBS-1 bomber in flight. Two bombs fall away from the aircraft. Explosions in water. Aerial and ground shots of a ship sinking. Large guns of a battleship fire. Animation of enemy airships and aircraft flying over water towards New York. Release of the aircraft from the airships. Aircraft flying over New York City. Aerial view of skyscrapers of the city. A Curtiss- Martin NBS-1 bomber in flight. Two bombs fall toward the ground. Animation of explosions against the New York skyline. A USAAS Curtiss JN-4 aircraft in flight. A bomb falls towards the ground. Animation of bombs hitting New York City. A machine gunner in a fighter aircraft fires at another aircraft. The aircraft falls and burns. Bomb explosions in the city. An observation balloon catches fire and falls. A man in a parachute descends near the balloon. Animation of a burning city. An early model submarine cruising. A bi winged twin pontooned aircraft in flight over a group of battleships and destroyers. A group of aircraft in flight. A Fokker T-2 aircraft in flight. Animation of an airship flying over a city and tying up to a mast located on the top of a tall building. A flag of the U.S. flutters in breeze.

Date: 1921
Duration: 8 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051110
Documentary about geography, large river bridges and skyscrapers such as Woolworth building of New York City in 1920s.

Documentary about geography of New York. Slate indicates New York has the largest bridges in the world. Views of the Brooklyn Bridge. Cargo liners below the bridge and crossing the bridge. The Manhattan Bridge and skyscrapers of Manhattan, New York City behind is visible at a distance. Another bridge over river Hudson, under construction. A man and woman standing on a high observation platform of a skyscraper, looking over at the tower of Woolworth Building, the tallest skyscraper in America.

Date: 1925
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036355
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