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Busy street scenes in Manhattan, New York City; also views inside a power plant and operating an electric draw bridge.

An electric power generating plant in the United States. Various views of 1940s New York City: The city at dawn, with Manhattan skyscraper buildings and the sun rising in the background. River traffic moving under the Brooklyn Bridge and buildings in the background. Manhattan streets with no traffic because it is dawn. Lion in front of the New York Public Library on 5th avenue, in silhouette. East River with Manhattan skyline behind. Shows people in houses busy with their morning routine. A milkman delivering by horse and wagon, to homes. Morning newspaper on door step. Man using electric shaver. Children leaving for school. A commuter train arrives at a railroad station. Trams, trolleys, buses, traffic and pedestrians along a street of New York City. Elevated view of Times Square filled with morning traffic of cars, trucks, buses and pedestrians. Turbine deck of an electric power plant. Men in a control room. A ship in a river. A man operates a bascule bridge (draw bridge), allowing ship to pass without delay. Operators, at controls of electric power plant, increase output to meet extra demands. Numerous dials, needles and gauges. View of turbine generator in power plant.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1946
Duration: 3 min 32 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053354
Crowd gathered near marquees of theaters running World War newsreels at Times Square in New York City, United States (WW2)

Marquee of newly opened New York Theatre (1482 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA) during World War II. Marquee says "Holland Belgium Invaded by Nazis. What will Italy do?" Also seen is the marquee of the Embassy Newsreel Theatre at Times Square in New York City, United States, which reads, "Holland-Belgium Invaded. 'Information Please'." A crowd gathered on the street. People read news on Nazi German invasion of several European countries and buy newspapers. Car traffic on the street and buildings in the background. View of the neon lights of other nearby buildings flashing at night.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1940, May
Duration: 2 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054142
People gather at the New York World's fair of 1939 to 1940, as dances and bands perform at the fair.

The New York world's fair of 1939-1940. View of Manhattan, George Washington bridge. Aerial views of buildings and other skyscrapers of New York City. People gather on the fairgrounds. People outside various buildings. Exhibitions, bands, dances, statues and flags at the fair grounds. Statue of George Washington. The United States Government building and different state buildings in view. Woman and two girls seated on a bench as they eat ice-cream cones.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051606
Mid 1940's New York City; also John C Campbell Folk School in Brasstown North Carolina helps farmer to develop creative ideas

Credits for the documentary titled 'Creative Hands' about mountain handicrafts in North Carolina. Background info about earlier handicrafts as an important part of civilization. Hands of a woman working on a wooden hand loom. An artisan sculpting a swan in clay. A person working clay on a potter's wheel. Scene change to New York City and busy areas of Manhattan, with pedestrians outside the Rockefeller Center in New York watching ice skaters. Women do window shopping. Crowd of people in a line outside a broadcast studio entrance in the RCA building. Marquee on the building advertises "Invasion Preview" and "Robert Benchley". Scene change again to farming areas in the mountains of southwest North Carolina. Animated map of United States. Wide views of farmland and a house in Brasstown North Carolina. Men cut a tree for lumber using a two man saw. Teacher at John C Campbell Folk School in Brasstown helps farmer to develop creative ideas using local materials. A sign reads "John C Campbell Folk School Handcrafts." Farmers walk with their materials and are seen seated at a table of the school showing some of their handicrafts. They are taught creative ideas by the teacher.

Location: Brasstown North Carolina USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 5 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675021280
Canadian and American flag flutter in wind from the New York City Hall in New York City, United States.

The New York City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States) in New York, United States. Traffic moves on the streets. View of the City Hall. Canadian and American flag flutter in wind as they hang from the City Hall.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1940, December 17
Duration: 1 min 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675072762
U.S. President Roosevelt campaigns during the Presidential elections and officiates ground-breaking for Brooklyn-Battery tunnel

United States President Franklin Roosevelt campaigns in New York City during 1940 presidential election. A large crowd gathered to greet him in Newark, New Jersey. He arrives in the Presidential motorcade. Views of the motorcade driving past the crowd, as seen from a moving vehicle. Roosevelt seated in car beside New York Governor Herbert Lehman, and New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Roosevelt addresses the people as the Presidential election campaign enters its final phase. Policemen control the large crowd. People seated to hear his speech. He addresses the gathering. The President officiates at the ground breaking for the $57,000,000 Brooklyn-Battery tunnel to connect Manhattan and Brooklyn.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1940, October 28
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675057821
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