After a radio play in New York terrifies the nation. Thousands of radio listeners throughout the U.S. are frightened into mass hysteria by a dramatization of H. G. Wells' old thriller 'The War of the Worlds' as staged by Orson Welles, a young actor-manager. Orson Welles speaks at a press conference about the event. Media persons take notes during the press conference.
New methods of farming in the United States. Mechanical pea harvesters used at Seabrook Farms in New Jersey. A fleet of crop dusting biplane airplanes on the ground. An airplane taxis on the farm. Aerial spraying of insecticides by the airplanes. A cannery. The cannery in operation: Men and women workers prepare to can the food. A worker at a machine in the cannery. Vegetables are dehydrated and frozen.
Soviet Fliers are greeted in New York. Men pose for a camera with three Russian aviators who spanned the North Pole in a flight from Moscow to the U.S. The three aviators. They receive official reception at the City Hall by New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia. A large crowd at the City Hall to welcome the three aviators.
Assorted jungle animals arrive in New York on floating zoo. A man feeds a giraffe. A zebra, a leopard, deer and a lynx are patted by people aboard a ship. (Woman seen is possibly Ruth Harkness).
Jewish section in New York City, United States. Sign on a store window reads 'Finklestain Machine Co.' Two signs, one is Hebrew, other is English (Orthodox Restaurant and Bakery). Jewish-American Boy Scouts take a Scout Oath. People come out of Synagogue of Congregation Rodeph Sholom (7 W 83rd St, New York, NY 1)0024, United States. Sign indicates Rabbi is Louis I. Newman. Several signs. View of entrance of Congregation Rodeph Sholom.
Street life in Jewish section of New York City, United States. Pedestrians walk along a street. Children hold on to mothers’ arms while shopping. People shop at roadside stalls. A street vendor waits for customers. Signs in Yiddish and English such as “Cohen Opticians” and “Gutraut’s Antiques-Gifts”. A shop glass window with words written in Hebrew. Exterior of “The M. Miller Printing”.
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