The activities of women at the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Harlem, New York. A woman pleating a cloth. Other woman irons a dress. Some of the women seated at a table, stitching clothes. Two women stitch clothes with the help of a sewing machine.
The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Harlem, New York. A woman looks at a book. She speaks on a radio.
The activities of women at the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Harlem, New York. Women work in a building. A woman seated at a desk as she makes a sketch. Another woman works on an equipment.
The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Harlem, New York. An African American woman exits a Downtown Interborough rapid transit station in Harlem. Aerial view of Harlem streets. African American woman enters YMCA building in Harlem and speaks to the receptionist.
Crowds line the sidewalks of Broadway, in Manhattan, New York City, watching a ticker tape parade celebrating the arrival of the SS Chantier, carrying U.S. Navy Lieutenant Commander Richard E. Byrd, and pilot Floyd Bennett, home to America, after their successful flight over the North Pole. Byrd , in Navy uniform, and Bennett, at his left, in civilian clothes, march in the center of the parade. An echelon formation of six military aircraft flies over the scene. View of City Hall, with military honor guards in formation and crowds lining the sidewalks. The group of marchers, including Byrd and Bennett, turns toward the steps of the City Hall (Where they are to be officially greeted by New York Mayor, James Walker).
Views of Goodyear's Powder Manufacturing Plant being built in Charlestown Indiana. Colonel Hardy, Roland Gray and other Goodyear Company and U.S. military officials are seen discussing the project blueprints. Views of roads, buildings, "igloos" for storing powder. Earth moving machinery at work including "earth movers" and bulldozers. Women workers seated near administration offices. Workers gathered around a bus labeled the "Pay Wagon" to receive pay. Workers training to sew powder bags, and training with cracked corn to fill the bags. Views of new fire department and police cruisers in the town. Firemen do a demonstration with water hoses and form a "V" for victory with water jets. Management team for Goodyear emerges from building down stairs. Car traffic on surrounding roads exiting after day's work. Goodyear managers examining powder bag samples. (World War II period).
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