A film titled 'Ghetto Fish Market' depicts shoppers gathered at the Fulton Fish Market in lower Manhattan, New York City, United States on 20th May,1903. A large number of customers seen walking among the various fishmongers. Some of the sellers have umbrellas above their stands, with advertisements for Bloomingdales store painted on them. Customers reflect all strata of society. A man and woman selling at separate stalls argue with each other. Scales for weighing fish seen at the stands.
Russian city street scene. Coffin of Vladimir Illich Lenin being carried from his funeral train,at Paveletskiy Rail Terminal, Moscow. A large crowd of mourners, lined up on a snow covered hill, watch as soldiers and officials carry coffin and others carry wreaths, in procession. Soldiers with rifles accompany the cortege. Some spectators hold aloft banners and posters as they stand on hillside. Soldiers setting demolition explosives to commence building mausoleum to house Lenin's body at Red Square, Moscow. They are seen in hollow, below ground, in front of Kremlin wall. They lower something into hole and shovel some earth on it. Outside smoke rises and then an explosion raises cloud of earth and dust. A statue of Lenin, holding holding right hand aloft, stands next to the excavation site.
'Sunny Africa,Eighth Avenue New York' , part 4 of the film titled 'Fights of Nations' captures professional African American dancers in the roles of couples dancing at a cafe, ostensibly on 8th Avenue in New York City, United States. A man plays a piano. After dancing, the couples sit at tables and eat and drink. . One man, in a striped T-shirt, gets up and gives a wonderful demonstration of tap dancing. Other people applaud and cheer him. A waiter serves. The man in the striped T-shirt goes out. Another man sits near the Striped Shirt's date. They converse and dance. The man in the striped T-shirt comes back. and picks a fight with the man dancing with his date. The fight involves everyone, but finally ends with Striped shirt and his date dancing away merrily, together.
The film titled 'Child of the Ghetto' depicts sorrows faced by a woman in the United States. Mix of dramatized scenes and actual footage. A woman weeps as she looks at her mother's dead body. A man consoles her. The woman sits in a chair in her house. Another woman comes and tells her to go out to work. At approximately 1 minute into the clip is seen footage of Rivington Street, in the lower east side of Manhattan, New York City, with immigrants crowding the sidewalks and push cart vendors and their carts jamming the curbs. She seeks work but is rejected several times. She finally gets piece work at a garment factory and takes a pile of clothes to her house. She sews clothes and goes to the factory to deliver the garments and get paid. The factory owner's son steals money from his father and accuses the woman of it. The woman runs from the factory and arrives at her house. A policeman arrives at her house. The woman runs from her house and hides in the country. A farmer sees her and takes her to his house. She started living at the farmer's house. The policeman comes to fish near the farmer's house. He sees the woman and recognizes her. She asks the policeman to believe she is innocent. He does, and goes back to fishing. The farmer and the girl are happy.
Inauguration of a library and an auditorium in Germany. View of the new library and the auditorium building dedicated by the Free University of Berlin. U.S. City Commander General Frank Howley and his wife arrive at the new library. Howley receives an honorary degree during the ceremony.
Combat troops of the Military District of Washington respond to practice alarm during Cold War period. Missiles on launch pads at the Nike Hercules Missile sites. During a practice exercise Army soldiers go underground and close a hatch as a siren blows. The missiles in Washington DC are raised to be ready for enemy attack. African American member of the Old Guard receives phone call and alerts fellow soldiers. Combat troops of the "Old Guard" at Fort Myer, get up from their beds and respond to an alarm to defend the city. The soldiers pick up their weapons and equipment. U.S. Army tanks take up positions with the Pentagon building in the background. Views of the U.S. Capitol at night.
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