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Fire consumes large North German Lloyd ocean liner Munchen (later Steuben) docked in New York Harbor, New York City

Clear aerial views of midtown and lower Manhattan, New York City 1930, but with smoke coming from Hudson River pier of New York Harbor where the North German Lloyd liner Munchen (sometimes Muenchen or München) is seen on fire, shortly after docking in New York after the voyage from Bremen, Germany. Ship emits smoke and fire at the pier. Firefighters spray water to extinguish fire. Views of the piers and slips and dock areas on the Hudson River at New York City and close up views of the firefighters battling the blaze on the Muenchen. The ship subsequently sank at dock. She was raised later in 1930, repaired in dry dock, and returned to service under the new name SS General von Steuben. The ship was sunk in 1945 by the S-13 submarine of the Soviet Union.

Date: 1930, February 15
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049598
Plymouth Church of Pilgrims and statue of Henry Ward Beecher in Brooklyn Heights, New York.

Brooklyn borough of the New York City. Railroad yards at waterfront, with ships in background. Tugboat pulling a loaded barge along a canal. Exteriors of Brooklyn Borough Hall. Main gates of Brooklyn College. Exteriors of Plymouth Church of Pilgrims in Brooklyn Heights. Henry Ward Beecher statue at the church, including images of two slave girls crouching at its base. Steeples and domes of various houses of worship. View of cemetery with bust of Horace Greely among the stones and statuary.

Date: 1947
Duration: 1 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675060413
John Ward horrifies people by leaping from a hotel window in New York.

John Ward leaps from a ledge outside a hotel window in New York. He stands on the 17th floor of the hotel. People crowd in front of the hotel and look at him. Tourists in a bus look at him. After his suicide, his body is seen on the street as authorities gather. Horrified onlookers gather.

Date: 1938, December 26
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675047410
Captain Frank Hawks completes a flight from Los Angeles to Long Island in a record time of 12 hours and 25 minutes.

American aviator Captain Frank M. Hawks lands in Long Island after a record flight in the United States. A Travel Air Mystery S aircraft comes in for landing at Curtis Field in Long Island on August 13, 1930. Aircraft lands and taxis. People gathered around the aircraft. Newsmen interview the pilot Captain Frank M. Hawks. Captain Hawks talks about the speed record set by him during his flight from Los Angeles to Long Island.

Date: 1931
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059960
Dr Harry F. Ward, chairman of the American League Against War and Fascism, calls for a boycott on German international commerce

A mass gathering of concerned Americans in Madison Square Garden, New York City, following news of the Kristallnacht attacks on Jews in Germany a few weeks prior. Dr. Harry F. Ward of Union Theological Seminary, and chairman of the American League Against War and Fascism, addresses a huge crowd. He speaks about the emigration of the German Jewish citizens. He states that efforts should be made for the resettlement of the German Jews and the cost should be born by the Nazi German Government. The Government should make some arrangements in this regard. He proposes a boycott of all German International commerce. The crowd applauds.

Date: 1938, November 21
Duration: 2 min 46 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028554
Vendors of New York City, lower east side street markets, businesses and New York Stock Exchange stock market activity

German propaganda film released during World War 2 shows scenes in New York City during the Great Depression in the 1930s. Shows a woman being honored by a group of men in New York as she receives an award. A crowded shopping and market area of New York City, with street vendors and laundry service. An African American shoe shine man wearing a top hat finishes shining a customer's shoes, bows, and then performs a dance on the sidewalk. A busy shopping and market area on Orchard Street in the lower east side of Manahattan, with many stores including Guiradi's Antiques Sol Moscot Optical at address 119, Cohen's Optical at 117 Orchard Street, and others. Street area filled with carts and market activity in a densely populated area of New York City. Workers inside a busy garment factory in New York. Hebrew signs in front of Jewish stores and businesses in New York. View of New York Stock Exchange floor with scenes of frenzied buying and selling as buyers and sellers yell their orders in a trading pit. Hands of a man counting a pile of cash bills. View of Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia talking to a man, a group of well dressed business men, and LaGuardia addressing a gathering of people. Clip is from an anti Jewish propaganda segment of a newsreel produced by Nazi Germany during World War 2.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: German
Clip: 65675028699