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Army-Navy benefit horse race at Belmont Park in New York, USA.

General Hugh Drum and Admiral Andrews attend an Army-Navy benefit horse race at Belmont Park (2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, NY 11003, United States) in New York, USA. Thousands of spectators cheer from their stands. The Belmont Stakes derby event begins. Horses gallop in the race. Crowd cheers for their favorite racehorses.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 6 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050138
First blackout drill in Farmingdale New York, and mock bombing of aircraft factories early in World War II.

Aerial views of Mitchel Field in Hempstead Plains of Long Island, New York. Major General Frank Andrews of U.S. Army Air Corps, General Headquarters Air Force, and staff standing around a large plotting board, with models of airplanes, guns and boats on the plotting board. They are planning a test of the defense of aircraft factories in the region from air attack. Five PB-2As parked in a row at Mitchel Field. Crew operating range finder and aircraft sound detector. Soldiers turn searchlight to the right. Fireman opens switch box door on wall and pulling switch to notify power station staff of the drill, which was the first aerial bombardment blackout drill of its kind in the United States. Workman pulling main power switch in power station to create blackout conditions in city as protection from aerial bombing. Night time aerial views of City of Farmingdale in New York lit up and then going dark all at once as power is cut during blackout. Batteries of the 62nd anti aircraft post artillery swing into action operating searchlights directed at incoming bombers. The bombers drop flares during the test, as ground crews practice locating the "enemy" aircraft in search light beams.B-10, the all metal monoplane bomber in flight during night. Flares descending. In the mock test, the bombers prevail and the defenses fail to protect all of the aircraft factories. End of clip shows elevated night time views of New York City and Times Square area as seen from the air and from high up tall skyscraper buildings of Manhattan. Bright lights and lit signs of city seen from above as narrator suggests the threat against New York City from aerial bombardment by a foreign force (early in World War 2).

Location: Farmingdale New York USA
Date: 1938
Duration: 1 min 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032871
Franklin Roosevelt (FDR) campaigns in Boston, Massachusetts; 1932 election in New York City; crowds cheer for FDR victory, Franklin Roosevelt swims in pool

Train carrying New York Governor and Presidential candidate Franklin Roosevelt (FDR). Boston citizens gather to see Franklin Roosevelt. Sign saying “Our Next President Franklin Roosevelt”. Supporters wave American flags during Franklin Roosevelt’s speech onstage. New York citizens wait in line to vote outside polling station. Former New York Governor, Al Smith, and his wife, Catherine Ann Dunn, walk together to their polling station. Al Smith is seen wearing his famous “brown derby”. View of Franklin Roosevelt waiting for election returns. Crowd in Times Square waiting for election updates. Police patrols the crowd. People cheer all over New York City when Franklin Roosevelt wins the election. Franklin Roosevelt smiles. Franklin Roosevelt swims in pool to relax after election victory.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1932, November 8
Duration: 1 min 25 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675079098
The first dawn-to-dusk flight by U.S. Army Air Service Lt. Russell L. Maughan from New York to California.

The first dawn-to-dusk flight by U.S. Army Air Service pilot Lieutenant Russell L. Maughan from New York to California. He stands beside his aircraft, at Mitchel Field, Hempstead, Long Island, New York. An army officer wishes him good luck on his trip. Lt. Maughan in the cockpit.and taking off in his P-1 Hawk airplane.. The plane in flight over Manhattan, New York City.

Location: Hempstead New York USA
Date: 1924
Duration: 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675033877
Blue ribbon event of the college rowing competition being held at Poughkeepsie in New York.

Blue ribbon event of the college rowing crew competition being held at Poughkeepsie in New York. Eight collegiate crew teams participate in the competition. The teams include Cornell Shell, Pacific Coast Boat, Krum Elbow, The Bears from the University of California, Big Red Boat, Western Giants, and the Husky crew team from the University of Washington. Spectators at the shore cheer for their favorites. The teams cross under a railroad bridge.

Location: Poughkeepsie New York USA
Date: 1932, June 20
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675029423
West Side Continuation School students stage a puppet show to aid the unemployed in New York City, United States.

Newsreel "Pupils' home made marionette show to aid unemployed" shows West Side Continuation School students in Manhattan staging a puppet show to aid unemployed in New York City, United States during the Great Depression. Puppets stage out great events from the life of George Washington. A large number of children witness the show.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1932, April 25
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037689
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