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Hollywood film magnate Carl Laemmle arriving in New York aboard ship Europa after announcing $1 million aid to unemployed
Newsreel slate reads, "Film chieftain and founder of Universal Pictures, Carl Laemmle, increases budget by $1,000,000 to aid unemployed" during the Great Depression. Carl Laemmle Sr. with other people aboard the German Lloyd ship "Europa" returning from Europe and arriving in New York City. Carl Laemmle on a lounge chair on deck of the ship. Beside him is his Brother-in-law, Maurice Fleckles, (Fleckles was married to Carl Laemmle's sister-in-law). Next to Maurice Fleckles is Carl Laemmle's son, Julius, better known as Carl Laemmle Jr. The three men, Laemmle Sr., Maurice Fleckles, and Carl Laemmle Jr., get up from the lounge chairs and join passengers viewing the shore as the ship docks. Huge crowd gathered to greet Carl Laemmle and other passengers in New York. View of gangplanks extended from shore to ship for passengers to disembark. Passengers disembark from the Europa.
Good Year blimp drops a package by rope to employee in the top of the Empire State Building, for delivery to Governor Al Smith.
The Empire State Building in New York. View of the Empire State Building dominating the Manhattan skyline. Good Year blimp with lettering "Columbia" on it approaches and passes directly over the Empire State Building. Trailing from it is a long rope with a bundle tied on the end. The bundle swings into the side of the Empire State Building near its top. An employee grabs the bundle. Huge crowd gathered at the base of the Empire State Building. Next scene shows a Good Year employee (Good Year lettering on his shirt) delivering the bundle of what appears to be newspapers to New York State Governor Al Smith in the crowd on the street outside the Empire State Building. A very special delivery.
Empire State Building official opening in New York City.
View of the Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001) in New York City. People take a tour of the building after its official opening in Manhattan. Plane flies around the skyscraper tower. Officials on roof of the Empire State Building. Workmen walking on high edges without ropes.
Dirigible USS Akron during its first flight over buildings, river bridges and Manhattan skyscrapers of New York City.
First flight of the dirigible United States Ship Akron from Lakehurst, New Jersey and over New York. Airship floats in air, U.S. Navy symbol and Akron written on it. Buildings, river bridges and ships anchored at harbor can be seen. Navigation pilot and other officers of the crew in the control room. Buildings and waterfront of Manhattan.
German flying boat Dornier Do-X glides over Hudson River during its arrival in New York City, at the end of its journey.
German flying boat Dornier Do-X arrives in New York at the end of its journey. Plane glides in the sky over the Hudson River and the George Washington Bridge. Several small planes accompany it during the flight. It circles the Statue of Liberty and lands in the bay. Spectators on several boats observe it. Several large and small boats surround the flying boat in the sea. Skyscrapers of New York near the sea shore.
Crowd of mourners at funeral of child Michael Vengalli who was slain by gangsters in New York
Huge crowd gathers as the funeral procession of Michael Vengalli passes through the streets. The five year old boy was killed by gangsters in the Coll-Schultz gang war (of the mafia or mob) when gangsters in a car from the Coll gang fired on the Schultz gang on E. 107th St in Manhattan, but missed them and hit baby Vengalli and 4 other children. The bereaved family seen weeping. People look from the windows of their homes as the cortege passes.