After the United States Presidential election of 1936 in New York. Women seated on wheel cart or carriage move through streets of New York City in humorous stunt. Poster on cart reads "We Bet on Roosevelt". Man pulling the wheel cart hold a poster which reads "Landon also ran". President of the United States Franklin D. Roosevelt seated at desk. Woman shows him letters and cards he received after his victory in the Presidential election. President Roosevelt reads them.
New York ticker-tape parade for American track and field athlete Jesse Owens following his winning four gold medals in the 1936 Berlin Olympics. Jesse Owens motorcade passes along a street and is cheered by a crowd. Ticker-tape falls from New York City buildings. A band plays. Jesse Owens waves to the cheering crowd from a convertible car.
1936: A fashion show at Stork Club, in New York City. Models on the ramp. Spectators sitting on side of the ramp see the show.
Ninth National Convention of the Communist Party USA in New York City. Delegates engaged in typical convention activities. Extremely large banner suspended from arena ceiling showing likeness of Earl Browder and James W. Ford, leaders of the Party, together with a huge hammer and sickle.
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 push 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 prior to the crash of the stock market in 1929. 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.
New York City residents deal with Summer heat by opening fire hydrants. Kids play in the water sprayed on the street. Young men driving an open top vehicle are sprayed with the fire hydrant. A woman crossing the street loses one of her shoes when it becomes stuck in the hot asphalt. Men and women drink chilled beer.