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People listen to the band performing at Eddie Condon's Night Club in New York City
Interior of Eddie Condon's Night Club in New York City. Men and women sit in the club. Band plays in the background. A man plays bass. Another man plays trombone. Clarinet player. Drummer plays the drum. People at tables. People listen to the jazz band at the club.
500,000 American citizens gathered in Central Park saying the Pledge of Allegiance
Newsreel titled 'America's pledge of Allegiance'. A huge crowd of about 500,000 citizens of the United States assemble at Central Park in New York. Among the crowd dignitaries, sailors, military and police officials can also be seen. A person addresses the assembly. U.S. National Flag is hoisted. A speaker at the podium recites the Pledge of Allegiance and the crowd repeats after him.
Newsreel titled "Plane Hits Wall Street Skyscraper" shows the remains of plane and damaged building on Wall Street, New York City.
Newreel titled 'Plane Hits Wall Street Skyscraper'. Remains of the plane lying on the ground after it collided with a skyscraper on Wall Street, New York. The building struck by the plane and the damaged part of the building. Destroyed wall of a living room. People carry the dead in a casket out of the building. Smoke pouring from the building, viewed from ground level. Crowd of people near the remains of the plane. Views of New York Harbor from a hole in the building, with rubble from crash in foreground.
Refugees and former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps are among passengers arriving by ship in New York harbor
The Steamship, SS Marine Flasher, arriving in the port of New York after voyage from Bremen, Germany . She is assisted by several tugboats. Her passengers, include many refugees,including former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. A number have benefited from President Truman's December 22, 1945 Directive giving preference to Displaced Persons in obtaining visas. Passengers crowd the deck and wave enthusiastically. Brief glimpse of a ferry boat passing behind the Marine Flasher. The ship has nautical flags and flags of various nations displayed aloft. (World War II period).
Steamship passengers, including many Displaced Persons and former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, arrive in New York
The steamship, "SS Marine Flasher," arrives in the port of New York, after steaming from Bremen, Germany. In addition to U.S. citizens, her passengers include many refugees, and former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps, who benefited from President Truman's directive of December 22, 1945, giving preference to Displaced Persons in obtaining visas. Views among the crowds gathered at the dock to welcome loved ones. People waving and smiling. One woman angrily shouting at a guard. Men, women, and children aboard the ship, many wearing identification ribbons. Passengers enter the dock area. Their relatives and friends greet them warmly. A man kisses a woman and weeps. Two men embrace. (World War II period).
Displaced Persons, refugees, and former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps arrive by ship in New York City
Views of men, women, and children aboard the steamship "SS "Marine Flasher" docked at a pier in New York harbor after a voyage from Bremen, Germany. Her passengers include many refugees and former prisoners of Nazi concentration camps. Many benefited from U.S. Presidential Directive No. 29, issued on December 22, 1945, giving preference to Displaced Persons in obtaining visas. A woman with her child smiles. A boy waves at friends and relatives on shore. A young brother and sister in the ship. An older and younger woman, likely mother and daughter, show the prisoner number tattooed by Nazis on their arms. The tattoos are sequentially numbered, A-26587 and A-26588. Reuniting people hold each other with warmth and weep. A family of 7 children spanning a range of ages, with no parents evident. (Note: this is the Weber family ranging in age from 4-18. In order of age from oldest to youngest they are Alfons, Senta, Ruth, Gertrude, Renee, Judith, and Virginia (Ginger) nee Bela. The family settled in Chicago. All married and had 24 children and now numerous grandchildren. The children and grandchildren live in across the U.S. in Chicago, Maryland, Texas, Alabama, California, Virginia, Minnesota and in London, England. This Information provided in 2014, by Lynn Chapman daughter of Gertrude.) (World War II period).