British domination is slowly being replaced by democracy in India. A sign:' cleanliness is 2nd to God'. An Indian woman on a street. Political riots in Pakistan. One man serves food and other eats advocating socialism. Views of British domination in India. Indian women attend a class for teaching care of babies. The instructor places a baby on a scale in front of the class. Men work at machines. People are illiterate and are unable to read. Indian laborers work in native industries. A train arrives at Mysore railway station. A sign: Mysore. Buildings and people on the streets of Mysore during the Indian independence movement. Industrial development by using natural resources and creation of employment: Workers work in a factory. A boy turns a wheel. Modernization in Mysore. Hydroelectric dams, irrigation canals and improved streets. Boys in a classroom paint pottery while an instructor draws on the blackboard. Jawaharlal Nehru, the political leader of the Congress Party, speaks to the party. A woman walks while shading herself with an umbrella.
A large crowd of African American students gather to welcome United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt at the Tuskegee Institute (1200 W Montgomery Rd, Tuskegee, AL 36088, United States) in Tuskegee, Alabama. Children and students cheer and wave American flags to welcome the President. The school cadets stand at attention. A group of cadets salutes. A choir of the Tuskegee Institute sings on the steps of Carnegie Hall in New York.
United States President Franklin Roosevelt visits the Tuskegee Institute (1200 W Montgomery Rd, Tuskegee, AL 36088, United States) of Tuskegee, Alabama. A motorcade of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, Governor Frank M. Dixon and his official staff arrives at the Tuskegee Institute. Crowds of African American students welcome President Roosevelt. A choir of the institute sings. President Roosevelt seated in a car. He listens to a song. He puts on his cap. A group of school cadets sings a song for him. The President delivers a speech about the institution's achievements from the car. The students, the faculty and other school members applaud after his speech. The President is greeted by the school members. President Roosevelt leaves the institute.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, of New York City, breaking and destroying a slot machine with a large sledgehammer. Anti-gambling Officials seen aboard the tugboat "Manhattan" in New York Harbor, as it pushes a barge loaded with slot machines destined for dumping in the Atlantic Ocean. Lettering on the barge reads: "The City Of New York Department of Docks." View of damaged slot machine showing internal wheels. A man's hand seen trying to manipulate the broken machine.
Two law enforcement officials pose at New York City waterfront. The tugboat, "Manhattan" underway in New York harbor, in calm waters, pushing a barge loaded with damaged slot machines. Officials stand on deck and an American flag flies high above the vessel. "City of New York Dept of Docks" is written on the barge. Interior of the tugboat wheelhouse, with the Captain at the wheel, steering. Group of men dumping slot machines from the barge into the sea. They work on a huge pile of machines from which some tumble to the deck. One burly fellow lifts a machine over his head and tosses it into the sea. An official, in a business suit, uses broom to push debris from the barge into the water.
New Year's celebration in Times Square, New York City, as 1937 begins. Neon signs dominate the scene. Examples read: "Planters Peanuts", "Coca-Cola", Camel Cigarettes, and others. The Criterion movie theater marquee reads: "Cagney." The Hotel Astor is seen. Celebrating crowd is shadowed, except for brief glimpse. Lighted advertisements for Chevrolet automobiles stream across the Times building. The advertisements are interrupted by a message reading: " The time is now 12:02."
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