Marchers parade on the streets of Manhattan, New York City, to promote support for continuation and expansion of the WPA (Works Progress Administration), part of the New Deal Federal programs enacted in the administration of President Franklin D. Roosevelt during the Great Depression. The parade is led by a group of well-dressed men in business suits. It includes a brass band and many marchers carrying banners and signs. (A boy is knickers, on roller skates moves about near the front of the parade.) A woman walking alongside the marchers, carrying a canister, solicits contributions from spectators on sidewalks. The following are among the many banners and signs seen: "Workers Alliance-Greater New York"; "Yorkville Workers Alliance"; "On to Washington, January 15th, for the Continuation and Expansion of W.P.A. (Furriers Joint Council)"; "Stop! Mass Lay-offs on WPA (Fur Floor Boys and Shipping Clerks Union)" A big part of the march takes place on 8th Avenue. (A Department of Sanitation worker with broom and barrel on wheels is seen cleaning the edge of street near curb.) A float with popup figures of WPA worker, housewife, and farmer, is seen with another figure holding an ax over the WPA workers head. Writing on the float reads: "A blow to WPA is a blow to all" Finally, view towards backs of marchers is shown, near end of the parade.
Mummers parade in Philadelphia. Parade passes along Broad Street. Men in enormous fancy costumes. Men carry a baby in fancy dress. Behind them is a car with sign reading "Oregon NYA." Various decorative floats in the parade. Various groups perform. Men in drag and men dressed like women among the performers. Bands march and play. Numerous spectators watch the parade. Policemen on horseback patrol along the parade route.
Mummers parade in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania The parade passes through streets of a city, primarily along Broad Street. A group of clowns appear on the street. They walk holding a banner reading: "Phila French Clowns". Artists perform an act on the street. Sidewalks are lined with spectators. Marchers in fancy costumes and decorative floats in the parade.
Motorcade of General Douglas MacArthur on occasion of his return to the United States after being relieved of Command by President Truman. MacArthur is being welcomed by citizens of New York City. Crowds line the sidewalks, as seen from the view of accompanying newsreel photographers. Motorcade passes through streets of the city. Showering of ticker tape. Officers stand, holding the flag of United States. Troops standing at attention.
The Washington Arch in New York City. General Douglas MacArthur, being welcomed with a ticker tape parade by citizens in New York City, United States. A large crowd gathers at a monument in New York. Motorcade passes through the streets of the city. New York residents showering ticker tape over the parade.
The Bellevue Hospital in New York City. Military leader General Douglas MacArthur is welcomed by the City of New York when he arrives there after being relieved of Command by President Harry S. Truman. Views of the parade from viewpoint of newsreel cameramen surrounding the general's open car. Fireboats in the harbor create a huge fountain with their pumps. Trees are inundated with ticker tape.
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