Exterior view of St Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church at 122-38 West 76th Street in New York City, (it is the modern day address 120 West 76th Street, New York City; the location of the West Side Institutional Synagogue). St. Andrews church turns into a Jewish Synagogue for a day in New York City. The Star of David symbol seen at entrance of church. Interior views of Jewish religious service in progress. Rabbi blows shofar and people are heard singing prayers. Rabbi I. Warsaw introduces Pastor Edward J. Aplin. Rabbi Warsaw thanks Pastor Aplin for offering the church space to the Jewish congregation of the Little Synagogue and Temple of Service, and permitting them to decorate the space with the symbols of a traditional synagogue and use the facility for Yom Kippur.
Kidnapping case of twenty months old son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, in Trenton New Jersey. Police Commissioner John F. O'Ryan announces in press the arrest of a suspect Berhard Richard Hauptmann, from Bronx, New York in the case. He also displays the ransom money recovered from him. Mayor LaGuardia is seated beside O'Ryan. Subordinates and others working on the case seen behind and beside O'Ryan. Media is present and press men question him. A quick view of Hauptmann. Brief view of intermediary Dr John F. Condon. The arrested suspect's portrait. Crowd in front of the Hauptmann house in Bronx New York at 1279 East 222nd Street, New York, home of Richard Hauptmann. Hauptmann in handcuffs being led away by police.
Kidnapping case of twenty months old child of aviator Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Grand Jury hearing in New York. Colonel Lindbergh arrives at court, protected by several policemen. Crowd outside court building. Policemen and detectives inspect suspect Hauptmann's house in the Bronx, New York. Jury members give their verdict that prime suspect Bruno Richard Hauptmann wrote all kidnap notes. Police official gives his statements. Lindbergh moves out of court, sits in car and drives away. Hauptmann's wife, Anna Schoeffler Hauptmann, seen singing a bedtime song in German to her young child, Manfred Hauptmann (Manfred Richard Hauptmann).
The kidnapping and murder case of the infant son of aviator Charles Lindbergh, in Flemington New Jersey. Coverage of court ruling in 1935. A huge crowd outside the court during the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann for kidnapping and murder termed as 'the crime of the century'. Lindbergh and his wife confront Hauptmann from witness stand. The letters of ransom written by Hauptmann. Lindbergh testifies in the court of trial. Hauptmann cross examined by Attorney General Wilnetz. On February 13, 1935 Judge declares that Hauptmann will receive the death penalty, by electric chair. From a January 1960 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
Traditional Communion Breakfast attended by members of the Motion Picture Industry in New York City. Men and women enter through the door of the Roman Catholic St. Patrick’s Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). A communion ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral attended by members of film industry. After the mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral, Motion Picture Industry members assemble for breakfast (likely at the Waldolf Astoria Hotel). Motion Picture Industry Members from rank and file, union leaders and high company executives at the breakfast tables. A Roman Catholic priest sits with Motion Picture Industry executives during the breakfast.
Tenements and open-air markets, part of life for many new immigrants, in Manhattan, New York City, early in the 20th century. Brief footage of elevated view of street likely in lower east side of Manhattan. Series of still images: Children pose on a fire escape platform. Merchants with pushcarts line the street. Men open a fire hydrant that spews water into the street. Men place cups in the stream. Children wade in the water. Many small children seen on the sidewalk. A boy tries to drink the last few drops from the hydrant, after it is turned off. Boys stand in an alleyway, near garbage cans. A boy at home preparing to wash in a basin. A boy holding a puppy in an unsanitary tenement apartment. View of Italian immigrant family members crowded into a Mulberry Street tenement. In contrast, a group of well-to-do young women are seen outdoors dressed in white, carrying parasols, as they learn social etiquette. A young woman, in a carriage, with a chaperone. Two well-dressed, mature women, conversing. A family, including several children, all engaged in needle work at home, for a pittance in wages. Men and women at sewing machines manufacturing clothes in a crowded "sweat shop.".
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