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Burmese diplomat U-Thant is elected as the new Secretary General of the United Nations in New York.

The election of the Secretary General of the United Nations in New York. The headquarters of the United Nations. Flags fluttering on flag poles outside the building. Interior of the building. Officials cast their votes for the election of the Secretary General. Burmese diplomat U-Thant is elected as the new Secretary-General. The officials applaud as U-Thant comes on a platform after being elected as the Secretary General.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1962, December 3
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062503
West Point cadets who violated the honor code and cheated in the exams face ouster from the academy in New York.

West Point cadets face ouster from the academy in New York. Exterior of the buildings of the United States Military Academy. 90 cadets, including football players, face ouster from the academy. They had violated the honor code and cheated in the exams. The cadets gather. Officials discuss amongst themselves. The football stadium of the academy. An official speaks into a microphone regarding the ouster of the cadets.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1951, August 6
Duration: 1 min 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062525
U.S. soldiers load and fire a rail road gun towards a sea target at Fort Hancock in New Jersey.

Activities of U.S. soldiers at Fort Hancock in New Jersey. Soldiers stand near a railroad gun. Some of the soldiers stand on a guard tower and watch a target with binoculars. They load and fire the railroad gun towards the sea target. A splash in water due to the firing.

Location: Fort Hancock New Jersey USA
Date: 1937, April 2
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062687
People gather to watch a basketball exhibition game between the Harlem Globetrotters and the Philadelphia Sphas

A basketball game played between the Harlem Globetrotters and the Philadelphia Sphas, in White Plains, New York. Harlem Globetrotters players warm up in a circle, performing tricks and stunts with the basketball on the court. People gather to watch the game against an opponent team. The game in progress. People cheer and laugh as the Harlem Globetrotters dominate the action, with stunts, difficult passes, and shots that stifle their opponent.

Location: White Plains New York USA
Date: 1950, March 7
Duration: 1 min 20 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062747
WPA improved facilities at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York City, United States.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York during the Great Depression. An Eastern Airlines DC-3 passenger airplane with painted words on side "The Great Silver Fleet" taxis on a runway at Floyd Bennett Airport field by Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn, New York City. Narrator describes WPA improvements to the airport. Plane parks atop a novel turntable and then is rotated to desired position. Rear hatch opens and crew member steps out. Trap door on ground near plane opens revealing a stairwell downward which debarking passengers then use to walk toward the main terminal. View of skyport landing and takeoff area on the East River and a pontoon-equipped small aircraft coming in for landing at one of these two skyports providing air taxi service from Manhattan Island. Narrator indicates that one skyport is located at 31st Street and another at Wall Street.

Location: Brooklyn New York City USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062812
WPA workers build a massive scale model of New York City; also WPA art, library, and theater programs

Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York City during the Great Depression. Skilled architects, draftsmen, and artists work for the WPA on a massive scale model of New York City, built in cooperation with New York University (this model predates the famous Panorama of New York City model built for the 1964 World's Fair). An artist is seen leaning over part of the model painting one of its features, which include detailed roads, bridges, buildings, and waterways. A hand lifts a building and measures its base with a ruler. Cartographic Survey WPA workers are seen creating a relief map of Staten Island for educational use. Men and women artists, including sculptors, are seen creating new sculptures funded by WPA. A man carves a bust in an art studio or class. Another man carves a relief stone commemorating Dewitt Clinton. A man stands in a Free Library and looks at books. Two women on a park bench look at books from the WPA Free Library holdings. A skilled artist is seen laying out and buildings stained glass windows for the United States Military Academy at Westpoint in New York. Stained glass panels depicting George Washington and soldiers are seen. A series of the George Washington stained glass windows is seen in place, with the artist applying final touches. Men work on the Federal Theater Project. Billboard signs advertising various WPA funded theatre productions in 1936 are shown, including Jefferson Davis, The World's Greatest Circus, Taking the Air, The Mikado, Macbeth, All American Minstrels, Battle Hymn, and Horse Eats Hat.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062813
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