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Bill Holmes climbs to the top of the flag staff on one of the tallest buildings, and repairs the staff, in New York City.

Bill Holmes risks his life and repairs a high flagstaff in New York City, New York. View of tall buildings and skyscrapers in New York City. A flagstaff on one of the tallest buildings. Man named Bill Holmes is seen climbing his way up to the top of the flag staff in a death defying stunt to repair the flag pole. Men gather on the ground, watch Bill Holmes climbing up. Bill Holmes, with a cigarette in his mouth, on the topmost position of the flag staff. Another man with Bill Holmes on the flag pole, performing the repair. A man stands at the base of the flagstaff and waves to the men.

Date: 1931, June 1
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054993
Customs officials with a seized illegal drug shipment in a harbor in Tompkinsville, New York City, New York.

A illegal drug shipment seized in Tompkinsville, New York City, New York. A vessel in an ocean. The vessel approaches a harbor. Customs officials with the seized drug shipment inside an office. The seized dope drug shipment on a table. One of the officials holds a piece of the shipment and the other official writes the details of the shipment of dope (opium, heroin, or marijuana).

Date: 1931, February 2
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055146
Governor of New York, Franklin D Roosevelt, officiates at dedication of George Washington Bridge, New York City

Franklin D Roosevelt, as the Governor of New York, officiates at the opening dedication of the George Washington Bridge, in New York, over the Hudson River. He opens the bridge for traffic by cutting the tape. Traffic moves over the bridge.

Date: 1931, October 24
Duration: 33 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049697
Herbert G. Taylor wins the Annual Silver Skates Derby in Central Park, New York City, New York

Annual Silver Skates Derby in New York. Large crowd of spectators gathered. at Conservatory Lake, in Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, United States. Some skaters fell. Spectators cheer the skaters. Herbert G.Taylor wins the championship and poses for picture.

Date: 1931, January 26
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072974
Scenes of New York City buildings and of the New York World's Fair in 1940

From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. View of buildings of the New York World's Fair of 1940. The Brooklyn Bridge. Aerial view of Manhattan Island, New York City. Skyscrapers of New York City including the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building. New York Harbor and ships in the harbor. View of the buildings of the New York Worlds Fair in the distance in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, as seen from high in a skyscraper of New York City. The Fair's Trylon and Perisphere stand out. People walk along the sides of fountains and waterways at the fair. Crowds milling about, bands marching, dancers performing. Flags of many nations flying on the flag poles. Celebration of the 150th anniversary of George Washington, as the first President of the United States and a statue of George Washington. A bus moves on the street. Fountains and a small bridge near a waterway. Pavilions of nations of England, Japan, and Italy. The USA building and some of the buildings of U.S. States including Maine and Florida. Fountains and waterways of the fair. Woman and two girls eat ice cream cones. A Raymond Loewy - designed S1 experimental streamlined locomotive created for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Pavilions of American Telephone & Telegraph and of United States Steel Corporation, also of Westinghouse, Goodrich, Chrysler, and General Motors.

Date: 1940
Duration: 4 min 9 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028517
Communist supporters march in New York City: "Red Hordes Gather in Monster Rally as Police Foil Disorders, New York"

Huge crowd of communists gathered at Union Square in New York City. The communists and sympathizers carry banners. Some of the banners read: "Long Live the Soviet Union"; and "Food workers defend the Soviet Union"; and "Organize against imperialist war - Join Communist Party"; and "Join International Workers Order"; and "Stop Evictions"; and "Smash Doak's Deportation Plan" (in reference to efforts by Secretary of Labor William N. Doak, through the Bureau of Immigration, to identify illegal alien immigrants and deport them in order to free up jobs for citizens during the Great Depression.) The Police disperse the crowd.

Date: 1931, August 3
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040714