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Pontiac Parisienne and Oldsmobile Starfire displayed at General Motor's Motorama in New York City

Scenes from General Motor's Motorama event in New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States), in 1953. A couple stands next to a 1953 Pontiac Parisienne concept car displayed at GM's Motorama event. It was designed by GM's Harley Earl and team. The couple gets into the car as the man handles the steering. In the next scene, a young woman sitting in Oldsmobile Starfire is joined by another young woman. (Note: The Pontiac Parisienne is now part of the Bortz auto collection.)

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037645
Buick and Cadillac automobiles displayed at General Motors' Motorama auto show in New York, United States.

A couple stands next to a Buick convertible being displayed at General Motors' Motorama at Hotel Waldorf Astoria (301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) in New York City, United States. They get into the car as the man handles the steering. Two women sit in a Cadillac convertible.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1953
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675037646
A ceremony at St. Patrick's Cathedral and traditional Communion Breakfast joined by members of film industry in New York.

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.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1960, January 25
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036768
The Duke and the Duchess of Windsor pose for cameramen during their visit to New York, United States.

The Duke and the Duchess of Windsor visit New York, United States. Several cameramen in a room at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel (301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). Duke Prince Edward (formerly King Edward VIII) and Duchess Wallis Simpson of Windsor seated on a sofa as the cameramen click pictures.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1941, October 20
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059333
Models display dresses at a fashion show during an award function in New York, United States.

American Fashion Critics’ Jury Awards in New York, United States. People gather in the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) for the function. Awards are given to top United States fashion designers. American Fashion Critics’ Jury official bestows an award and shake hands with a female designer. A woman wears a red velveteen jumpsuit coverall with mink neckband. Models evening display dresses during a fashion show. A woman models a wedding gown designed by Jane Derby. People applaud in the fashion show.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1951, October 1
Duration: 1 min 16 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675065078
Decline in industry and jobs, and Stock Market crash and start of Great Depression in the United States.

The film 'The Unfinished Revolution' opens by showing people recovering after the Great Depression in the United States. Most scenes circa 1929 - 1931 (but film produced in 1960s). Landmarks in Washington DC: the United States Capitol building with 1940s and 1950s cars and taxi cabs on roads in foreground. View of exterior of Supreme Court building. Closer view of U.S. Capitol and then of the White House in Washington DC. Also the Washington Monument. Scene changes to the American West and a herd of sheep and of cattle grazes on pastures or ranch. Cowboys on horseback herd cattle on a giant field with snow covered mountains in the background. Farmers work in a field picking cotton. Scene changes to New York City with view of Manhattan skyline including Empire State Building, with new skyscrapers in construction in the foreground. View of market area and tenements; push cart vendors lined up on a street in a lower east side New York City neighborhood, and a Ford sedan on the street. Busy New York City streets filled with cars and pedestrians at end of 1920s. Children standing on fire escape in poor downtown area look down over suspended laundry lines between tenement buildings. An officer looks out from small window of a raised booth traffic light as the lights on the booth change color. A Ford automobile assembly line. Engineers work in a factory with minimum wages. A farmer plows a field of potatoes using four horses. A wheat thresher working a field. Trains at a crossing, on a bridge, and coal cars lined up at a coal yard. Busy New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) floor filled with people around time of 1929 stock market crash and start of Great Depression. Frenzied stock market scenes. Board outside a factory reads 'No Men Wanted'. Scenes of silent railroad yards and dormant factories. A man plays an accordian and collects coin donations. Jobless people wait in relief lines, soup kitchen lines, unemployment lines or queues and bread lines. Unemployed and homeless men asleep in public areas.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1929
Duration: 4 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044174
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