African American children at a camp in Harlem, New York, United States. Children's Aid Society of the city of New York and Boys Club conduct a day camp in Harlem, New York. Children seated on a ground. Counselors give milk and sandwiches to the children. The children have their food. seated on the ground. The children enter a building. Buildings along the sides of a street. Other children on scooters, playing on the street. A sign on a building reads: 'Children's Aid Society of the city of New York' and 'Harlem Boys'.
Livelihood training offered by the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) for African American women in Harlem, New York. People crowded on a street. A black woman walks with a suitcase on a busy street. Street sign between Lenox Avenue (now known as Malcolm X Boulevard) and W 137 Street in Harlem, New York. A sign board amidst the street. A woman checks her map. Buildings along the sides of Lenox Avenue. Vehicular traffic on the road. The woman watching a name plaque. The plaque reads: 'Emma Ransom House YWCA'. The woman enters the house and talks to the receptionist. The woman moves upstairs towards her room. She writes a letter to her mother. View inside a cafeteria, with African American workers serving food, and African American patrons moving trays along cafeteria line, paying for food at cash register, and eating food at tables in the cafeteria.
African American women train as hairdressers and beauticians in a beauty course offered by the YWCA in Harlem, New York. The woman writes about the beauty course offered by the YWCA and how the “Beauty culture is a well paying field because good grooming is important”. African American women learn to cut hair during a practical training inside a simulation salon. An African American woman paints the nails of another woman during a manicure. A woman waxes and neatens the eyebrows of a black woman.
Unemployed men in New York, United States during the Great Depression. Slum shacks in a temporary living area. A sign reads: 'City Hall'. A flag flies atop a flag pole on the terrace of a building. jobless men who have formed the community together walk outside the shacks. A man irons a cloth kept on a table. Other man get his beard shaved by a barber.
The 1932 Summer Olympics held in Los Angeles, California. Aerial view of the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum Olympic Stadium as seen from a blimp. Frank Wykoff wins the men's 400 meter relay. Bob Kiesel, Emmett Toppino, Hector Dyer, and Frank Wykoff stand together. Jean Shiley wins the women's high jump. Wilhelmina Von Bremen wins the 400 meter relay. Crowd cheers and applauds. Yasuji Miyazaki wins the 100 meter men's freestyle swimming event. Mickey Riley wins the men's springboard diving contest. Helene Madison wins the women's 100 meter freestyle swimming event. Men line up for the start of the Marathon race. Juan Carlos Zabala wins the marathon. The Americans take a lead in the Games of the X Olympiad.
The Games of the X Olympiad held in Los Angeles, California. Women participate in the springboard diving contest during the summer olympics of 1932. A large crowd gathers to watch the games and cheer. Georgia Coleman does a layout back somersault dive into the water, then three other dives. Closeup view of a smiling Georgia Coleman, springboard diver. Next diver shown is Dorothy Poynton on the high dive, followed by closeup shots of Dorothy after her dives. Swimmers participate in the swimming championships, including American Eleanor Holm in competition with Bonnie Mealing from Australia in the Women's 100 meter backstroke. Closeup shot of Eleanor Holm outside the pool. Americans take the lead in the games. Men participate in the 2000 meter 8 oar she crew shell boat race. American team is made up of team from the University of California. The crew shell race underway on Alamitos Bay in Long Beach California. The University of California team surges at the end to beat the team from Italy. Oil rigs and oil derricks seen in the background on shore behind the cheering crowd watching the race. The men's crew team from the University of California Bears pose for cameras on shore after their victory.
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