(Sound present only at end of clip beginning around 3:10 mark). Scenes of Ward Line passenger ship, the SS Morro Castle, engulfed in fire during its return to New York from Havana, Cuba. Coast guard boats, fishing smacks, big liners stand by to rescue travelers from the ocean liner. Local citizens and police assembled on the coastline to retrieve the dead and nurse the wounded. Scenes of grief stricken and shocked survivors including men, women, and children. Some scenes from rescue ships which included the SS Andrea F. Luckenbach, the SS Monarch of Bermuda, and the SS City of Savannah. Three survivors recount their stories (sound is present at this point in the clip, starting around 3:10 mark).
People assembled at temple in New York for celebration of Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year. Prayers are offered. Rabbi blows a Shofar.
Figure skating in Coney Island, New York. Trudy Bronson and Paul Carriere performs while adapting various dance movement to skating. 1931.
Edward Blood from University of New Hampshire establishes ski record in interstate tournament. 12000 spectators watch his 150 feet jump at Bear Mountain, New York. 1931.
President Herbert Hoover sails for Puerto Rico and Virgin Islands accompanied by his friends and advisors. He is greeted by officers as he boards battleship Arizona. President undertook the trip to raise funds for children of insular possessions.
Launch of V-2 rocket at White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico. The V-2 rocket is used for high altitude research. Technicians assemble various parts of rocket using German parts, and insulate it. Scenes of placing alcohol tank, oxygen tank, propulsion unit and tailing house in position.1947.
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