Launching of United States Navy Ship USS Saratoga (CV-3) from New York Shipbuilding Company yard in Camden, New Jersey. U.S. military and naval officers lined up on the deck of the ship. Commissioning ceremonies underway. The ship slides down the ways into the Delaware River. Boats sail near the ship in water. United States warplane aircraft fly over the ship.
Launching and christening of USS Santa Fe (CL-60) Cleveland Class light crusier from the Camden, New Jersey yards of New York Shipbuilding, during World War 2. Men, women and U.S. Navy officers and sailors at the harbor during the ceremony, including Santa Fe Mayor Manuel Lujan, and 14 year old Caroline Trevelyan Chavez who receives coaching on how to christen the ship and then smashes a bottle of Santa Fe River water on the bow as the crowd claps and the ship slides down the ways. Ambient sound heard briefly at the christening and afterwards with crowd cheering at different times in the clip. The cruiser slides down the ways enters into the Delaware River. Dignitaries raise their hats to bid goodbye to the ship. The ship turning about in the Delaware River.
Steel mill operating in Pennsylvania, United States. Smoke issues from mill stacks. River and houses behind the factory.
Police urges the entire population to aid in search for kidnapped 20 month child of aviator Charles Lindbergh, in Trenton New Jersey. Policemen at a meeting with police chief Walker. Policemen exit Trenton police headquarters carrying Department of Justice 'Wanted' posters that read, 'WANTED Information as to the whereabouts of Chas. A. Lindbergh, Jr.' Crowds of people gather to read posters displayed by police. A policeman picks up a little girl so she can read the poster seeking information about the disappearance of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.
Jewish people in New York City lower east side are seen in crowded outdoor market areas, busy shopping in shopping for foods for the Jewish passover festival commemorating the Exodus from Egypt. The lower east side Ghetto busy with Jews buying matzos, and people unable to afford matzos (during Great Depression) are given matzos at no charge .Merchandise and push carts lined along streets. Shops and shopkeepers bargain with customers buying foods. Men wearing hats and beards, and women are in the lines. Hebrew writing on store front windows. Line of Jewish people outside a building of a Jewish charitable agency supplying matzos. Men and women seen after receiving matzo bread.
Kidnapping case of twenty months old child of aviator Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. Grand Jury hearing in New York. Colonel Lindbergh arrives at court, protected by several policemen. Crowd outside court building. Policemen and detectives inspect suspect Hauptmann's house in the Bronx, New York. Jury members give their verdict that prime suspect Bruno Richard Hauptmann wrote all kidnap notes. Police official gives his statements. Lindbergh moves out of court, sits in car and drives away. Hauptmann's wife, Anna Schoeffler Hauptmann, seen singing a bedtime song in German to her young child, Manfred Hauptmann (Manfred Richard Hauptmann).
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