Red Cross nurses make cloth masks to wear while caring for thousands of Spanish Flu patients in Boston, Massachusetts during epidemic outbreak. A nurse demonstrates how to wear a mask over the mouth and nose. Red Cross caps on the heads of the nurses. Brief slate at end of clips reads, "To avoid influenza: Cough or sneeze in a handkerchief. Keep your mouth, nose, and skin clean!"
Bow of USS Constitution ship in Boston, Massachusetts. Stern sign reads "USS Constitution". Workmen stripping copper from the ship. Worker striking bell. Tourists walking topside. Bilge pumps of the ship. Swords. Junior officers. Interior of mess. View of grog tub. Raging eagle on a board over a cannon. List of Commanding officers of USS Constitution. U.S. flag on the ship.
Views of the "Bellflower Street Fire," as it consumes more than twenty three-deckers (tenement houses) in the Dorchester section of Boston, Massachusetts. Firemen work valiantly to control the fires, directing water hoses on the blaze. Crowd gathers to watch. People, living on the periphery of the blaze, evacuate their homes and take whatever possessions they can with them.
A large crowd gathers to honor aviator Douglas Corrigan after his historic flight from Floyd Bennett Air Field in Brooklyn, New York to Ireland, in Boston Massachusetts. A decorated public procession of cars drives towards a public ceremony venue. Large crowd cheers for him and raises banners. An old woman plays piano. Several streamers and banners hang from buildings. Corrigan addresses the crowd at the public ceremony.wards a public ceremony venue. Immense crowd cheers for him and raises banners. An old woman plays piano. Several streamers and banners hang from buildings. Corrigan addresses the crowd at the public ceremony.
Two Hydrogen explosions rip Navy Yard shops at Boston, Massachusetts. View of fallen debris and twisted heavy steel girders. Officials inspect the area. Two signs. One reads 'Hydrogen Dangerous Keep open flame away' and the other reads 'Oxygen Dangerous Keep open flame away'.
President Franklin Roosevelt's son at a shipyard in Boston, Massachusetts. Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Junior reports for active duty with the fleet. He goes aboard the USS Mayrant and shakes hands with other officer.
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