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Ground Infantry quiz question in World War 2 on boxers (Joe Louis, Jack Dempsey), tanks, and rockets.

Boxers Joe Louis and Arturo Godoy compete in a boxing match on June 20, 1940 in Yankee Stadium, Bronx, New York City. Louis knocks out Godoy in 8th round. Ground Infantry (GI) quiz ask a question about boxers and the answer is Coast Guard Commander Jack Dempsey. Views of Jack Dempsey while in the Coast Guard, demonstrating physical prowess. Multiple scenes from boxing match of Jack Dempsey versus Luis Ángel Firpo on September 14, 1923, at the Polo Grounds in New York City. Multiple knock-downs of the boxers are shown, including one where Firpo knocks Dempsey completely out of the ring. GI quiz question on tanks. Picture of Sherman tanks knocking down trees. Picture of Leonardo Da Vinci. View of the Mona Lisa painting. Animations of various concept designs credited to Da Vinci including tanks, aircraft, parachutes, and submarines. GI quiz question on rockets. View of battery of rockets being fired from ground positions in World War 2. Aerial view of U.S. Army aircraft firing rockets at target. View of German V-1 flying bomb (early cruise missile) in flight toward a target. Animation showing future use of a rocket launched across the globe and reaching New York City (with artist's view of Statue of Liberty in foreground) as narrator says, "Scientists are convinced that the next war, if there is one, will be fought with giant remote-controlled atomic rocket bombs, capable of traveling thousands of miles in a few minutes, to completely destroy any target, anywhere, anytime."

Location: United States USA
Date: 1945
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675025695
Mayor of New York Fiorello LaGuardia chairs a conference at City Hall New York.

As film begins, interested parties are seen filling seats in New York City Hall to attend a public meeting to witness and hear reports of the New York Board of Estimates and Apportionment. Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia occupies a head chair as members of the Board begin to take their seats. LaGuardia makes some comment with expression of irritation. As the members take their chairs, City Comptroller, Frank J. Taylor is seen at extreme left of the scene. Brooklyn Borough Pres. Raymond V. Ingersoll, in white suit, stands in right side of the image. Camera focuses on the Mayor, who has a sheaf of reports in front of him. View from a short distance shows Mayor and assembled Board members shows Board of Aldermen President, William F. Brunner seated at LaGuardia's right and Queens Borough Pres. George V. Harvey, at his left. Camera focuses on the Mayor, as he reads a report and comments to others. Closeup of Brooklyn Borough President. Raymond V. Ingersoll as he concentrates on a report. Closeup of Manhattan Borough Pres. Samuel Levy looking at a report as Bronx Borough President, James J. Lyons, at his right, speaks to him. Mayor LaGuardia looks over toward him and smiles. Remainder of the film is devoted to camera view of the Mayor examining and commenting on reports.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 3 min 59 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035831
Churches in Harlem, New York City and other area landmarks

A snow-covered street in Harlem, New York City. A large bell. Children climb railing. Snow covered city. Buildings. People pass by. A marquee reads "Reo Hotel". New Hope Community Church. Fountain Spring Baptist Church at 158 West 126th Street New York, NY. A sign reads"Home cooked food every Sunday". Children swing at playground in a park. View of the Park Avenue Bridge crossing the Harlem River from Manhattan Island to the Bronx.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1969, February
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035562
WAVES arrive for Frank Sinatra's performance at Walton Auditorium in the Bronx, New York Cuty.

Women military WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) seated in the Walton High School Auditorium in the Bronx, New York City. The Women's military reserve units await a performance by Frank Sinatra. WAVES applaud and cheer. A WAVES stands next to a board stating the night's performance by Frank Sinatra as well as the Station Military and Dance Band. WAVES seated inside the auditorium. They applaud.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1943, November
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675031235
Views of night life in the South Bronx, New York City

Film starts with sounds of Latin American music. Musician's hand on stringed instrument. Numerous Neon lights on night entertainment places. News paper boys on sidewalk playfully shoving one another. Legs of walking persons Silhouetted against night lights. Women and children window shopping at night. Vendor dispensing soda drinks from his sidewalk fountain. Camera pans from above along a street of night spots. Entertainers in costumes performing on sidewalk Interior of a theater where Latin vaudeville is performed. Closeup of children as they watch the performance. Performers taking bows as audience applauds. Men playing dominos.Little girl looks at window display of children's clothes.Glimpses of Musicians and entertainers performing. More views of shop windows. An illuminated cross atop a church roof. A police or emergency siren heard faintly in background. An elevated railroad train passes noisily overhead.

Location: South Bronx New York City USA
Date: 1965
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040523
Ordinary life in a Bronx, New York City, neighborhood in the 1960s

Film opens showing a commercial DC-9 in flight, overhead, approaching for landing at LaGuardia Airport, with landing gear and flaps extended. Scene shifts to hazy view of buildings silhouetted against lighter sky. View of rooftops with a boy walking across one. Buildings with pigeons on the roof. A woman dries clothes on a roof. A boy flies a kite from a roof. Cars parked on the street below. Pigeons flying. Youths playing basketball. 1:08 to end footage taken from atop 700 East 156th Street. 1:08 follows a train northwest along the Westchester Avenue line. 1:18, a view East of the newly elevated Bruckner Expwy and Whitestone and Throggs Neck bridges in distance. 1:21,a view to the Northwest, 3203-3211 Park Avenue is the curved building in the foreground, George Washington Bridge seen in the distance. 1:25, view west down 156th Street. 1:29 Train runs along Westchester Avenue to 156 and Tinton. 1:34 panning from south to west, Consolidated Edixon plant in Port Morris can be seen in distance. Rikers Island can also be seen in the East River. ( Note: A very large number of the buildings shown burned down in the next 10-20 years.)

Location: Bronx New York City USA
Date: 1965
Duration: 1 min 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675020819
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