Nine brides stand in wedding gowns during a mass wedding at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York City. Children sing during the wedding ceremony. Wedding ceremonies go on. New York City Criminal Court Judge Amos S. Basel officiates the mass wedding. Two couples are African Americans. Couples stand. Large crowd gathers. A cake in between the couples.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York during the Great Depression. An Eastern Airlines DC-3 passenger airplane with painted words on side "The Great Silver Fleet" taxis on a runway at Floyd Bennett Airport field by Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn, New York City. Narrator describes WPA improvements to the airport. Plane parks atop a novel turntable and then is rotated to desired position. Rear hatch opens and crew member steps out. Trap door on ground near plane opens revealing a stairwell downward which debarking passengers then use to walk toward the main terminal. View of skyport landing and takeoff area on the East River and a pontoon-equipped small aircraft coming in for landing at one of these two skyports providing air taxi service from Manhattan Island. Narrator indicates that one skyport is located at 31st Street and another at Wall Street.
A train ride from Brooklyn to New York via the Brooklyn Bridge. View of the train ride as seen from the moving railroad train. The train crosses the Brooklyn Bridge.
An electric power generating plant in the United States. Various views of 1940s New York City: The city at dawn, with Manhattan skyscraper buildings and the sun rising in the background. River traffic moving under the Brooklyn Bridge and buildings in the background. Manhattan streets with no traffic because it is dawn. Lion in front of the New York Public Library on 5th avenue, in silhouette. East River with Manhattan skyline behind. Shows people in houses busy with their morning routine. A milkman delivering by horse and wagon, to homes. Morning newspaper on door step. Man using electric shaver. Children leaving for school. A commuter train arrives at a railroad station. Trams, trolleys, buses, traffic and pedestrians along a street of New York City. Elevated view of Times Square filled with morning traffic of cars, trucks, buses and pedestrians. Turbine deck of an electric power plant. Men in a control room. A ship in a river. A man operates a bascule bridge (draw bridge), allowing ship to pass without delay. Operators, at controls of electric power plant, increase output to meet extra demands. Numerous dials, needles and gauges. View of turbine generator in power plant.
A baseball game between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field, Brooklyn, New York. View from stands above visitors dugout as the game ends and many spectators rush the field. Police try to urge the crowds off the field, and Cardinals players mak their way to their dugout. View of various groups of fans in the stadium cheering on their team. Men in suits and women in dresses watch the game intently and cheer. Three religious clergy are seen seated in a row, each wearing white and black collar, watching the game. Men, women, and children watching the baseball game and cheering.
Central Park in New York City, United States. Aerial view of the park surrounded by numerous tall buildings. Children play in the park. Two boys sail a model boat in pond where other boats are also seen. Children in a playground on seesaws and monkey bars, and playing with a ball. . Cars parked outside the park. People sit in the park. Boys play stickball and stoopball, as other children watch, in the streets of less affluent residential neighborhoods in the city. Apartment houses with outdoor fire escapes seen on the block. A small white dog sits in an open window. A little girl drinks from a water fountain, while two boys push each other nearby. Children play around water streaming from open fire hydrant. Several boys swim in the East River, from a wooden wharf. The Manhattan Bridge between Brooklyn and the lower east side of Manhattan seen in background. Boys diving from pier post into East River. Brooklyn Bridge in background.
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