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Advances in early 1900's transportation and workers' living conditions in New York City, United States
'Wheels of Fortune' depicts how the inter-development of the automobile and the public road system (1897-1927) caused the growth of suburban areas. View of two men as they ride a tandem bicycle for two on a city street. A horse carriage approaches a house. A woman gets off and climbs the steps to a house. Women on bicycles in the countryside wearing late 1800's early 1900's fashions. They stop to look at blossoming trees by the roadside. Next scene shows workers seated outside a factory. They eat lunch from packed dinner pails. View of high density tenements and slums of New York City with laundry hanging on clotheslines and the Brooklyn Bridge can be seen in the distance. View of railroad tracks running immediately beside closely packed tenement buildings of New York City residents.
Close-up views and still photos of faces of various Americans in the early 1900s
Ordinary people, immigrants, and citizens of the United States in the early 1900s. An old woman, a man with a hat, a man with a cigar in his mouth. His son reads a book. A farmer with his wife. A woman in her traditional dress and a father with his daughter on a chair. Credits for the documentary.
Logging operations in America, early 1900s; train engine hauls large wooden logs and men stand on logs
Timber harvesting and logging operations in the United States in the early 1900s. Railway in forest area. Massive logs are rolled into position and towed on railway by large steam train engine. Engine on a railway track. Smoke emitted from the engine. The engine hauls a series of large wooden logs and lumberjack men stand atop some of the logs.
Early 1900s car traffic on streets of New York City; car usage in America versus rest of world
Demand of Automobile in the United States. Shows a photograph (ca. 1900) of a policeman ordering a horseless carriage off New York City streets. Picture of men on horseless carriage and on bicycles. Views of traffic of 1910's and 1920's cars and other vehicles on busy, traffic filled streets of New York City, as a police officer directs traffic between the lanes of automobiles. Figure shows that out of 26 million of automobiles, 77% is in the U.S. and 23% in rest of the world.
50th anniversary celebration of the 1st transpacific flight of China Clipper in Hawaii, United States.
Flight of the China Clipper in the United States. The Pan American Airways (Pan Am) Martin M-130 flying boat, China Clipper taxis and takes off from California. The passengers read and play. A couple playing a card game onboard plane. The China Clipper in flight over the Pacific Ocean. Pan Am celebrates the 50th anniversary of the first transpacific flight of the China Clipper in Hawaii. A Hawaiian girl dances the hula. Japanese, Filipino, and Indian women clapping in the background. Others greet and wave as the China Clipper lands. Passengers and crew board Pan Am (N738PA) in San Francisco, California. Three women wearing terno, kimono, sari dresses are seen near the air stair. Asian women in traditional ethnic dresses wave at the departing Pan Am airliner.
Scenes of Swiss Village at Paris Exposition, 1900.
A group of men and women dressed in traditional Swiss Alpine costumes marching down the street in the village. A man balances empty barrels on a board over his shoulders. He is followed by a man leading several cows. Behind them come several girls in white dresses with broad sashes. girls and women assemble in a square and demonstrate Swiss dancing to music from a Swiss band. .
