Americans evacuating World War II in the United Kindgom are seen arriving in New York, United States from Galway, Ireland. Evacuees aboard SS President Roosevelt underway at sea as it nears port of New York City. Large sign identifies the ship name and "United States Lines" Some of the refugees standing at the deck of the ship wave. Artful point of view shot from behind a group of people, mostly children, as they cheer and wave hands at the Statue of Liberty seen through a ship window. A man and a partially veiled woman, holding a cigarette, talking aboard the ship. Children wave. A woman feeds her child. People meeting their loved ones, hugging and kissing happily on arrival in New York City.
Film begins showing allegorical statue of woman named "Brooklyn" by sculptor Daniel Chester French, on granite pedestal at Brooklyn side entrance to the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Scene shifts to Police directing traffic of motor vehicles and horse-drawn wagons on the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Barges and ships seen below the Manhattan bridge on which electrified train is running. Burns Brothers Coal loading facility on the river's edge. Point of view shot from first car of electrified railroad train traveling over the Manhattan bridge with dual tracks. Another train is approaching on the other track. A roadway is seen rising up parallel to the railway, on the right of the screen. Several cars on it are heading through the Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade. Side view of the Manhattan Bridge over the East River in New York City. Docks are seen at river edge, below. The Brooklyn Bridge is seen dimly in the background. Commercial traffic of horses and wagons, cars, and trucks along road beside East River piers. Many appear to be food purveyors. The Manhattan Bridge crosses the entire area in the background. Several pedestrians are seen strolling near the Manhattan bridge Arch and Colonnade. Top of Manhattan Bridge seen in closeup.
Prohibition agents take axes to beer barrels during Prohibition. Beer gushes out as agents destroy the bootlegged barrels. The "We Want Beer!" Parade in New York City demonstration against the 18th Amendment. Marchers carry signs that read "Taxation for Beer" View of the Statue of Liberty from below. Men look out windows in the head of the Statue of Liberty. Flood lights set to light up the Statue of Liberty. The Great Beer Parade in New York City at night. Aerial view of New York City in evening.
People attend a church service in upstate New York. Churchgoers enter a white church building in a rural area. A man leads a children’s choir. Choir singing inside Christian church. A river in New York. Aerial view of the river, hills, and farmlands in New York state. A boat is seen sailing on a river.
The launch of the "Golden Age Movie Club" in New York, a new discounted movie theater club for Senior Citizens aged 60 and over. Movie theater business men Schwartz, Stark, and Brandt come out of a building and meet former Vaudeville performing stars Pat Rooney and Bert Wheeler, who are seated side-by-side in the back of an open vehicle. They shake hands and talk amongst themselves. Schwartz hands a Golden Age Movie Pass to Stark. Mr. Schwartz then presents a Golden Age Movie Club card to both seated men. Closeup view of the pass, with membership for people more than 60 years of age depicted on the card. Next scene show "Mary Manning Walsh" written on entry portico outside a senior care Catholic nursing home building. Men and women sit in a hall inside the building, together with a nun of the Carmelite sisters, and they are presented Golden Age Move Club passes. Views of elderly men and women at a movie theater box office. They are greeted by Hollywood actor Donald Crisp who is serving as usher. The patrons enter the movie theater lobby.
Journalists, Robert Sherrod , Harold Horan and another staff person look through photographs to accompany a news story, at Time Magazine offices in New York.
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