Mrs. Carter, a resident of Monroe, New York, is seen with other members of the Local League of Women Voters, as they prepare for upcoming local elections. Sign in background reads: "The League of Women Voters, non-partisan Voters Service League."The women assemble voting information packets. View of one member woman caring for several children of members, during the League meeting. League members distributing election information to homes of their neighbors. (One woman refuses to accept any voting information.) One woman places voting materials into the open window of a parked car. Another posts a campaign poster on a telephone pole. League members prepare voter lists and telephone voters. Candidates speaking at meetings arranged by the League of Women Voters. Varying reactions of women in the audience. Another view of voters in a line outside the polling place. Women of the Parent Teacher Association engaged in a local project to establish a Recreation Center for Teens. Youth square dancing at the new Teen Center and enjoying refreshments afterwards. Students viewing motion pictures about anatomy, birth and growth, provided by the Board of Education. View of faces of teenage boys and girls viewing film about human anatomy in an auditorium. Primary school children going through a cafeteria line and eating their lunch at tables. The local dentist checking teeth of school children during annual exams at school. The dentist's receptionist voluntarily looking after children in a local hospital.
A huge crowd cheering and celebrating the news of victory over Germany, ending World War 2, in Europe, on May 8, 1945 (VE Day). Cheering crowds gathering at Times Square and Wall Street in lower Manhattan, New York City. American flags on display.
Amsterdam News office in Harlem, New York City. Newspaper. "Venice" written at a counter. A sign reads "Club Baby Grand". A music shop. Frank's restaurant and a theater. It is wintertime with snow on the ground.
Film opens showing aerial view of a United States B-29 Superfortress bomber aircraft in flight, then scenes of numerous U.S. Army Air Forces warplanes and bombing (partially obscured by on screen newsreel text). Next, crowds are seen jamming Times Square in Manhattan, New York City, celebrating victory over Japan in World War 2. (Known as V-J Day or Victory over Japan day, marking the end of World War 2, on 14 August, 1945.) A facsimile of the Statue of Liberty has been set up in the square. Moving lights on Times Building motograph news zipper or ticker announce Japanese surrender. Jubilant celebrations and smiling Americans wave American flags. Closeup of the Statue of Liberty facsimile. A woman dances the Lindy Hop with a U.S. Navy sailor, as others (including many servicemen in uniform) watch.
First flight of the dirigible United States Ship Akron from Lakehurst, New Jersey and over New York. Airship floats in air, U.S. Navy symbol and Akron written on it. Buildings, river bridges and ships anchored at harbor can be seen. Navigation pilot and other officers of the crew in the control room. Buildings and waterfront of Manhattan.
Wendell Willkie, the Republican candidate for 1940 Presidential elections in United States, during a campaign rally at Buffalo, New York. Members of 'Willkie Youth Club' raise a banner. Supporters raise various banners during the rally on jammed streets. Huge crowd of supporters at the Buffalo cheer for him at the new memorial stadium. Mr and Mrs Willkie wave at the crowd.
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