Mayor of New York FIorello LaGuardia touring Rikers island along with administrator of works Col. Summerville by a police boat. There he visits the housing construction project also takes a look on excavator operations. Machines involved in the project are shown.After returning back to the shore he operates a steam shovel. 1937.
The Long Island University team tops the Oregon team in a basketball game in New York. A basketball game between the two teams. A player baskets the ball. Both teams basket scores. The score on the board shows both the teams at equal score of 54-54.
Aerial view of Jones Beach on Long Island, New York, and its modern access highway. Spectators with in high stadium seating on both sides of a Jones Beach swimming pool to watch swimmers race. Closeup of the swimmers in their respective lanes competing. Closeup of one swimmer. View of crowd in the stands. Change of scene shows a woman from the back, poised, and then executing a swan dive from a high platform. The beach and seashore are in the background. Scene shifts to below the platform as a man dives from it into the water. The Jones Beach water tower is seen in the background. A sailing regatta is seen. a triple funnel steam ship underway in waters off Jones Beach. A sign identifies the United States Coast Guard Jones Beach Station. Views of that station build of brick and stone consistent with Jones Beach architecture. Closeup of the station. A lifeboat being taken from the boathouse be a tractor that takes it down to the beach for launching. Responding to call from a further point on the beach, a lifeboat and 6 crew members are transported by a small pickup truck that carries the crew in its open cargo space and trailers the boat. View of them driving along the highway. Next, they drive onto the beach near the water's edge.
The Niagara Falls in New York, United States. The Niagara waterfall after the collapse of a rock shelf between Luna Island and Prospect Point. Water falls with smoking chimneys in the background. Water falls down a great height.
Aerial views of formation of B-6A bombers from Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York, as they fly over the towns, roads, and farms of Long Island. Crew members are seen in their open air positions in the aircraft. Large numbers of airborne O-1D observation aircraft in grouped formations and in-trail.
Alien man and wife being questioned at Immigration Building at Ellis Island in New York, United States. Interiors of Immigration Building. Board of Special Inquiry Hearings and Appeals. Officers of Board question alien man and wife. Interpreter and aliens talk. District Director's Office showing Board members at table.
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