Dramatization of thefts: A young man picks the lock on the door of a house or office in New York City. The man enters the house or office. The theif breaks into a desk and finds and steals a cash box and sneaks out. Next scene shows Two women in a shop. Shopkeeper takes down a box. A girl steals from a woman's purse but she is caught red handed. Next scene shows chain gang of prisoners with their hands and feet chained, climbing a steep slope. A prison card follows them, carrying a rifle over his shoulder. A question mark appears.
View from front car of a train moving on the Harlem "L" (elevated train) uptown New York City. Another train heading the opposite direction comes around a sharp curve and passes the camera train. View of fairly empty street below, seen from the camera train moving slowly on the elevated railway.
Views of parkway in Morningside Heights, uptown New York City. Luxurious buildings line the roadside. Several cars drive on the highway. A double-decker bus, filled with people on its upper deck, drives along the road. It displays a sign at its front reading: "5th 11E 57th St." A Mercedes-Benz logo appears on the front of the bus. Camera shifts to view from front of a train moving on the Harlem "L" (elevated train). It follows a track descending beneath the upper level line and continues, merging with another line descending from the highest level. All the lines now run beneath bridges over the railroad. A train approaches from the opposite direction entering beneath the bridge structures. the camera train continues toward a station where a passenger waits on the platform.
American Museum of Natural History in New York City Upper West Side. People walk at the Museum. Railroad tracks.
Buildings along street in New York City. Vehicles on road. Railroad tracks. Railway Station as seen from rear of moving train departing the station.
Views of the courts of New York. The VII District Police Court and the XI Judicial District Court are shown. The busy streets have a number of cars running. 1937.
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