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Ship Queen Mary enters New York harbor, filled with U.S. Soldiers returning home from Europe at the end of World War II in Europe.

Shoreline shows a large sign 'Welcome Home'. Bow of the giant ocean liner Queen Mary underway. Tug boats approach Queen Mary. Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island. Views of skyscrapers and skyline of New York City. Ship Queen Mary enters New York harbor. It is filled with U.S. soldiers returning from World War 2 military service in Europe. Queen Mary in Hudson River.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1945, June 20
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675039818
A motorcade carrying Olympic hero Jesse Owens passes crowded New York streets during Olympic homecoming parade

A homecoming parade in New York City, welcoming Jesse Owens and other olympians following the Olympic games in Berlin Germany. A motorcade moves past a large crowd as ticker tape is thrown from buildings. Jesse Owens in a car waves at the crowd. Men seated on top of the car in the parade. Ticker tapes descend as large crowd cheers the heroes. Four African American olympic athletes ride in an open car together. The parade proceeds along 5th Avenue and New York City Streets from The Battery to Randalls Island.Part of street is torn up, forcing the motorcade into a narrow path. Parade passes underneath elevated railroad station.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1936, September 3
Duration: 2 min 3 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049732
New York City parade to welcome American olympic team home and honor Jesse Owens who won 4 Gold Medals in one day.

A parade in New York City welcomes returning American olympic team and honors Jesse Owens for his outstanding performance during the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The New York City Police band plays at the parade. A motorcade follows the band. Men in cars. Two men sit on top of a car. Elevated train crosses the street above the parade which ran from The Battery to Randalls Island.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1936, September 3
Duration: 2 min 12 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675049733
Miller Highway, the first elevated highway, under construction in New York City, United States.

Ground and aerial views during construction of the Miller Highway on the west side of Manhattan Island in New York, United States. It was named after Julius Miller, the President of New York's Manhattan Borough from 1922 to 1930. It was also known as the West Side Elevated Highway or the West Side Highway. It was the first elevated highway in the United States. The elevated highway under construction. Men work on the highway. Sections also designated NY Routes 9A and NY 27A. The Miller Highway was shut down in 1973 and largely dismantled in 1989.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1930, August 11
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059948
Children play games and receive instructions in handicraft during WPA supported play programs in New York City

Great Depression era Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York City. A sign reads: 'Play Street Closed'. Children play various games and sports on a street in New York City that has been closed to traffic, under the supervision of WPA employees. A man instructs them. They play checkers, jacks, and a small court tennis game using ping pong paddles. They play round games holding hands and moving together. Children seen entering the toyery, an experimental program at the Heckscher Foundation For Children. A boy smiles as a woman in the toyery hands him a truck toy to borrow from the lending library of toys. Several children are shown trading in a toy for a different toy. Children seated in a room show each other flashcards to improve their reading skills, during remedial instruction time. Women in a Long Island City kitchen prepare school lunches for 800 needy children. A woman cook prepares a sandwich and a group of women wrap up batches of sandwiches. View of a day nursery, with a nap or rest area with small beds. A nurse in the nursery examines a child's mouth with a tongue depressor. Young children play with blocks in the nursery. They sit at tables in a dining room. Children drink milk and eat food.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062814
West Point Cadets receive flight familiarization training at Mitchel Field, New York

West Point Cadets in flight suits, with goggles, prepare for flight at Mitchel Field, Hempstead, New York. Officer gives instruction to the cadets standing at attention. Building in the background. West Point cadets leave building. Others sit on steps of building. West Point cadets, wearing seat-pack parachutes, march down flight line. Row of parked United States Army Air Corps B-6A bomber aircraft. Cadets stand in front of the aircraft, parked with engines running, on the airfield. Cadets climb into B-6A aircraft. Interior of the Cockpit. Cadet and pilot look at map. Nose section of B-6A. Cadet in nose gunner position aims through machine gun sight. Cadet in rear radio operator-gunner position speaks into microphone. Pilot at controls checks engines and instruments. Ground crewmen remove wheel chocks and the aircraft taxi in formation to the runway, and takeoff, one at a time. Aerial view of B-6As in formation flight over Long Island, New York.

Location: Hempstead New York USA
Date: 1937
Duration: 3 min 23 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073087
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