Mays department store (owned by J.W. Mays) distributes garments to needy people in Brooklyn, New York, during the Great Depression. People lined up outside the shop. Buildings in the area. Traffic on a street. Some people in the line are unruly and police work to restrain a woman. People get clothes.
Policemen destroy shacks of unemployed men in a shanty village in New York, United States during the Great Depression. A rubbled area being demolished by police and workers. The policemen watching the area. Other men and residents standing near the damaged shacks that are being removed.
A film on use of dynamite in the United States. The deepening of the Hell Gate Channel in New York by using gelatin dynamite. Men working and fixing dynamites. A splash in water due to an explosion. Mining of coal and metals is made possible by using dynamite.
Remains of a a cargo aircraft that crashed in flames during taxi for takeoff at Idlewild Airport in New York, United States. The wrecked aircraft on the tarmac with firefighters standing nearby. The plane had nearly crashed into the Terminal building, seen in the background, but had been slowed enough to stop when it struck the tail of a nearby empty passenger airplane.
French sailors and officers in the United States. French battleship Richelieu arrives in the U.S. It proceeds towards a navy yard for repairs. Men aboard the ship. An officer aboard the ship. The French flag flying atop a flag pole. French sailors parade in New York. Buildings along the sides of a street. Aerial view of the parade. People cheer. Confetti being thrown from the top of the buildings.
A square-rigged Norwegian sailing ship arrives in New York, United States. The ship in a harbor. Several cadets on board. A large crowd gathers at the harbor and greets the cadets. Officers shake hands.
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