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RMS Lusitania on her final departure from New York City, during World War I.

Passengers arrive at Pier 54 in New York City and go aboard the RMS Lusitania passenger ship, during World War 1. Passenger Robert James Timmis is seen at 1:01 into the clip on the left side of frame wearing a flat topped hat. Timmis survived the sinking even after giving up his own life vest. Charles Plamondon and his wife Mary Plamondon, of Chicago, are seen exiting a taxi. The Lusitania's flag is raised. Passengers, including author Elbert Hubbard, pose at the ship's rail. Views of passengers on the decks as the ship readies for departure. Tugs maneuver the Lusitania ocean liner into the channel, bound for Liverpool. The Lusitania was sunk 6 days later, on May 7, 1915, by a torpedo from a German U-Boat.

Date: 1915, May 1
Duration: 6 min 3 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040085
Dedication ceremony of the U.S. Army Felker Heliport at Fort Eustis, Virginia.

Aerial view of helicopters at Fort Eustis, Virginia, with snow on the ground. Crowd gathered inside a large hangar. The widow of Alfred C. Felker, wearing a corsage, stands with his father, as Army officers salute in tribute at the dedication of the Felker heliport. A young boy who is Felker's young son removes the covering from the dedication plaque, which reads:"U.S. Army Fort Eustis Virginia, Felker Heliport in Memory of WOJG Alfred C. Felker 1929-1953." A Piasecki H-21 Workhorse or Shawnee helicopter takes off from the snow covered airfield. Mrs. Felker is a passenger on one of two smaller helicopters that circle around one another and then land.

Date: 1954, December 9
Duration: 48 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040176
View of South Bronx from elevated train in New York City

View of community in South Bronx in New York City. The film gives details like the population size and the number of unemployed males. A plane in view. Aerial views of South Bronx New York show children playing on roofs of buildings. Aerial view of woman collecting clothes from clothes line on roof. Aerial view of pigeon coops and pigeons on roof. Boy flying kite from roof. Girl balancing on roof while boy hammers wood on roof. Aerial view of elevated train. Boys play basketball. POV sequence shows views of South Bronx and New York from a moving elevated train moving along Westchester Avenue near E. !56th Street, first through front of train and then through side. Short sequences cut in show boy swinging baseball bat, man smoking, youth choking another from behind.

Date: 1965
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040519
A documentary titled 'Uptown: Portrait of The South Bronx 1965'

A documentary titled 'Uptown: Portrait of The South Bronx 1965' . A boy flies kite in South Bronx in New York City. Passengers wait on the station as a train arrives. Extensive footage of the "Hub" , Melrose, Third Avenues and 149th Street area. Newspaper headline 'America Falling!' seen as people sell and buy newspapers. View of crowded market area. A man gets his shoes shined by a shoeshine boy.

Date: 1965
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040520
Routine activities of residents in a section of the South Bronx, New York City.

Scenes shot on a Wednesday afternoon in the South Bronx, New York City. View from car driving slowly uphill on Eagle Avenue heading towards 149th Street in the South Bronx, New York City. Among cars parked at the left side of a one-way street, is a 1957 Chevy that has been stripped of its tires and wheels. Apartment buildings line the street. Residents are out and about walking on the sidewalks. One man has the hood up on his big-fin 1960 Plymouth Fury automobile. Closeups as the camera car drives past some residents. Closed business establishments have heavy steel gates locked across their doors and windows. A sign advertising Ballantine beer is mounted on a building. Below it someone has painted message with partial words:"...Jtch Unknown Sinners." Small glass blocks have been broken out of an adjoining building. Camera pans down an apartment building on Crimmins Avenue, following path of external fire escape ladders. A number of people are gathered socially on the apartment house steps. A group of mixed age men play a game of stick ball in the street. A car turns into the street hugging the left side of the road to avoid interfering with the ballgame. Closeups of some players, as one (unseen) is recorded speaking about the game. (The narrator notes that this is filmed on a Wednesday afternoon in the middle of a "work week.") Camera pans people "hanging out," in the vicinity. Two men walk along the edge of an apartment building roof. A dog walks past a man tearing up a cardboard box. Men seated alone, on a fire escape; on a park bench; in a doorway; and on a box in front of a store. Boys playing frisbee and two with baseball gloves, playing catch. Police cars: one parked at a curb and one driving along the street. A young man wearing a sweatshirt with "Latin Crowns" written on it, goes into a building. Outside, another youth, in similar sweatshirt, does pull-ups on a bar at the bottom of a fire escape. A boy swings on the bar. Juvenile delinquency: Several boys start fighting and an older one steps in to break it up. A boy inhaling illegal drugs or chemicals from a paper bag, or using it to hyperventilate.

Date: 1965
Duration: 5 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040522
Views of night life in the South Bronx, New York City

Film starts with sounds of Latin American music. Musician's hand on stringed instrument. Numerous Neon lights on night entertainment places. News paper boys on sidewalk playfully shoving one another. Legs of walking persons Silhouetted against night lights. Women and children window shopping at night. Vendor dispensing soda drinks from his sidewalk fountain. Camera pans from above along a street of night spots. Entertainers in costumes performing on sidewalk Interior of a theater where Latin vaudeville is performed. Closeup of children as they watch the performance. Performers taking bows as audience applauds. Men playing dominos.Little girl looks at window display of children's clothes.Glimpses of Musicians and entertainers performing. More views of shop windows. An illuminated cross atop a church roof. A police or emergency siren heard faintly in background. An elevated railroad train passes noisily overhead.

Date: 1965
Duration: 4 min 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675040523