From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. View of buildings of the New York World's Fair of 1940. The Brooklyn Bridge. Aerial view of Manhattan Island, New York City. Skyscrapers of New York City including the Chrysler Building and the Empire State Building. New York Harbor and ships in the harbor. View of the buildings of the New York Worlds Fair in the distance in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park, as seen from high in a skyscraper of New York City. The Fair's Trylon and Perisphere stand out. People walk along the sides of fountains and waterways at the fair. Crowds milling about, bands marching, dancers performing. Flags of many nations flying on the flag poles. Celebration of the 150th anniversary of George Washington, as the first President of the United States and a statue of George Washington. A bus moves on the street. Fountains and a small bridge near a waterway. Pavilions of nations of England, Japan, and Italy. The USA building and some of the buildings of U.S. States including Maine and Florida. Fountains and waterways of the fair. Woman and two girls eat ice cream cones. A Raymond Loewy - designed S1 experimental streamlined locomotive created for the Pennsylvania Railroad. Pavilions of American Telephone & Telegraph and of United States Steel Corporation, also of Westinghouse, Goodrich, Chrysler, and General Motors.
View of the 'Daily Worker Newspaper Building' in New York. Man enters the building that houses the Communist Party USA newspaper during World War II. It is also a book shop for workers. Other buildings nearby. Sign board outside the door of a building. Sign in window 'Soviet Powers'. Books in window read 'Labor in war time'. Society note in the window. Daily worker newspapers. Headline of a newspaper: 'Its a rich man's war'.
Ninth National Convention of the Communist Party USA in New York City, June 24 -38, 1936. The theme as seen in outsize banners included a huge likeness of Earl Browder displaying the words: "Against Hunger Fascism War" and a banner around the hall reading in part: "forward to Unity..." The activities seen are like any major political party convention, including having placards identifying delegates from all the States of the Union, such as Georgia, Virginia,Iowa,West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, District of Columbia,Oregon, etc. Lights sweep over the darkened arena highlighting the signs of the various states. Several scenes show massed flags of the Communist Party displaying the hammer and Sickle on a solid field.
Shows the Pulaski County Courthouse (PPXG+56 Little Rock, Arkansas, USA) in Little Rock, Arkansas. Two African American men exiting the court are questioned by a reporter. The man speaks on the rights of the African Americans during the civil rights movement. He adds that there should be equality in justice and a mass education program is needed in society.
Forklifts load crates onto pallets in a warehouse at the Travis Air Force Base in California. 'Red Ball USA' written on the crates. A man inspects the crates. Pallets of supplies loaded into Flying Tiger Airline's Boeing 707.
Pallets of supplies loaded into Flying Tiger Airline's Boeing 707 at the Travis Air Force Base in California. 'Red Ball USA' written on the crates.
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