Mrs. Carter, a resident of Monroe, New York, is seen with other members of the Local League of Women Voters, as they prepare for upcoming local elections. Sign in background reads: "The League of Women Voters, non-partisan Voters Service League."The women assemble voting information packets. View of one member woman caring for several children of members, during the League meeting. League members distributing election information to homes of their neighbors. (One woman refuses to accept any voting information.) One woman places voting materials into the open window of a parked car. Another posts a campaign poster on a telephone pole. League members prepare voter lists and telephone voters. Candidates speaking at meetings arranged by the League of Women Voters. Varying reactions of women in the audience. Another view of voters in a line outside the polling place. Women of the Parent Teacher Association engaged in a local project to establish a Recreation Center for Teens. Youth square dancing at the new Teen Center and enjoying refreshments afterwards. Students viewing motion pictures about anatomy, birth and growth, provided by the Board of Education. View of faces of teenage boys and girls viewing film about human anatomy in an auditorium. Primary school children going through a cafeteria line and eating their lunch at tables. The local dentist checking teeth of school children during annual exams at school. The dentist's receptionist voluntarily looking after children in a local hospital.
A whaling vessel at a port in Mystic Seaport, Connecticut. Views of the buildings at the port. Men at work in the old sailing boat. Various statues are to be seen, a man is sewing. Interior of a blacksmith's house, man forging the metal. A large anchor outside a house. Views of Mystic Seaport area.
Aerial view of the Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island in Upper New York Bay. Aerial view of ships in New York Harbor. An airplane in flight. Airplane is flying over the New York Bay and the skyscrapers and tall buildings of the Manhattan skyline. Aerial view of New York harbor. 'Police' can be seen written on the aircraft.
Views of various boats and ship at New York harbor in Upper New York Bay. Good views of New York skyline and skyscraper buildings near the harbor, as seen from a New York City Police boat. Police officers on the police boat. The boat docks and name on back of boat reads, "Police New York City Lieutenant Ronaghan". A small row boat is then put into the water from the larger police boat, and two men board the small boat and row it towards shore. A gathering of onlookers at the docks as the rowboat comes in. Police officers hoist what appears to be a covered stretcher in the air (possible victim?) and load it into a waiting police van or paddy wagon on the dock.
Views of a vintage 1930s New York City police car on a busy street of Manhattan, New York City. At start of clip, the Columbus Circle statue of Columbus can be seen in distant background as car heads possibly down 59th Street and then down 7th Avenue. A policeman driving the car, and another cop sitting next to him looking out through the window. People walking on sidewalks, cars parked at the sides of road. Other 1930s vehicles on road including cars, taxis, trucks, and buses. A horse-drawn wagon or carriage is also seen. A corner shop with sign "Primadora" is seen. Near end of clip the car passes a Madison Square Garden entrance advertising the "National Horse Show. November 4 through November 5. International Military Jumping every night."
Views of New York City mounted police officers riding on horse back. Policemen moving in organized two rows, led by another three policemen on three horses. The policemen ride along a Manhattan street and alongside Central Park. Vintage 1930's cars, buses, and trucks on road, people walking on footpath can be seen. Various Manhattan buildings along the street.
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