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Detroit Michigan USA 1939 stock footage and images

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People strolling in the park, busy street in downtown Detroit, Michigan

People walking in a park on a windy day in Detroit, Michigan. A woman carries her baby while walking in the park. Couples strolling together and holding their hats because of wind. Cars drive on busy street in Detroit. Pedestrians walking on the sidewalk. Sunset on Lake Michigan.

Date: 1921
Duration: 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675079946
Sweeping view of the new Diego Rivera Industrial Mural in Detroit,Michigan.

The new Detroit Industrial Mural by Mexican artist Diego Rivera and views of the entire room showing paintings and sculptures. Spectators viewing sections of the Detroit Industry mural at the Detroit Institute of Art.

Date: 1933
Duration: 2 min 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030965
Several balloons released and lifting off during the balloon race for the Detroit News Ballooning Trophy in Detroit.

A balloon race for the Detroit News Ballooning Trophy in Detroit, Michigan. A half filled balloon on the field. A few men beside the airfield. Aerial views of the balloons moored to the ground and the people spread over the field. A balloon piloted by W.C.Naylor and Kenneth Warren released and lifts off into the sky. 'Skylark' written on the envelope of the balloon. Another Army Air Service balloon piloted by Lieutenant Max Moyer and Lieutenant W E Huffman released and lifts off. A balloon piloted by Charles D Williams, Jr, and Arthur G Schlosser with Dr Geo M LeGallee lifts off. A balloon piloted by J.A.Boettner and W W Morton with H W Maxson lifts off. View of the balloon piloted by S A U Rasmussen, E J Hill and S A Mitchell lifting off from the field and who were the winners of the trophy. 'Detroit News Trophy Race' written on the envelope of the balloon.

Date: 1925, October 3
Duration: 2 min 32 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675066197
Nurse bathes and dresses newborn infant and delivers baby to mother at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.

Hospital maternity ward care in the 1930s. Row of bassinets at the division of Pediatrics, Henry Ford Hospital (2799 West Grand Boulevard Detroit, Michigan 48202, Wayne County, Michigan, United States), Detroit. Nurse removes infant from one of the bassinets. She reads the identification card on crib. The nurse places an infant on the table. The nurse weighs and bathes the infant. The nurse disinfects the baby after bath. She dresses the infant afterwards. Nurse takes the baby to a room to be with his mother.

Date: 1936
Duration: 3 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023150
Doctor examines child suffering from tuberculosis in crib at Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit.

Nurse attends to child suffering from tuberculosis in crib at Henry Ford Hospital (2799 West Grand Boulevard Detroit, Michigan 48202, Wayne County, Michigan, United States), in Detroit. The nurse removes the girl’s shoes. She measures the child’s height and weight using a stadiometer. The nurse checks the child’s pulse on the bed. The nurse undresses and covers the child with bed sheet. Mother seated on chair next to the child. Doctor examines child's ear, mouth and chest. He looks at X-Ray pointing to spots in lungs. Doctor examines child's chest and heart with stethoscope. Eye examination of child using chart with animals.

Date: 1936
Duration: 4 min 12 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675023152
Newspaper printing process in the early 1970s for The Detroit News. Shows early use of computers in newspaper production.

Overview of steps in the writing, production, packaging, and delivery of the daily Detroit News newspaper, in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Reporters and writers in a newspaper press room work on early Cathode Ray Terminals or CRT computers. A reporter writes and edits a story on a cathode ray terminal computer. The completed copy is sent at the speed of light through a computer to an automated composing room. The electronic signals are being converted into coded tapes. The hole punched tapes are seen being printed by machines and then the tapes are fed into an automated type setting machine. A man at the newspaper printing press lifts prepared typeset from a tray. A stereotype man makes a final cardboard mat of each completed page proof, which is seen being pressed through a large roller and then fed into a press plate machine for final casting. 60 tons of lead is used to stamp out the cylindrical press plates. Close up view of the cylindrical press plates being fed through machines. Men in the press room collect the final plates that are transported to them on a moving conveyor belt system. A man oils and inks the plates and loads them into a machine where they are ready to roll. View of the newspaper printing underway. Close up view of newspaper printing press operating at high speed with newspapers rolling. View of giant paper rolls being moved into position on a conveyor system providing raw paper for the newspaper, used at a rate of 500 tons per day. The press men read the news and relax, as the paper continues to roll through the presses on a non stop computerized control track. Final stacking of newspapers is performed by machines, making them ready for delivery. The newspaper is ready and is on the way to be delivered to the citizens. The news papers are loaded into a shipment van bearing a sign that reads "The Detroit News."

Date: 1974
Duration: 4 min 29 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675021551