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Detroit Michigan USA 1944 stock footage and images

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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
The Bostonians defeats the Red Wings at the Stanley Cup in the Olympia stadium, Detroit.

United States teams play ice hockey during the Stanley Cup in Detroit, Michigan. The game is played between Boston and Detroit at the Olympia stadium in Detriot. Spectators watch. Match in progress. The Bostonians defeats the Detroit 'Red Wings' 3-1. Players stand at the end of the game.

Date: 1941, April 15
Duration: 1 min 4 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675028551
Commodore A A Gus Schantz greets and receives racer Kaye Don as he arrives for speedboat racing in Detroit, Michigan.

Challengers arrive for speedboat racing in Detroit, Michigan. A group of men walks out of Michigan Central Station (same as Michigan Central Depot or MCS) railroad train station. Cars parked outside the station building. Commodore A A Gus Schantz greets and receives powerboat racer Kaye Don. Kaye Don gives a vote of thanks. Kaye Don meets American speedboat racer Garfield Wood. They stand on the steps of the City Hall. Schantz and other men stand in the background.

Date: 1931
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675073335
Needy children romp at "Fresh Air Camp" in Sylvan Lake, Michigan.

Needy and poor children from poor and low income homes in Detroit romp and play at "Fresh Air Camp", a summer camp in Sylvan Lake, outside Detroit, Michigan, during the Great Depression. The camp was established by the Detroit Free Press newspaper. (The Sylvan Lake Community Center is now on the site.) Boys and girls run out of a main camp building, possibly the dining hall. Group of boys walking past camp buildings including sleeping cabins. The children wait in line for food at an outdoor eating or mess area. They smile and drink milk from glass bottles. Needy children play on a playground and enjoy swing sets. They run into the water of Sylvan Lake and splash and enjoy swimming in the water. Children gathered around a flag pole with the American flag on it for a flag lowering ceremony.

Date: 1933, August 24
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022459