Scenes from the "The American Queen of Beauty ' pageant in New York City, United States, in October 1934. (The "Miss America" pageant was not held in 1934 due to Great Depression financial troubles that affected the pageant in 1933. This "American Queen of Beauty" pageant was sponsored by Madison Square Garden, and held only this one time, in 1934). Contestants in swim suits move around the judges. The judges consisting of experts are seated on the center of the stage. Helen Mack, who was Miss New York State, is seen being given the title of American Queen of Beauty after she defeated 3,000 girls from 30 states. She holds the silver winner's cup.
A football game between Columbia Lions and Yale in New Haven, Connecticut. A large crowd gathers at a stadium to witness the football game. Both the teams battle it out in the field. Columbia Lions defeats Yale 12-6 to win the game. After the game New York undergraduates enter the field and take away the goal post.
Motorcyclists perform stunts in Lockport, New York. Motorcyclists from America and Canada move up a steep slope on a rough road in Lockport, New York. People look on. Motorcyclists move up the slope but fail and fall.
A Lockheed Constellation passenger airliner taxis in and parks at LaGuardia airport, in New York City. UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, accompanied by another man, descends the steps from the airplane and is greeted by officials and photographers. A group of uniformed New York City Policemen escort the Secretary General into the airport buliding.
The Museum of Modern Art (1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, United States) in New York City. The exterior and the front of the museum. People enter the exhibition hall. 'Tomorrow's Small House' written on a board. A display of houses designed for better living. The names of architects in front of the houses that each designed: The Mario Corbett house; Philip Johnson House; Tech Associates; Vernon De Mars; Carl Koch House; Frank Lloyd Wright House and George Fred Keck House.
The work of African American civil rights leaders in the United States. Ernest Green, one of the "Little Rock Nine" students, encourages black apprenticeships in building trades. Through his work at the Recruitment and Training Program, or RTP, Inc., in Brooklyn, New York City, Ernie Green reaches out and speaks to young black men in need of jobs. Young black workers without jobs stands outside a fenced area and look in at white men working at a construction site. Young black men unemployed on street corners and in front of shops. African American children on a city street, bundled in coats and walking to school. Ernest Green reflecting on the difficulty for black young men in getting jobs and in feeling welcome in the work force. Two young black men talking on a city sidewalk, looking in store windows, and then talking and doing a multiple step hand shake. Blacks in a classroom coaching young minority men in preparation for a sheet metal or other building trade union qualification test. African American men with construction jobs are seen laying bricks for a new building, working with steel beams, pouring cement, and constructing a building. Black workers install building windows and work with a torch on steel girders.
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