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Children play games and receive instructions in handicraft during WPA supported play programs in New York City

Great Depression era Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York City. A sign reads: 'Play Street Closed'. Children play various games and sports on a street in New York City that has been closed to traffic, under the supervision of WPA employees. A man instructs them. They play checkers, jacks, and a small court tennis game using ping pong paddles. They play round games holding hands and moving together. Children seen entering the toyery, an experimental program at the Heckscher Foundation For Children. A boy smiles as a woman in the toyery hands him a truck toy to borrow from the lending library of toys. Several children are shown trading in a toy for a different toy. Children seated in a room show each other flashcards to improve their reading skills, during remedial instruction time. Women in a Long Island City kitchen prepare school lunches for 800 needy children. A woman cook prepares a sandwich and a group of women wrap up batches of sandwiches. View of a day nursery, with a nap or rest area with small beds. A nurse in the nursery examines a child's mouth with a tongue depressor. Young children play with blocks in the nursery. They sit at tables in a dining room. Children drink milk and eat food.

Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062814
Troops march during the unveiling ceremonies of a memorial to the war time chaplain Father Francis P Duffy in New York City.

People gather at Times Square in New York, United States. A large crowd gathers on the street. Buildings along the street sides including theaters Loew's State, Embassy Newsreel, Palace, Mayfair, and Strand. Troops holding U.S. flags as they march. A memorial being dedicated to Father Francis P Duffy, war time chaplain. The Monument of Father Francis P. Duffy (Father Duffy Square 7th Ave. &, W 47th St, New York, NY 10036, United States) being unveiled.

Date: 1937, May 4
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063192
Livelihood training offered by the YWCA trade school for African American women in Harlem, New York

Livelihood training offered by the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) for African American women in Harlem, New York. People crowded on a street. A black woman walks with a suitcase on a busy street. Street sign between Lenox Avenue (now known as Malcolm X Boulevard) and W 137 Street in Harlem, New York. A sign board amidst the street. A woman checks her map. Buildings along the sides of Lenox Avenue. Vehicular traffic on the road. The woman watching a name plaque. The plaque reads: 'Emma Ransom House YWCA'. The woman enters the house and talks to the receptionist. The woman moves upstairs towards her room. She writes a letter to her mother. View inside a cafeteria, with African American workers serving food, and African American patrons moving trays along cafeteria line, paying for food at cash register, and eating food at tables in the cafeteria.

Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063280
Paul Runyan wins the PGA (Professional Golfers Association) championship in Buffalo, New York.

PGA (Professional Golfers Association) contest in Buffalo, New York. Players on the golf course. Spectators watch the match. Paul Runyan of White Plains, New York wins the PGA title afterdefeating Craig Wood. Paul Runyan receives the winning trophy.

Date: 1934, July 30
Duration: 42 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063716
United States fire fighters take Junior firemen to Glen park amusement park in Williamsville, New York.

United States Fire fighters host Junior firemen in an outing at the amusement park area of Harry Altman's Glen Park Casino and Amusement Park, in Williamsville, New York, 12 miles Northeast of Buffalo, New York. Men, women and children walking in Glen Park. A man climbs a ladder and performs an acrobatic stunts where he leaps from a great height onto a trampoline catch below. People gathered to watch the stunt. A boy waves from behind the wheel of a miniature car ride. Children eat cotton candy (or candy floss) and young children ride on a merry go round-like car carousel, among various attractions of the park.

Date: 1934, July 30
Duration: 1 min 2 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063725
Italian Consul General Yanelli and German Journalists, M.Zapp and G. Tonn, of the Transocean News, are deported.

A. V. Yanelli, Italian consul general at Johnstown, Pennsylvania is being deported from the United States. A number of people surround Yanelli on the sidewalk, as he takes his leave. He puts his arm around a young boy and girl. His taxi and another carrying steamer trunks, arrive at the entrance to Pier 61 in New York City. Policemen, including one on horseback, and jounalists are present. Other taxi passengers entering the Pier include Dr. Manfred Zapp and Guenther Tonn of the Transocean News Service, a German propaganda organization. (The Department of Justice had prosecuted Zapp and Tonn for failing to register as foreign agents.) Reporters examine tags on the steamer trunks as one taxi enters the driveway to Pier 61.

Date: 1941, July 15
Duration: 1 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675064214