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Documentary about geography, large river bridges and skyscrapers such as Woolworth building of New York City in 1920s.

Documentary about geography of New York. Slate indicates New York has the largest bridges in the world. Views of the Brooklyn Bridge. Cargo liners below the bridge and crossing the bridge. The Manhattan Bridge and skyscrapers of Manhattan, New York City behind is visible at a distance. Another bridge over river Hudson, under construction. A man and woman standing on a high observation platform of a skyscraper, looking over at the tower of Woolworth Building, the tallest skyscraper in America.

Date: 1925
Duration: 1 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036355
St. Andrews Methodist Episcopal church turns into Jewish Synagogue for a day; people say prayers on Day of Atonement, in New York City.

Exterior view of St Andrews Methodist Episcopal Church at 122-38 West 76th Street in New York City, (it is the modern day address 120 West 76th Street, New York City; the location of the West Side Institutional Synagogue). St. Andrews church turns into a Jewish Synagogue for a day in New York City. The Star of David symbol seen at entrance of church. Interior views of Jewish religious service in progress. Rabbi blows shofar and people are heard singing prayers. Rabbi I. Warsaw introduces Pastor Edward J. Aplin. Rabbi Warsaw thanks Pastor Aplin for offering the church space to the Jewish congregation of the Little Synagogue and Temple of Service, and permitting them to decorate the space with the symbols of a traditional synagogue and use the facility for Yom Kippur.

Date: 1934, September 19
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675036759
Representatives of British Ministry of War Transport in New York City for meeting with members of Maritime Commission, U.S.

Preparations for departure of victory ship from New York to Great Britain, at the end of World War II. Maritime Commission members meet with the representatives of British Ministry of War Transport, at New York City. Buildings and skyscrapers of New York. Ships and workers at the harbor. Skyscrapers on the waterfront in Manhattan.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036986
Buildings and traffic at night during meeting of British Ministry of War Transport and Maritime Commission in New York City.

Preparations for departure of victory ship from New York to Great Britain during World War II. Maritime Commission members meet with the representatives of British Ministry of War Transport, at New York City. Smokestacks of factories give away smoke at night. New York City buildings and a bridge at night. Busy Broadway and Times Square with vehicles and pedestrians. Number of vehicles passes through a river bridge. Neon lighting on the buildings, skyscrapers, and the shops at night, with many advertisements, theaters, and restaurants. Trucks on roads and traffic guards on duty.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036987
A ship sails in the sea to examine the conditions prior to the departure of victory ship from New York to Great Britain.

Preparations for departure of victory ship from New York to Great Britain, at the end of World War II. Naval officers aboard the ship. Bow of ship cruises in the sea. A sailor watches other boats with binoculars. Other boats at the horizon seen from the ship. Meeting of Maritime Commission members and representatives of British Ministry of War Transport, at New York City. Ship ready for sail at a harbor in New York.

Date: 1944
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675036988
French President Auriol being conferred Distinguished Service Scroll in New York City, United States

Nearly 75,000 New Yorkers throng Broadway to watch French President Vincent Auriol’s welcome parade towards the City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States). Parade of soldiers carrying flags of United States and playing drums, march on lower Broadway. At the New York City Hall, Mayor Vincent Richard Impellitteri confers a Distinguished Service scroll on the French president. Impellitteri is awarded the French Legion of Honor by President Auriol. Photographers take pictures of the ceremony. The French president and the Mayor Impellitteri along with other officials come out in the gallery of the hall and shake hands as soldiers parade down the street and crowds cheer them on.

Date: 1951, April 4
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037428