The African American children at a camp in Harlem, New York, United States. Children's Aid Society of the city of New York and Boys Club conduct a day camp in Harlem, New York. Instructors teaching crafts to the children. The children seated at a desk. Girls dancing on a ground. A man records the activities of the girls. Children seated on a ground. A man instructs the children.
First DPs (Displaced Persons) arrive in New York, U.S. DPs allowed to enter New York, United States under new quota as they arrive aboard USS General W. M. Black (AP-135). U.S. Attorney General Tom Clark at pier with other men. Clark goes aboard USS General W. M. Black. USS General W. M Black moves out.
First Lady of U.S. Eleanor Roosevelt attends wedding of U.S. Ambassador to Denmark Ruth Bryan Owen to Danish Captain Borge Rohde in Hude Park, New York. U.S. First Lady Eleanor Roosevelt and others pose with the couple. The couple talk together. President Roosevelt's car leaves St. James Episcopal Church (4526 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, New York, US) in Hyde Park, New York. A Secret Service agent riding on running board, and others running to catch up.
Inter-City Golden Gloves tournament being held at Madison Square Garden in New York. People gather around a boxing ring. They cheer and applaud. Vince Shomo of New York and Cassius Clay (later Muhammad Ali) of Chicago win. Clay wins against Gary Jawish of New York.
Americans evacuating World War II in the United Kindgom are seen arriving in New York, United States from Galway, Ireland. Evacuees aboard SS President Roosevelt underway at sea as it nears port of New York City. Large sign identifies the ship name and "United States Lines" Some of the refugees standing at the deck of the ship wave. Artful point of view shot from behind a group of people, mostly children, as they cheer and wave hands at the Statue of Liberty seen through a ship window. A man and a partially veiled woman, holding a cigarette, talking aboard the ship. Children wave. A woman feeds her child. People meeting their loved ones, hugging and kissing happily on arrival in New York City.
Film begins showing allegorical statue of woman named "Brooklyn" by sculptor Daniel Chester French, on granite pedestal at Brooklyn side entrance to the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Scene shifts to Police directing traffic of motor vehicles and horse-drawn wagons on the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Barges and ships seen below the Manhattan bridge on which electrified train is running. Burns Brothers Coal loading facility on the river's edge. Point of view shot from first car of electrified railroad train traveling over the Manhattan bridge with dual tracks. Another train is approaching on the other track. A roadway is seen rising up parallel to the railway, on the right of the screen. Several cars on it are heading through the Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade. Side view of the Manhattan Bridge over the East River in New York City. Docks are seen at river edge, below. The Brooklyn Bridge is seen dimly in the background. Commercial traffic of horses and wagons, cars, and trucks along road beside East River piers. Many appear to be food purveyors. The Manhattan Bridge crosses the entire area in the background. Several pedestrians are seen strolling near the Manhattan bridge Arch and Colonnade. Top of Manhattan Bridge seen in closeup.
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