Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York during the Great Depression. An Eastern Airlines DC-3 passenger airplane with painted words on side "The Great Silver Fleet" taxis on a runway at Floyd Bennett Airport field by Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn, New York City. Narrator describes WPA improvements to the airport. Plane parks atop a novel turntable and then is rotated to desired position. Rear hatch opens and crew member steps out. Trap door on ground near plane opens revealing a stairwell downward which debarking passengers then use to walk toward the main terminal. View of skyport landing and takeoff area on the East River and a pontoon-equipped small aircraft coming in for landing at one of these two skyports providing air taxi service from Manhattan Island. Narrator indicates that one skyport is located at 31st Street and another at Wall Street.
Joseph Cardinal MacRory, Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of Ireland, visits New York, United States. Photographers take pictures of the cardinal upon his arrival. Cardinal MacRory speaks with other dignitaries. Cardinal MacRory, visits New York on his way to Rome. MacRory will report to the Vatican on the Eucharistic Congress in Australia.
Women model in winter clothing at Central Park in New York. Models display new coats with emphasis on fabrics, woolens, a profusion of plaids, with bulky mohairs, buckles, tweeds and a myraid of Ne American weaves. Lake in the background as women model.
A Trans Atlantic flying boat aircraft in test flight for ocean hops at Port Washington, New York. The Yankee clipper takes off in preparation for ocean service. Crew members board the aircraft. The pilot operates controls seated in the cockpit. The seaplane takes off from the water surface. The aircraft flies over the New York city with The Imperial State building in the background.
Tournament of Boxing Championship in New York. Golden Glove finalists box in a boxing ring at Madison Square Garden (W 49th St, New York, NY 10019, USA). The crowd watches the thrilling boxing matches.
Danish Gymnastics team exercises aboard USS New York in New York. Male athletes from Denmark's Niels Bukh School of Gymnastics aboard the ship. The men demonstrate individual and collective forms of the sport.
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