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American Contralto, Marian Anderson, performing in the United States, beginning with Town Hall debut in New York City

Audience enters the Town Hall in New York to hear a recital by Marian Anderson on December 30, 1935. Curtains are opened. Marian Anderson stands beside a pianist on the stage. Audience applauds. She sings while the pianist plays. Marian Anderson bows to the audience. Curtains are closed. Two assistants help Marian sit in a chair because she has been performing with a broken ankle. View of the streets in the District of South Philadelphia., Marian's native hometown. Marian's mother Mrs Anna Anderson at her home. Shots of members of the Union Baptist Church passing an offering plate to raise money to aid Marian Anderson. Marian Anderson talks with manager Sol Hurok in dressing room. Marian Sings during another concert. Crowd applauds as she finishes. View of the New York Times showing name of Marian Anderson in the roster list of great American artists. Montage shows Marian's concerts cards, awards received by Marian from city foundations, the Philadelphia Bach Award of 10,000 dollars in 1941. Marian performs outside at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, USA on Easter Sunday April 9, 1939. Thousands in attendance at the concert as she sings My Country Tis of Thee.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1935, December 30
Duration: 7 min 4 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050270
People select groceries and other items from supermarket shelves in the late 1950s, in Yonkers New York.

Interior of a suburban American supermarket or grocery store called the Grand Union Food-O-Mat, located in the Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, New York. A woman stands beside her cart or trolley and looks at greeting cards in a rack. View of a person's hand choosing a can of soup from shelves filled with soup cans including many by Campbell's Soups. Views of various products being lifted from the shelves by hands of shoppers, including Ivory Snow detergent, Cream of Wheat cereal, Minute Rice, Tapioca pudding, Bon Ami cleanser, Blue Cheer, Quaker Oats instant oatmeal, French's Instant Mashed Potatoes, Progresso canned tomatoes. Each time, a new item slides into place via gravity fed shelving which the Grand Union termed the Food-O-Mat. A young boy helps his mother choose plastic cups. A child wearing a winter coat walks to an end cap and lifts a giant box of Tide laundry detergent powder. Camera pans by plastic wrapped meats in the butcher section of the store that Grand Union called the Meateria.

Location: Yonkers New York USA
Date: 1958
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675050579
Racers skid and fall as they compete in a hundred mile race in Pekin, New York

A 100 mile motorbike race in Pekin, New York. Offroad motorcyclists set off for a hundred mile race in Pekin, New York. A motorcyclist skids along a sharp turn on the dirt track . Winner crosses the finish line as a checkered flag is waved.

Location: Pekin New York USA
Date: 1936, August 19
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051387
People gather at the New York World's fair of 1939 to 1940, as dances and bands perform at the fair.

The New York world's fair of 1939-1940. View of Manhattan, George Washington bridge. Aerial views of buildings and other skyscrapers of New York City. People gather on the fairgrounds. People outside various buildings. Exhibitions, bands, dances, statues and flags at the fair grounds. Statue of George Washington. The United States Government building and different state buildings in view. Woman and two girls seated on a bench as they eat ice-cream cones.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675051606
The James Farley Post Office building on Eighth Avenue and Public Library at Fifth Avenue at Forty-Second Street, New York City

New York City. Skyscraper along lower Broadway in New York City. Dirigible airship floats overhead. Pedestrians, streetcars, automobile and truck traffic along street. The James Farley Post Office on Eighth Avenue. The Public Library at Fifth Avenue at Forty-Second Street.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1918
Duration: 1 min 14 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052546
The New York skyline as seen from the lower tip of Manhattan.

Lower tip of Manhattan shows New York. The New York skyline at the lower tip of Manhattan. Ferries go back and forth in the foreground. A hospital ship is underway.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 2 min 7 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675053009
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