Five of the nine children of Joseph P. Kennedy, United States Ambassador to the Court of St. James, sail with their mother for England. Kennedy family members on dock at New York Harbor. Close up views of Kathleen Kennedy, Joseph Kennedy Jr, Robert Kennedy, Patricia Kennedy, Jean Kennedy, Edward Kennedy, and their mother Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald Kennedy. The family waves before boarding ship.
(Sound present only at end of clip beginning around 3:10 mark). Scenes of Ward Line passenger ship, the SS Morro Castle, engulfed in fire during its return to New York from Havana, Cuba. Coast guard boats, fishing smacks, big liners stand by to rescue travelers from the ocean liner. Local citizens and police assembled on the coastline to retrieve the dead and nurse the wounded. Scenes of grief stricken and shocked survivors including men, women, and children. Some scenes from rescue ships which included the SS Andrea F. Luckenbach, the SS Monarch of Bermuda, and the SS City of Savannah. Three survivors recount their stories (sound is present at this point in the clip, starting around 3:10 mark).
A study of African American artists in sculpture, photography, painting, sketching, etching, writing and on antique in the United States. A New York Times article about an art display. Harman Foundation sponsors a Cuban art display. Artist Pastor Argudin Y. Pedroso discusses his work with visitors. Paintings on display. People view the paintings. Youngsters look at the paintings displayed.
German Zeppelin Hindenburg (D-LZ129) airship in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. Swastika visible on tail of airship as it flies over Manhattan skyscrapers. Hindenburg Captain Ernst Lehmann and officers seen on bridge. Captain Lehmann speaking on radiophone. Hindenburg releases water ballast and descends to dock. She drops landing lines. Suddenly the Hindenburg crashes and in engulfed in flames. Rescuers run to the burning ship. Heavy dense smoke rises. Firefighters pour water on the burning wreck. Navy officers and ground crews surround the wreck in efforts to help survivors. Commentator calls this the worst disaster in aviation history.
View of the Statue of Liberty. View of New York City and the Statue of Liberty. Sign saying “Camp Kilmer named in honor of Sgt. Joyce Kilmer Soldier Poet. Born December 6, 1886, New Brunswick, N.J. Killed in action World War I in France June 30, 1918”. A United States military jeep approaches the entrance of Camp Kilmer. Soldier at Camp Kilmer entrance allows Jeep to enter. Soldiers march and then sprint inside Camp Kilmer. Using crane attached to truck, soldiers unload crates containing furniture for incoming Hungarian refugees who will stay in Camp Kilmer. Soldiers carry mattresses into the barracks. Two soldiers carry a crate to a barrack. Soldiers carry a cabinet to the barracks. Inside the Camp Kilmer paint shop, soldiers prepare signs in Hungarian such as “Varás és asztalos munka (sic.)” (“Sewing and Carpentry”) and “fö üzlet” (“main shop”). Camp Kilmer dentists disinfect clinic. Camp Kilmer pharmacists prepare medicine for incoming refugees. An army pharmacist pour medicine into a bottle using a funnel. An army pharmacist grounds with using mortar and pestle. Pharmacists stack medicine such as aspirin in shelves. Army nurse making hospital bed with freshly laundered white bed sheets. Red cross volunteers filling comfort bags containing toiletries for refugees. Soldiers unload piles of second-hand clothes donated by Americans through the Red Cross. Red Cross volunteers organize second-hand clothes by type and size. African American woman Camp Kilmer staff enter the Recreation Center, with sign in English and Hungarian. African American staff at Camp Kilmer hang paintings and arrange furniture in the Recreation Center.
An elderly woman and a man, both Hungarian refugees, looking out a plane window. A woman puts on lipstick. Excited Hungarian refugees smile after their plane lands. Douglas C–118 Liftmaster taxiing at McGuire Air Force Base (JB MDL, 3021 McGuire Blvd, Trenton, NJ 08641, USA) Hungarian refugees disembark from the Douglas C–118 Liftmaster plane. A man holding a “United States Escapee Program” bag climbs down an airstair with a small child. Refugees board a Starr Transit Co. (70) Bus. A Hungarian family disembark a plane together. Refugees boarding a charter bus with sign "Hightstown-New Brunswick" Buses arrive at the United States Army Camp Kilmer Reception Center. Sign reads “US Army Reception Center Isten Hozta Camp Kilmer”. “Isten Hozta” on sign means “God brought (you here)” in Hungarian. A United States Army officer assists refugees out of the bus. A Hungarian man tips his hat to thank the officer. Poster reads “Catholic Relief Services N.C.W.C. Katolikus Segitő Szolgalat N.C.W.C. Katolikus Magyarok Bevándorlási Szevezete”. Hungarian refugee family talk to an official at the reception center in Camp Kilmer. Woman relief worker signing documents for refugees.
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