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Fire consumes large North German Lloyd ocean liner Munchen (later Steuben) docked in New York Harbor, New York City

Clear aerial views of midtown and lower Manhattan, New York City 1930, but with smoke coming from Hudson River pier of New York Harbor where the North German Lloyd liner Munchen (sometimes Muenchen or München) is seen on fire, shortly after docking in New York after the voyage from Bremen, Germany. Ship emits smoke and fire at the pier. Firefighters spray water to extinguish fire. Views of the piers and slips and dock areas on the Hudson River at New York City and close up views of the firefighters battling the blaze on the Muenchen. The ship subsequently sank at dock. She was raised later in 1930, repaired in dry dock, and returned to service under the new name SS General von Steuben. The ship was sunk in 1945 by the S-13 submarine of the Soviet Union.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1930, February 15
Duration: 2 min 17 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675049598
Patriotic ceremony conducted by the Red Cross and military personnel at the Statue of Liberty in New York City.

A Patriotic Ceremony conducted at the Statue of Liberty during World War 1. Massive flag of Red Cross draped on front of the Statue of Liberty. Members of various veterans' organization, Red Cross nurses, military personnel, and women and girls of Camp Fire Girls organization, dressed in Native American Indian clothing, attend the ceremony. Boys wearing robes in a boys choir lined up to sing. Various children's groups lined up. Crowd on pedestal of statue. Red Cross flags, American flags, and various other flags seen. Ceremony in progress as speakers address the crowd. During part of ceremony a nurse appears to put a white glove on a Navy sailor's hand. Girl holds Red Cross flag. Bi-plane aircraft in flight overhead. Camera men setup with still image cameras and motion picture cameras on tripods. Views of the Statue from vessels in the harbor and views of New York City from Bedloe's Island.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1918
Duration: 3 min 52 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675052573
Food items and watches in windows of stores in New York City, United States.

Displays in windows of different stores in New York City, United States. A woman serves fresh oysters at a shop. Sign reads, "Fresh Long Island Oysters". A restaurant with sign "B/G. A meal a minute" and a chef turning chickens on a rotisserie. A pizza maker tosses a large crust into the air as onlookers watch him through the restaurant window. Numerous watches on display in the window of a jewelry shop. A man at work in the shop. At a cobbler shop, a sign on a window reads 'Ripple soles'. Cooks grilling steaks over a grated fire in a restaurant.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1958
Duration: 44 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675066865
Mayor James Walker congratulates Charles Lindbergh on behalf of the City of New York

Aviator Charles Lindbergh returns after his trans-Atlantic flight from New York to Paris. Tug boats are jammed together next to the Department of Docks Building on Pier A, Hudson River, New York City. The clocktower, added to the Building in 1919, as America's first WWI memorial, is clearly visible.American flags and bunting everywhere. A small launch, carrying Lindbergh, makes its way, between tug boats and large ferry boats and throws a line to a larger passenger-filled boat nearby. In a precarious maneuver, persons in both boats help Lindbergh into the larger boat. He almost falls into the water, in the process. Lindbergh is wearing a leather flying jacket. At the Battery,policemen on foot, and on horseback and motorcycles restrain crowds. Lindbergh climbs into an open car, and the parade, in his honor commences. New Yorkers watch and cheer. Lindbergh's motorcade proceeds to lower Broadway. A ticker-tape parade in his honor. People on either side of the streets cheer and welcome Lindbergh. Motorcycle and mounted police escort him further to City Hall. Policemen control the crowd. City Hall: Officials welcome the aviator. A banner reads 'Welcome Lindbergh'. Lindbergh with various officials and officers on stage. He addresses the crowd. NY Mayor James Walker greets and congratulates Lindbergh.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1927
Duration: 3 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031415
Employees arrive at the Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Long Island, New York and head for locker rooms.

Plum Island Animal Disease Center in Long Island, New York which is dedicated to study of animal diseases. Visitors and employees of the United States Department of Agriculture board a ferry in Long Island and head for Plum Island. View of dock as ferry approaches. A sign reads 'U.S.D.A. Plum Island Animal Disease Laboratory'. Personnel pass the ferry dock area to enter the guarded gates on Plum Island. Regular employees show passes to enter. The personnel leave the bus used for transportation from the gates to the working area. The employees after entering the building divide into three groups and head for three different locker rooms. Doors of the locker rooms painted red. The employees get rid of their belongings and clothes and proceed through a turnstile to the next locker room to put on a complete set of laboratory clothing. They enter a laboratory to carry out tests.

Location: Long Island New York USA
Date: 1958
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061092
Europeans go through immigration processing at Ellis Island in the early 1900s

Mix of period footage circa 1910, retrospective interviews in 1975, and some still images. European immigration in bad travel conditions to America. View from rail on deck of a ship in heavy seas. An elderly European immigrant recalls his experiences of the journey on ship to America. Ship in Atlantic Ocean. Picture of European immigrants on ship deck. Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island. Early 1900s period footage of immigrants arriving at Ellis Island and disembarking from ship, then walking with luggage for processing at Ellis Island. Some immigrants peer across New York Harbor at the skyline of New York city. Scene change to 1975 and views of interiors of a no longer used building in Ellis Island. Names of persons carved on walls. A man shares his experience as an immigrant passing through Ellis Island, and then as an immigration inspector reviewing new immigrants as they arrived.

Location: United States USA
Date: 1910
Duration: 5 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039771
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