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A man holds a glass of wine while gambling; sweepstakes, raffle, bingo and other forms of gambling in New York City.

Dramatization shows people gambling in different ways, and shows scenes from a casino in New York City. A group of men huddled together throwing dice (playing craps) and betting cash on the game. A man holds a glass of wine while gambling. View of punch card lottery tickets and gambling scrip for a game of chance. A New York Journal American newspaper front page story about "Sweeps Winners" (sweepstakes). Front page held up of the "Daily Racing Form" newspaper. Two men in suits and hats examine the newspaper, and discuss the newspaper. One of the men is smoking a cigar. He communicates his bets to the other man, a bookie (bookmaker), who takes notes on a notepad. A board atop a quilt reads "To be raffled off at the church supper Friday evening". A woman comes and pays another woman for a raffle ticket. A display reads "Church parlor Friday night - Play bingo - money prizes!" A man and four women play bingo. One of the women excites as she wins. A newspaper heading reads "Bingo banned by Lutherans in New York Churches". Slate states that the various forms of gambling lead to crime and delinquency as people learn to get something for nothing. Two boys sneak up in front of a storefront and steal fruit from a stand in front of the shop. The shopkeeper comes out, sees the boys and yells after them.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 15 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035679
Thief stealing a cash box; also girl stealing from a woman's purse is caught in New York City; also prisoners in a chain gang

Dramatization of thefts: A young man picks the lock on the door of a house or office in New York City. The man enters the house or office. The theif breaks into a desk and finds and steals a cash box and sneaks out. Next scene shows Two women in a shop. Shopkeeper takes down a box. A girl steals from a woman's purse but she is caught red handed. Next scene shows chain gang of prisoners with their hands and feet chained, climbing a steep slope. A prison card follows them, carrying a rifle over his shoulder. A question mark appears.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035680
Operations at a Textile Mill in New York, creating military uniforms

Operations at a Textile mill. Men are checking and loading fabric rolls for manufacture into military uniforms. Man transporting the rolls on a lorry. Fabric passed through steam rollers. Drawing, cutting and stitching of military uniform drafts is shown. Cut-outs from a material are taken.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035752
African American workers shoveling coal down from a truck written with slogans of love and peace, in New York.

An African American shoveling down coal to a coal chute from a truck in New York. The African American is the driver and operator of the truck. The truck is painted with slogans and posters saying 'Father Divine is Love' and God Loves Peace'. The African American man drives away in his truck.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035836
Barber shop in an African American locality of New York endorsing peace and harmony.

The "Prosperity barber shop" in an African American locality in New York. The shop has slogans of peace endorsement painted on its walls. People are sitting outside the shop. Slogans 'Peace' given as much importance as the rate chart of the shop.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035837
Peace movement slogans written on grocery and sweet shops in a neighborhood of New York.

Shops such as those of Father Divine's grocery and sweets in New York endorse peace in the name of divine. Slogans for peace written on the buildings and shops saying 'Divine Loves Peace'. People can be seen involved in daily activities. African American nurses coming out of a house whose door is written with peace slogans.

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1939
Duration: 2 min 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035838
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