A slum area with a shack of tin and wood during the Great Depression. A boy emerges from the shack. In a poverty stricken area, women and a girl with small babies in their laps. Children play a game "dog and a bone" that they are taught by a man. New York City street scenes: A board reads "Driving thru a play street is a traffic violation". Play Street closed. Children playing in the streets.
Ethnically diverse people along streets in New York City. People of Chinese origin in Chinatown. Scene changes to a Jewish area with signs on market shops in Hebrew. A board at a shop reads "Strictly Kosher A Goldberg & Son Poultry Market". A view of busy shops and push cart vendors on Orchard Street near Delancey Street on the lower east side of Manhattan. Store fronts visible include Cohens Opticians at 117 Orchard Street. Two men in hats talk together. One of the men has a long beard. Scene changes to Harlem with an elevated view of sidewalk as pedestrians walk by and children play, fencing with toy wooden swords. African American men talk in a Harlem neighborhood of New York City (likely Harlem). African American children play games and skip rope. A boy writes with a chalk on a sidewalk.
Dramatization shows a 'Ticket Office' board at an office in New York City. A man takes out money from his wallet to purchase ticket. A woman at counter hands over ticket to him.
Dramatization shows silhouette images of people in New York City. A man instructs and others follow him. A man holds a banner in his hand. People hold the U.S. flags and banners during a procession. People hold a man. A man throws a smoke bomb.
Dramatization shows boards of bars in New York City. Wine served in glass. A drunken man tries to drive car. Another man places drunken man's hand properly while driving.
Text on slates warns about dangers of marijuana or "reefer" and says it is "now rivaling alcohol for popularity among thrill-seeking youth." Shows a marijuana cigarette in a ash tray, smoke comes out of the joint. Slate indicates that marijuana use can "inspire vicious crimes and leads to moral collapse." Newspaper headline is shown that reads "Youth confesses slaying of girl". Words circled in article mention "stranger gave him a 'doped' cigarette." Close-up view of a hand holding a joint. Cutting of "New York Times" newspaper article "Sales of marijuana fought by arrests." Some lines of the newspaper article are underlined including "...200 persons suspected of selling or using the narcotic weed, including several high school boys and girls."
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