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Views of Manhattan and the United Nations Headquarters Building under construction in New York City

Manhattan skyline in New York City, United States. Ship moving in New York Harbor and the East River. The Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001) and Chrysler Building (405 Lexington Ave, New York, NY 10174, United States) skyscrapers are seen. Brief aerial views above Manhattan Island. New York City skyline views. View of United Nations Headquarters building (405 E 45th St, New York, NY 10017, United States) under construction, as seen from the East River.

Date: 1948
Duration: 1 min 55 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675030574
Allegations against mafia gangster Frank Costello and arguments in front of the Kefauver Committee.

Proceedings of the Kefauver Committee. A man testifies to the committee. New York underworld gangster Frank Costello alleged of various charges is questioned by the committee. The accused is not ready to accept any of the charges and denies all those levied against him. 1951.

Date: 1951
Duration: 56 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035802
List of allegations against mafia gangster of NY Frank Costello in front of the Kefauver Committee

Proceeding of the Kefauver Committee underway. The gangster of New York Frank Costello is alleged of various charges. The court charges him of anti-America activities such as illegally residing in America, illegal possession, trading, and distributing alcoholic products in America. The accused denies to all charges. He also refuses having any sort of network of co-workers. 1951.

Date: 1951
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675035803
Views of New York City and environs, especially Manhattan, in the United States.

Film begins showing location of New York City on a world globe, at the mouth of the Hudson River on the East Coast of the United States. It transitions to an aerial view of the Southern tip of Manhattan Island at the junction of the Hudson and East Rivers and slowly shows views moving Northward along the Hudson River. Piers along the Hudson are visible. Scene shifts to above those piers, looking South at the cluster of Manhattan skyscraper buildings, and beyond to New York Harbor, the borough of Queens, and Brooklyn, and beyond to Long Island in the misty distance. Next the skyscrapers are seen from Queens,across the East River. A large ocean liner is seen underway in New York Harbor, among ferry boats, barges, and tugboats. The Statue of Liberty is seen in the background. An animated map shows regions around New York and traces the Hudson and Mohawk valleys into the Great Lakes. The map is then overlaid with numerous lines representing transportation routes by lend, water, and air. View of Brooklyn Bridge, wharfs, and Manhattan skyline in hazy background. Seagoing freighters loading and unloading at New York's piers. A truck and other cargoes being moved by cranes. Passenger trains moving in the New York city area. View of the famous Beaux-Arts style Penn Station by architects McKim, Mead, and White, at West 34th Street and Eighth Avenue, in Manhattan. Train station interior crowded with travelers and commuters. Commercial aircraft taxiing at a New York area airport. Closeup of two young children watching the planes. Passengers deplaning from a large aircraft. Sign for Peruvian International Airways atop an airport building. A Swissair passenger plane being serviced. Passengers boarding a TWA Lockheed Constellation airplane. A family watching airplanes from an airport observation deck. The Lockheed Constellation starting its engines. A Douglas DC-4 aircraft taxis out and takes off, as several boys watch from the observation deck. Closeup of another group of boys watching planes from the observation deck. Aerial view of Manhattan skyscraper buildings from an overflying airplane. Traffic on streets at Times Square. The Astor Hotel at the left and the Times building straight ahead. Several other street scenes in Manhattan, crowded with pedestrians. A view residential apartment houses along Park Avenue. Views of African Americans crowding the sidewalks in Harlem. Views of "Little Italy" in the lower East side of Manhattan, where Italian restaurants and other businesses are seen. Chinatown is seen with some of the business signs in Chinese. A man of Chinese heritage reading a letter. Asian American children playing together in a neighborhood. New high rise apartment buildings are seen replacing older homes in parts of Manhattan. Mothers wheeling their children on sidewalks in one of the new neighborhoods.

Date: 1948
Duration: 5 min 40 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054422
Pope Paul VI leads prayer at Saint Patrick's Cathedral and addresses the UN General Assembly meeting in New York.

Pope Paul VI becomes the first Roman Catholic Pontiff to visit the United States. Aerial view of buildings and skyscrapers of New York City skyline. Brief external view of Saint Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). Pope Paul VI leads a prayer during a mass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Aerial view of United Nations Building (405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, USA). Pope Paul VI addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York, calling the UN a man's last hope for peace.

Date: 1965, October 4
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056506
Polo and show jumping events during the 34th Meadow Brook Cup Chase in Westbury, New York.

Various turf events mark the 34th Meadow Brook Cup Chase in Westbury, New York. A horse drawn carriage moves on a field. A polo game being played at the estate of F. Ambrose Clark. People enjoy show jumping event as they stand behind a fence. Horses jump over wooden and stone walls.

Date: 1932, September 26
Duration: 1 min 29 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059260