Marie of Edinburg, Queen of Romania, chats with ship's officer, as he pets her dog, aboard the deck of the United States Lines flagship, SS Leviathan, as it arrives in New York harbor. A welcoming party, including children dressed in Romanian traditional costumes, carrying welcome signs, and including a brass band, awaits Queen Marie's arrival. The band begins to play as Queen Marie comes down the gangplank to the pier.
U.S. Ambassador to UK Joseph Kennedy arrives in New York City, aboard a Pan American Clipper from England, during World War II. Pan American Clipper in flight. Clipper descends and lands in Flushing Bay, and taxis on water (using outboard engines, only) towards dock at Laguardia Seaplane base in New York City. Joseph Kennedy and his family gather together on dock after disembarking from the clipper. His wife, Rose Kennedy is seen. He refuses to have a word with reporters until he sees U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt. Kennedy with officials and a policeman walking past the terminal building.
Manhattan Island in New York City, United States. A map shows the location of the five Boroughs in the New York City. A sign reads ' New York City' and marks Route 25D (Horace Harding Boulevard) on boundary between Queens County in the city and Nassau County on Long Island. .Camera pans to the Nassau County side where newly constructed homes are seen. Closeup of one of the houses, shows a small child coming out the front door to pick up two bottles of milk left by the milkman on the stoop. More views of homes in this neighborhood. A man throws a newspaper on steps of a house. Commuters (mostly headed to Manhattan) fill the platform at a station of the Long Island Railroad, and board a train as it arrives. View of the train heading West with Manhattan skyline visible in distance. View of train in major rail yard in Queens, with skyscrapers of Manhattan visible in distance.The Empire State and Chrysler Buildings are recognizable. Views of Ferry boats crossing to and from Manhattan,with sky scrapers in background. Passenger's view of ferry approaching battery terminal and docking. Commuters leaving the ferry.
Strike of workers in a wage dispute spreads to Philadelphia's transportation system. People walking to work in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Philadelphia. Transport union protesting for pay hike. Streetcars, subways and buses lie idle. 'Station Closed' sign at Philadelphia subway entrance. Huge crowd of people walking to get to work, waiting at railway station and on streets for transportation. View of empty 46th street metro rail station in Philadelphia. View of taxis on streets and a press company without workers. Buildings and shops along streets of downtown Philadelphia. A line of African American men and women hitchhiking in downtown Philadelphia to get a ride. Group of 5 people runs to catch an available Philadelphia taxicab. Scene changes to New York City where striking newspaper workers form a picket line. Empty newspaper offices are shown. Longshoreman dock workers on strike so office workers are seen hoisting a giant rope and assisting the Cunard Line Ocean liner Queen Mary (RMS Queen Mary) in docking operations at New York harbor slip covered in thin ice. Cunard Queen Mary passengers carrying their own luggage at the dock area due to the labor strike.
Queen Frederika of Greece visits the United States with daughter, Princess Irene. Onboard the S.S. United States, seven-year-old Chrysa Nichols of the Greek American Institute gives roses and a kiss to Queen Frederika. The Queen and her party pose for cameramen operating motion picture cameras. Queen Frederika attends the reception celebrating Barnard College’s 75th anniversary (after she receives an Honorary degree in Law from Columbia University). Barnard College President Dr. Rosemary Park, Queen Frederika of Greece, Princess Irene, United States Secretary of State Dean Rusk and his wife, Virginia Rusk, pose together for photographs.
The Eleventh Annual Field Trials of English Springer Spaniels in Verbank, New York. Samuel Milbank watches as dog named Chancefield Flush of Earlsmoor runs through the Verbank Hunting and Fishing Club field to catch a bird. Trees in the background. Eltingle F. Warner shoots a bird. The dog makes a retrieve. A man pets the dog. A bird flies over the field. Warner aims at the bird. The dog could not catch the bird. Elias Vail sends dog named Bozo's Bar Mate for the retrieve. H. L. Ferguson's dog named Fleet of Falcon Hill goes for the second series. The gallery waits for the judges decision.
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