Lockheed Hudson bombers sink at a pier in Staten Island, New York during World War II. Two American built Lockheed Hudson light bombers loaded on barges await shipment to England for the Royal Air Force. The bombers are damaged as the barges spring a leak and sink.
People riding on the famous water chute ride at Paul Boyton's Water World,Bergen Beach, Coney Island, New York. Flags fly over the structure. Large vehicles carry passengers up to to the launching point, where they board small boats and ride down on a flume of water. Photographed by Edison Company photographers using a portable camera.
Traffic in Coney Island, New York. Views of a wide street showing large buildings, traffic, automobiles and pedestrians. Lamp posts along the street. People walking down a store-lined and concession-lined street. Brief view of the Whip and the Top boardwalk amusement park rides operating and spinning.
Entertainment in Coney Island, New York. Amusment park ride "The Top" is seen in operation: A large round tilting and revolving structure with cars moving along its outside track. Wide and close-up views of the ride. An elephant moving in the foreground. People enter the cars. The ride in operation.
Entertainment and amusement park rides in Coney Island, New York. Airplane ride featuring cars swinging from long cables. The cars (or planes) being swung around corners. "The Whip" ride in operation. People enjoy riding.
A 1946 re-enactment showing Dr. Albert Einstein's letter to U.S. President being typed on August 2, 1939, in Long Island, New York. A typist types Einstein's letter concerning atomic bomb to U.S. President Roosevelt. The letter references recent work by doctors Fermi and Szilard on producing a nuclear chain reaction, and its possible use as a weapon in an atomic bomb. He urges that the administration be watchful and ready for quick action on the subject.
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