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Swimmers take part in the marathon swim and Sam Shields of Miami wins the race in New York City

The marathon swim around Manhattan in New York, United States. Swimmers grease their body to keep from getting chilled in the long race in cold water. The contestants dive into the water. A boat in the water. The contestants are fed from the boat which sails beside them. Sam Shields representing Miami, Florida, wins in record time of 8 hours 35 minutes and poses. ( Note: Sam Shields, reportedly a native of Louisville, KY, was a top competitive swimmer in his college days with the University of Miami.)

Date: 1930, July 27
Duration: 1 min 18 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032155
Debutantes and matrons display fall and winter fashions for a charity in Easthampton, New York.

Models at a charity show in Easthampton, New York. Debutantes and matrons on a ramp display fall and winter fashions with tea gowns and lounging pajamas for a charity. Visitors sit and watch.

Date: 1930, July 27
Duration: 1 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032157
Men in a soup line and sleep on benches, doorways, shacks in Newark, New Jersey, United States during depression

Unemployed men in Newark, New Jersey during the Great Depression. Disturbance at railroad and dockyard being brought under control by policemen on horseback. Train and ships in background. A sign reads 'No men wanted'. Men sleep on park benches. A man holds a sign reading 'Unemployed'. Men sleep in doorways Sidewalk soup kitchen. View of shacks and an order by the Department of Health declaring them unfit for human habitation and ordering them vacated at once. Order is signed by Charles V. Craster, M,D, D.P.H., Health Officer.

Date: 1937
Duration: 51 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032186
A graph shows a sudden increase in the deaths in New York City due to 1918 influenza pandemic and other diseases.

A graph shows a sudden increase in the deaths due to influenza in New York City during the 1918 Spanish flu epidemic. Spike in the graph is shown for the 1918 influenza outbreak. Slide states "A steady decline of the death rate is shown by communities in which an intelligent public uses the results of scientific knowledge." A strata chart shows the deaths per one thousand people during the period from each of pneumonias, tuberculosis, and cerebro-spinal meningitis, and then deaths from the diseases summed. A chart at the end reads, "What sciences hope to do" and then it reads "Reduce all transmissible diseases to 0 - With the cooperation of an intelligent public."

Date: 1924
Duration: 2 min 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032277
Aaron Douglas and one of his large paintings in a museum in New York City.

Aaron Douglas is shown working on a large painting. He interacts with a lady and a man in a museum in New York City. African American painter, Aaron Douglas (May 26, 1898 - February 3, 1979), was an American painter and a major figure in the Harlem Renaissance.

Date: 1937
Duration: 40 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032306
Child artists examine paintings and art in a museum in New York City.

Child artists observing different art styles. Close up views of faces of African American children viewing art work. Various paintings can be seen in a museum in New York City, during the "Harlem Renaissance," including two paintings by Aaron Douglas from the "Aspects of African American" series: "The African American in an African Setting" and "From Slavery through Reconstruction."

Date: 1937
Duration: 2 min 19 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032313