Jeannette Rankin, of Montana, the first woman elected to U.S. House of Representatives (served April 1917 through December 1918). A pacifist, co-founder of the American Civil Liberties Union, and champion of humanitarian causes, she is seen addressing a group from a speakers pavilion in Union Square, Manhattan, New York City, in September, 1924. She accepts a glass of water from an associate (unseen). Closeups of Rankin leaning over the railing above an American flag, as she speaks to assembled group of men and women. From further away, several men and women associates can be seen at work behind her in the pavilion. Views from behind and to her right, with listeners below and cars parked in the square. Street scene in background. As before, Ms Rankin leans forward to be better heard. (There is no evidence of microphone in use.)
A film about the city of New Orleans in Louisiana. Pictures pasted on a wall and a small trumpet on a wall in a room. A man and a woman look at musical instruments on display in a window. People listen to Jazz music at the Preservation Hall in the French Quarter. A sign reads 'Preservation Hall'. Old men play Jazz music as people listen. A band plays Jazz during a parade.
A film about the city of New Orleans in Louisiana. A horse drawn carriage moves past a house during Spring Fiesta. A woman dressed in a gown climbs up the stairs of the house. Water flows from a fountain in a garden. Women stand near the fountain. Men and women chat.
American aviator Charles Lindbergh in New York., United States after his successful non-stop trans Atlantic flight in May 1927. Charles Lindberg in a car as cavalry men lead a procession. Charles Lindbergh's car moves down the lower Broadway during a welcome parade. Ticker tapes being showered on the Lindbergh parade. Lindbergh's car moves past a large crowd.
A levee in New Orleans, Louisiana. A man rows a boat across a water body. Houses submerged in flood water. View of the levee.
A film about New Orleans in Louisiana. A water front and the Mississippi River. View of Exchange Alley. A street car and automobile traffic in Royal Street. Cars and horse drawn wagons around Lee Circle on St. Charles Street. Pedestrians and a mule drawn wagon in Old French market. Exteriors of the old Cabildo as a car pulls up at its entrance.
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