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People demand the expansion of WPA in New York, United States, during the Great Depression

American citizens in 1937 marching in protest to demand the expansion of the WPA (Works Progress Administration), the largest New Deal agency providing employment to millions, in New York City. People carry banners with slogans written on them urging the government to continue WPA job programs and benefits.

Date: 1937
Duration: 30 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675038386
People do their respective jobs and people at a market place in Harlem, New York, during the Great Depression.

A film titled 'Life in Harlem' about life of the African American people of Harlem in New York. Buildings in Harlem. A horse drawn carriage on road. People near their houses. A man pulls a loaded push cart. A boy comes out of a house for his work as a shoe shine boy. Policemen move out of a police headquarters building for their duty in the streets. A sweeper works on a subway. African American man wearing suit and hat eats a sandwich. A crowded sidewalk with pedestrians and a news stand. An address sign for West 145 Edgecombe Avenue. An apartment building. Views of more wealthy areas of Harlem and Schubert Hills. Women come out of a building. Awning for the Park Lincoln building with street address 309. A woman in elaborate fancy dress and hat walks under awning and enters a waiting car as a doorman holds open the door of the taxi cab for her. Two young women bicycle on road. People shopping at open air food market with vendors and push carts on upper 8th Avenue. A man reads newspaper as he sits and has his shoes shined by a shoe shine man. People at door ways of houses.

Date: 1938
Duration: 3 min 45 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675068252
Visual saga of the American Soldier from 1945 to 1970: WWII; Korea; Berlin Crisis;Cuban Missile Crisis; Red China

Review of conflicts involving U.S. from World War 2 to 1970. A U.S. soldier with rifle and binoculars, on guard. German Chancellor Adolf Hitler speaks in Germany to mass audience. German mobilization and blitzkrieg. U.S. troops firing small arms on island in Pacific, battling Japanese. U.S. soldiers on half-track firing artillery. Explosive destruction of Nazi swastika and Eagle symbol on top of building in Zeppelin Field, Nuremberg, Germany. General Douglas MacArthur stands as Japanese General signs surrender documents aboard USS Missouri, ending World War II. Times Square in New York City on Victory over Japan Day (VJ Day) marking end of World War 2. American troops firing artillery and small arms in Korean War. Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev speaking at the United Nations. Newspaper headlines about postwar Berlin Crisis. Soviet missiles on display in military parade in Red Square in Moscow, Russia, Soviet Union. Soviet General Georgy Zhukov and Nikita Khrushchev, at Kremlin, reviewing the parade. Cuban President Fidel Castro giving a speech. A newspaper headline reading: "Khrushchev orders removal of missiles" ending the Cuban Missile Crisis. Soviet cargo ship with covered missiles on its deck. Red flag with image of Lenin and message: 'Partido Communista Dominicano' and a crowd chanting support for the Communist party in the Dominican Republic. Communist Chinese people marching with massed flags in the People’s Republic of China. Chairman Mao Zedong waving to a crowd of young supporters and Red Guards in China as they chant. A United States soldier in South Vietnam during Vietnam War looks through binoculars and then walks carrying his M-16 rifle. A map of Vietnam.

Date: 1969
Duration: 1 min 43 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054811
Views of New York City subway system. Elevated platform. Subways. "A" train express; 34th Street station; escalator

Railway stations in New York City in the United States. Passengers board train at elevated station. Point of view shot from front car of moving subway train as it rounds a bend and then the train enters a tunnel and continues underground. View of passengers inside car on "A" train express subway line. Passengers getting off at 34th street subway station and riding escalator up to street in 33rd St and 32nd Street area (includes Midtown shots, and possibly parts of Chelsea).

Date: 1948
Duration: 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054424
Montage of scenes reflecting life in the United States during the decade of the 1920s, following World War I

Baseball great, Babe Ruth starting to trot around the bases after hitting a home run. An inverted stunt biplane, N57323 with "EM Avery" readable on fuselage while flying inverted. A wing walker is strapped under the airplane (on top wing, now underneath). The airplane rolls over into upright position, trailing white smoke to be more easily seen by spectators on the ground. A 1920s jazz band comprised of African American musicians playing in a night club. A couple and then four women, dancing the Charleston. Point of view (POV) from moving car driving along Broadway in New York City at night, surrounded by neon light signs including some like the Winter Garden Theatre and the Rivoli Theatre. A flagpole sitter atop structure behind an RKO Keith's Advertising sign. Closeup of the man on his perch. A room full of women sewing garments in a factory. Wealthy, formal dressed couples at a city supper club, where an orchestra is playing. Exhausted couples clinging to one another on dance floor during a marathon dance contest. Gangsters firing a machine gun from window of a moving car. Charles A. Lindbergh steps past a policeman, to board his Ryan monoplane, "Spirit of St.Louis,"at Roosevelt field, Long Island, New York, on May 20, 1927. View of takeoff roll. Registration number "NX-211," visible atop the right wing. Manhattan ticker tape parade welcoming Lindbergh back to New York City, following his successful solo transatlantic flight. Charles Lindbergh speaking at a microphone. Traders on floor of the New York Stock Exchange during era of frantic stock market speculation. Money counted out at bank teller window. Labor strife at the gates of a Massey-Harris Company plant, with workers fleeing attacks by men with clubs hired by the company. Boy workers pose for a photograph While narrator mentions Child labor Act declared unconstitutional (1922). A girl worker. Boys employed as coal miners. Workers installing body panels on cars and working on engines in automobile production and assembly lines. Partially completed vehicles driving out of an automobile factory. Babe Ruth rounding third base and coming to home plate after hitting a home run in a baseball game.

Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063341
The Irish of Notre Dame beat the Purdue Boilermakers, 26 to 14, at South Bend, Indiana, United States.

A football match between the Notre Dame Irish and the Purdue Boilermakers in South Bend, Indiana. The stadium on game day. Students stand and form the word 'Irish'. Spectators watch a game and cheer the players. The game in progress. The numbers on the field indicate the number of yards to the nearest end zone. Terry Hanratty and Jim Seymour team up in a great passing combination for three touchdowns. The Irish of Notre Dame score 26 and the Purdue Boilermakers score 14. The Irish win the game.

Date: 1966, September 26
Duration: 2 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675070682