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Montage of scenes showing West 125th Street and vicinity in Harlem, New York City
Bus moving on 125th Street in Harlem, New York City, passes the Apollo theater. The theater marquee advertises Gloria Lynne, and the Jimmy Smith trio. The street is wet and parked cars along the curb show a dusting of snow. Up the street, the Loew's theater can be seen. Traffic in both directions on the street, including a large truck, and a small wheel loader construction machine. Closeup of the Apollo marquee, with illuminated lights circling its base. Poster at the entrance, with photograph of Gloria Lynne, and other featured acts. Beside the headliners, the poster mentions "The Wanderers," and "Kenny & Warren," and "Symphony Sid," who are pictured in the poster. Camera pans over the marquee area. Pedestrians walk past. Scene shifts to nearby Playland arcade. Coin-operated rides for children are shown near the entrance,including mechanical horse, automobile (dusted with snow), and helicopter rides. A Neon sign reads "Playland Admission Free. Shooting Gallery." Many cars drive on the street and pedestrians make their way across the street, between them, in the middle of the block. A bowling alley, named "Harlem Lanes," is advertised by a marquee that also touts a cocktail lounge, bar, and restaurant. A restaurant called "Palm Cafe," is seen, and above it a sign in office window reading "Beneficial Finance Loans." A street-level window advertises "Rudy Williams and his Rocking Combo." A Pawn shop advertises "Rhode Loans, Cash in a flash." Club Lido has a snow covered awning extended across the sidewalk and a sign above reading,""Lido Bar & Grill." View of the Reverend Oberia D. Dempsey's House of Hope and Upper Park Avenue Baptist Church on 125th Street. The main church entrance with schedule of services posted beside it. Camera focuses on the House of Hope sign, with messages calling for protection of women and children from the "Dreadful Narcotic Racket, and to rid Harlem from crime misery and fear. It also refers to the House of Hope as a Half-way-house and Rehabilitation Center for drug addicts coming from hospitals and other institutions. Sign cites Rev.O.D.Dempsey as Director, and Assemblyman Lloyd E. Dickens, as chairman, and appeals for support in their $100 thousand campaign. Another sign advertises the Mississippi Alabama Southern Relief Committee seeking to provide food, money, and clothing for the thousands of homeless and destitute.
Churches in Harlem, New York City and other area landmarks
A snow-covered street in Harlem, New York City. A large bell. Children climb railing. Snow covered city. Buildings. People pass by. A marquee reads "Reo Hotel". New Hope Community Church. Fountain Spring Baptist Church at 158 West 126th Street New York, NY. A sign reads"Home cooked food every Sunday". Children swing at playground in a park. View of the Park Avenue Bridge crossing the Harlem River from Manhattan Island to the Bronx.
Damaged buildings and poor people in Harlem, and a community convention is held in New York to fight poverty.
A promotional documentary titled ' Change is Gonna come' about fight against poverty in East Harlem, New York City. The skyline of New York City. A damaged building with broken glasses of the windows. Three boys playing near a building. One boy jumps down from an awning roof to the ground. View of buildings from moving car and gradually the view shows more damaged and older buildings. African American children play around debris of a damaged building. The boys throw rocks at a partially demolished building wall. A young African American girl walks over the rubble with some difficulty. View of the boys throwing more rocks, and then hitting the wall of the mostly demolished bulding and knocking more bricks from it. Two boys play "sword fighting" with sticks. A sign reads ' under construction'. African American youth (older boys and girls) work at a construction site as they cut wooden planks to help build a playground for youth. A young African American boy plays and sits on a toy fire truck. African American and Hispanic children (possibly Puerto Rican) play in and around an abandoned, wrecked car in a street. The group of children stand and jump on the roof of the car and hit the car with their sticks. View of a totally smashed and abandoned car on the side of a street. The toy truck lying on a street and missing a front wheel. Next scene shows and auditorium holding a community convention to fight poverty in New York. Sign says "New York City Council Against Poverty. Lower West Side." A woman at a podium addresses audiences at the convention. Men and women seated around a table as they work on documents.
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.
African American children play various games at Harlem day camp in Harlem, New York City.
African American children play checkers during Harlem Day Camp in Harlem, New York City. Boys play Monopoly, a board game at street side. Girls play a racquet game. African American children play dog and the bone. Team members watch. One of the girls takes bottle and runs.
New York City residents hold banners denouncing Italo-Ethiopian war and parade through the streets in New York.
New York City residents protest against war during a parade in Harlem, New York City. Civilians crowd on the streets for anti-war mass demonstration opposing hostilities between Italy and Ethiopia. They hold banners denouncing the war and parade through the streets. Buildings on either side of the streets. (Note for Editors: August 5 was a Monday; two demonstrations that linked up in Harlem were actually scheduled and took place on August 3, a Saturday -- it attracted 20,000 people. The NY Times reported on it the next day, and their photo shows the exact same building in b.g. of your footage, i.e. same location. Thanks.)
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