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Harlem New York City USA 1938 stock footage and images

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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.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1965
Duration: 4 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675059229
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.

Location: Harlem New York City USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 2 min 36 sec
Sound: No
Color: Color
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035572
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.)

Location: New York United States USA
Date: 1935, August 3
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675069019
African American woman enters YWCA building in Harlem, New York.

The Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in Harlem, New York. An African American woman exits a Downtown Interborough rapid transit station in Harlem. Aerial view of Harlem streets. African American woman enters YMCA building in Harlem and speaks to the receptionist.

Location: Harlem New York City USA
Date: 1940
Duration: 1 min 24 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675063319
African American people walk along Harlem Street in Harlem, New York City, United States.

African American people in Harlem, New York City. African American men and women walk along busy sidewalk at Harlem Street. Sign for the "Rhythm Club" on an awning of a nightclub. Traffic along street. Workers and shoppers walking. Group of African American people stand outside a building as fire trucks and policeman direct response to an unseen issue. Sign for an "Undertaker" business in the background. Hook and ladder truck with firefighters driving in front and back slowly backs up away from the scene.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1939, July
Duration: 1 min 13 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074862
School children come out of school entrance gate and start playing in the snow in Harlem or East Harlem, New York City.

Scenes during winter with heavy snow on the ground and covering cars and street. Traffic Department sign reads "Street closed 11:30 AM - 1 PM school days play area." in Harlem or East Harlem, New York City. Vehicles pass by on street. School children come out of a gate and start playing with snow. Mix of children of various ethnic backgrounds (Italian, Puerto Rican, African American) talk among themselves, smile, and play.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1963
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675035556
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