Democratic candidate for President, John William Davis, at his office,in New York, United States. Mr. Davis strolls with his wife, in the gardens of his estate on Long Island, New York. . He plays golf. Mr. Davis plays catch with a grandaughter, on the grounds of his estate. He picks up his granddaughter,in his arms.
Aircraft are used for different purposes in the United States. The U.S. Air Mail Service makes use of commercial aviation. Workmen place mail sacks in the front cockpit of a U.S. mail service modified Airco DH-4 aircraft. A pilot in the back cockpit. The aircraft takes off. Animation shows a small aircraft going over a line on a map from New York across the United States. An early model U.S. mail service aircraft in flight. Animation of a small airplane traveling along a line on a map from New York to San Francisco. Chicago, Omaha and Cheyenne highlighted on the map.
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."
Newsreel quote saying, “Lusty and glamorous was the Theater of Yesterday, when every actor worth his salt was a hardened trouper”. Dramatization of a late 19th century vaudeville group disembark from a train. Train porters unload a huge luggage. A 1894 poster of Bessie Bonehill, an English vaudeville singer who toured widely in the United States, saying, “Bessie Bonehill: And they never came back Playmates”. Actors sitting together near a ticketing booth in a New York train station. Close up view of an elderly vaudeville actor. Vaudeville actors talking with each other. “Haines & Vidocqs Metropolitan stars!!”. Curtains rise inside a theater. Poster of vaudeville stars, Jimmy and Florence Plunket, saying, “The Plunkets Jimmy Florence Broadway to you”. Vaudeville stars Jimmy and Florence Plunket, the former wears a top hat and the latter in a sequined A-line dress, perform a tap dance onstage.
Views of the Flat Iron building and other shops and offices in New York City. Dignitaries and spectators observe the ten millionth Ford Model-T as its motorcade passes through the city. A marching band led by an American flag parade with the motorcade. Motorcade passes through the streets and tall building visible.
A film 'How to prevent disease' shows the precautions taken to prevent diseases in New York, United States. The Croton and the Ashokan Reservoir as examples of pure, clean water supply. An animation depicts how the well water gets contaminated by sewage from various sources.
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