Motorcyclists perform stunts in Lockport, New York. Motorcyclists from America and Canada move up a steep slope on a rough road in Lockport, New York. People look on. Motorcyclists move up the slope but fail and fall.
A Lockheed Constellation passenger airliner taxis in and parks at LaGuardia airport, in New York City. UN Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold, accompanied by another man, descends the steps from the airplane and is greeted by officials and photographers. A group of uniformed New York City Policemen escort the Secretary General into the airport buliding.
The Museum of Modern Art (1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, United States) in New York City. The exterior and the front of the museum. People enter the exhibition hall. 'Tomorrow's Small House' written on a board. A display of houses designed for better living. The names of architects in front of the houses that each designed: The Mario Corbett house; Philip Johnson House; Tech Associates; Vernon De Mars; Carl Koch House; Frank Lloyd Wright House and George Fred Keck House.
The work of African American civil rights leaders in the United States. Ernest Green, one of the "Little Rock Nine" students, encourages black apprenticeships in building trades. Through his work at the Recruitment and Training Program, or RTP, Inc., in Brooklyn, New York City, Ernie Green reaches out and speaks to young black men in need of jobs. Young black workers without jobs stands outside a fenced area and look in at white men working at a construction site. Young black men unemployed on street corners and in front of shops. African American children on a city street, bundled in coats and walking to school. Ernest Green reflecting on the difficulty for black young men in getting jobs and in feeling welcome in the work force. Two young black men talking on a city sidewalk, looking in store windows, and then talking and doing a multiple step hand shake. Blacks in a classroom coaching young minority men in preparation for a sheet metal or other building trade union qualification test. African American men with construction jobs are seen laying bricks for a new building, working with steel beams, pouring cement, and constructing a building. Black workers install building windows and work with a torch on steel girders.
Skaters are seen circling the ice rink to gain speed, at Grossinger's Catskill Resort, in the Catskill Mountains, at Liberty, New York. They then attempt to leap over lines of barrels set on the ice, during the 14 annual barrel jumping competition. Contestants are seen clearing successively more barrels as they are added to the starting number of 11. Scene shifts to officials setting up a 16th barrel. Several fail to clear the 16 barrels, which is finally accomplished, again, by last year's winner, Ken Lebel of Lake Placid, New York. He is seen receiving the trophy from Mary Ann Mobley, television and screen personality, and former Miss America (1959).
Newspaper distribution and people reading papers in New York City. Paper boys arriving on foot and on bicycle at a newspaper distribution truck. The newspaper boys collect their newspapers for delivery. Men and women visiting news stands and a view of a newsstand that specializes in newspapers from other cities. Closeup view of many newspapers at the newsstand. Sign Board at a shop reads 'Free Information here'. Newspapers placed on a rack. Man reads a newspaper. Women seated on bench reading newspaper. Various citizens reading newspapers.
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