A Miami Airlines Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando airliner crashes in Elizabeth, New Jersey. View of the wrecked Curtiss-Wright C-46 Commando aircraft. People stand near the wreckage. Men take out injured and dead passengers from the wrecked aircraft. The wrecked parts of aircraft scattered in Elizabeth River. People near the accident area. A damaged house. A fire brigade drives on a road. People on a street. The C-46 wrecked parts.
A scarecrow contest in Trenton, New Jersey. Scarecrows standing in a line during a contest organized by a farm and garden association. Men viewing the scarecrows in the contest. A woman holding a funny scarecrow. A man and a woman decorating a scarecrow. A woman demonstrates a scarecrow that has a revolving bird feather hat.
View of bridge with active waterfalls of the Passaic River behind it, near Patterson, New Jersey. (Produced by International Film Company or the Edison Company, both of whom filmed the same scene in 1896.)
Films of the Newark New Jersey Fire Department responding to fire alarms. Two segments are seen.The first shows a Hook and Ladder truck coming out of the firehouse of Hook and Ladder Company Number 1. It is followed by a pumper from the Engine Company and another truck full of firemen. They are all led by Chief Kiersted with his driver in a four-wheel open two-seater horse-drawn Victoria carriage. After a pause, the second segment shows rear of a passing Hook and ladder and then a succession of other firefighting vehicles, including another Hook and Ladder, 3 smoking pumpers, and several trucks filled with firemen. There is light snow visible on the ground in this segment. Spectators watch with great interest from the sidewalk. (Edison Company, 1896)
Naval air cadets (parachute students) pass their exams in Lakehurst, New Jersey. Naval air cadets board the Blimp K-1 as part of graduation maneuvers. The K-1 takes off. The K-1 in flight. Cadets are sitting in the K-1. Cadets jump from the K-1. They open their parachute and descend. Cadets land on earth. No student fails.
A statement about atomic power and harnessing its use for good, and not for destruction, is read at Dr. Einstein's residence in Princeton, New Jersey. Interior of Albert Einstein's home. Harold C. Urey, Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard sitting at a table. Urey reading a written statement which is subscribed to by other scientists outlining their responsibility in harnessing the atom for peaceful uses. Albert Einstein states that he agrees with the statement.
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