U.S. President Woodrow Wilson arrives and departs from the Convention Hall during the American Federation of Labor Convention in Buffalo, New York. President Wilson and his wife, the First Lady Ellen Axson Wilson arrive at the Convention Hall. Troops enter the hall (during World War I). The President and his wife leave the hall. They get into a car. The Labor convention moves through the streets of the city. Railroad tracks on a road. The troops march.
McCarthy hearings in New York City, United States, investigating alleged Communist infiltration of the United States Army Signal Corps laboratory at Fort Monmouth. (Senate subcommittee investigating Army Signal Corps Subversion and Espionage.) United States Army Colonel Ferry takes his seat and begins testimony. Photographers take photos. Officials seated in hearing room including Joseph McCarthy and Roy Cohn. View of other elected officials present. Officials stand at end of testimony and talk informally together during a break in proceedings.
Explosion of the first ever Atomic Bomb at Alamogordo, New Mexico in World War II. Brilliant flash at detonation of the Atomic bomb. Huge smoke cloud rises. Smoke all around. Narrator indicates that men 5 miles away were knocked down, that a pressure wave was felt and the sound and quake was noted in an area 300 square miles in size. He indicates that the testing platform was vaporized. He comments on the awesome power of the weapon, its ability to shorten the war, and the important responsibility that rests with those who know the secrets of the weapon.
American volunteers return to New York from action in the Spanish Civil War in Spain. American volunteers, who fought with Loyalist troops in Spain against General Francisco Franco's nationalist insurgents, aboard SS Paris. They all pose. Large crowds gather in streets to welcome them as they arrive. The Americans march along the streets of the city in a reception parade. They hold banners. A banner reads as 'American Youth welcomes veterans of Lincoln Brigade'.
Unemployed men in New York, United States during the Great Depression. Slum shacks in a temporary living area. A sign reads: 'City Hall'. A flag flies atop a flag pole on the terrace of a building. jobless men who have formed the community together walk outside the shacks. A man irons a cloth kept on a table. Other man get his beard shaved by a barber.
Boat racing in the Thames River in New London, Connecticut. Participants carry their racing shells to the Thames River and prepare for the race. The first Crew members wear no distinguishing clothing. However, the next scene with crew carrying their boat to the water shows them shirts displaying H (for Harvard). Several sequences of boats being rowed. (Attributed to Thomas Armat.)
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