On May 2, 1923, scenes of the first successful non stop flight across USA. Men open accordian doors to large hangar, revealing a specially modified Fokker T-2 airplane. Lieutenant Kelly and Lieutenant Macready, on the field, pose with Orville Wright. United States Army Air Service Fokker T-2 plane is pushed out of hangar by men. Painted on side of the plane is: 'Army Air Service Non Stop Coast to Coast'. Pilot gets ready as the airplane is fueled. Pilots and other Army officers on airfield. Animated map of the United States map illustrates course the flyers will take. Plane taxis on airfield. The Plane in flight and over Rockwell field, San Diego, California, and making a landing. Spectators on field greet the pilots as they climb down from the airplane.
Automobile and pedestrian traffic on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. Heavy northbound traffic on 5th Avenue, stops periodically to allow pedestrians to cross and 42nd Street traffic to enter. The New York Public Library Building (476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018, USA) in Midtown Manhattan is seen clearly, with lion statues on its steps and large American flag flying in front. Traffic includes horse drawn as well as motorized vehicles. On Upper West Side, view of Columbus Circle, 8th Avenue, Broadway and 59th Street, with statue of Columbus visible. Streetcar is seen.
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedication speech for a library in the United States. Civilians crowd outside the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum (4079 Albany Post Rd, Hyde Park, NY 12538, USA). Guards control the crowd. Roosevelt at a podium and speaks into a microphone. Officials seated in chairs. Roosevelt in his speech praises the library and museum that has flourished. He speaks that all the records can be shared. He talks about modern technology in the library.
Scenes from a night time parade and anti-communist demonstration held by supporters of Mayor Frank Hague in Jersey City, New Jersey. The crowd of people march on a street and jam Journal Square. They carry American flags and banners in the nighttime parade. The supporters set off fireworks during the demonstration. A large lit banner reads, "Reds Stay Out of USA" as spinning fireworks and aerial fireworks are launched behind it.
Officials and visitors seen in audience, during meeting of United Nations Security Council, at Lake Success, New York (During timeframe that large UN General Assembly had been meeting at Flushing Meadows, New York.) Camera men record event from booth above meeting hall. Close up view of camera man operating motion picture camera in recording booth. Andrei Gromyko of the Soviet Union sits next to Polish delegate, Ludwik Rajchman. Press photographers take pictures of people in the audience, including two fashionable women in 1940s fashions including fur coats. Joao Carlos Muniz, of Brazil, is seen with bandages on his face. He chats with Australian delegate, Herbert Vere Evatt. USA delegate, Edward Stettinius is seen, next to Sir Alexander Cadogan of the United Kingdom.
La Martinique nightclub in New York, United States. Interiors of the night club. Spectators watch stand-up comedian Danny Thomas performing at the La Martinique (57 W 57th St., New York, NY 10019, USA). Audience laughs and applauds.
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