A newspaper strike comes to an end in New York, United States. Aerial view of Manhattan Island New York City with Empire State building skyscraper in background. Newspapers running on high speed printing presses, being printed after 114 days in New York newspaper strike by printing workers. A typesetter checks his work. The labor strike cost $450,000,000. Reporters at work in the news room. A reporter typing a story. People buy newspapers in the street, putting down coins while stacks of newspapers are delivered.. Trucks from the Daily Mirror, The New York World Telegraph, and The Sun deliver the papers. Night shot of traffic in Times Square with Canadian Club Whiskey and Admiral Television Appliances large neon light advertisements. People buy and read the newspapers at news stands the streets of New York.
Views of a vintage 1930s New York City police car on a busy street of Manhattan, New York City. At start of clip, the Columbus Circle statue of Columbus can be seen in distant background as car heads possibly down 59th Street and then down 7th Avenue. A policeman driving the car, and another cop sitting next to him looking out through the window. People walking on sidewalks, cars parked at the sides of road. Other 1930s vehicles on road including cars, taxis, trucks, and buses. A horse-drawn wagon or carriage is also seen. A corner shop with sign "Primadora" is seen. Near end of clip the car passes a Madison Square Garden entrance advertising the "National Horse Show. November 4 through November 5. International Military Jumping every night."
Evening - couples of the community of the community at a church hall for dinner and dancing, in evening dress. Diners seated at long tables. Band plays, couples dance. Scenes of band players including saxophones. Hands of piano player playing piano. Hands of drummer playing drums. Seemingly wealthy couples with women in long gowns and men in suits dancing. Priest in the middle of dancers. Newcomers to the community introduced to priest in lounge. Following Sunday church services, people gather in reception hall. People leave church.
George Stone and Dr Philip Hauser at the presentation of U.S. census around 1960. A slide of U.S. map appears on the screen. 1820 and population figures are marked on part of the map inhabited at that time. The reasons for the increase in the population are discussed by George Stone and Dr Philip Hauser. In the next slide census figures of 1830 appears. Concern for the handicapped lead to including of deaf, dumb and blind category in this census is shown. Dr Philip Hauser shows cartoons appearing in newspapers of that time to George Stone. In the next slide, census figures of 1850 and 7 classes of occupation of people are seen. A percentage representation of various occupations in the population is given in the next slide. The stress on accuracy of 1850 census is seen in the next slide. A comparison of number of occupations of males and females from 1840 to 1870 is shown in the next slide. Census of 1930 is mentioned in the next slide. 1931 is shown as a Special Unemployment Census. Newspaper headlines about stock market crash is seen. Around clip timecode 8:13 are images of Wall Street New York Stock Exchange floor near time of stock market crash. Wall Street region in New York City filled with people and views of lines or queues for homeless, unemployed, or food during the Great Depression.
Empire State Building under construction in New York City. Columns at the building in two story length. Animated pointer shows first column set on April 8th 1930 and curb reached at 25th April, 1930. The construction site of the building. Beam panel structures. Aerial view of the building. Columns at the construction area.
Reenactment shows FBI(Federal Bureau of Investigation) agents battling gangsters in the United States, during the 1930s. Machine Gun Kelly storms an apartment building and shoots enemies. The Kansas City Massacre reenacted. Shootouts with gangsters George Kelly Barnes nicknamed 'Machine Gun Kelly', 'Babyface' Nelson, 'Prettyboy' Floyd and John Dillinger by FBI agents. The FBI agents with the help of hidden cameras keep a check on gangster in New York. Hidden camera footage of FBI double agent meeting an axis spy on a New York street. The Brinks robbery in Boston, Massachusetts. Armored cars driving at night. Large amounts of money transported to trucks. Reenactment shows plane exploding with 40 passengers on board. FBI agents in warehouse examining airplane wreckage. View of a Ku Klux Klan (KKK) rally at night, with a burning cross on a field and men in Klan robes around it throwing lit torches toward the burning cross. Brief shot of Martin Luther King being interviewed. Man smoking a cigar. Roulette wheels associated with illegal gambling.
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