A film about means of transportation from ancient times to the modern in the United States. An electric railroad train moves along a heavily electrified track in Long Island, New York. The train pulls up at a station. Passengers gathered at the station.
Golden Gloves Boxing Semi-Finals at Sunnyside Garden on Long Island, New York. Vince Shomo and Jimmy Howard show style and power in the boxing ring. Jimmy Howard wins the championship. Huge crowd gathered to watch the boxing championship. People cheer.
A doll factory in Long Island, New York. Workers adjust the shape of dolls in a factory. A man places and adjusts eyes on a doll using a machine. A doll’s eyes moving. Rows of doll heads moving. Workers attach doll heads and bodies together. A woman tests the elasticity of doll. Dolls piled up. Women piling dolls up. A doll dressed in white baby clothes.
Transportation of V-Discs by the United States Air Transport command, Army Air Forces at LaGuardia Field, Long Island, New York. Crew members load cartons of V-discs on transport plane, ground crewman notes. Elevator rises to plane with cartons of V-discs. Crewman stands on door of the plane, he carries the carton. 'Destination Australia', 'PSX02' and 'V- disc' written on the carton. Crew loads carton onto plane. V-disc record.
A 1946 re-enactment showing Dr. Albert Einstein's letter to U.S. President being typed on August 2, 1939, in Long Island, New York. A typist types Einstein's letter concerning atomic bomb to U.S. President Roosevelt. The letter references recent work by doctors Fermi and Szilard on producing a nuclear chain reaction, and its possible use as a weapon in an atomic bomb. He urges that the administration be watchful and ready for quick action on the subject.
People release their homing birds in Jackson Heights, Long Island, New York. People gather at a place. They release their pigeons. The pigeons fly in the sky. People watch the pigeons. The pigeons fly over buildings and towers.
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