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New York City Mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia addresses gathering. Citizens learn about firefighting.

Fiorello Henry La Guardia, Mayor of the City of New York, speaks with large group of citizens, including a number of clergymen (seen at front of auditorium) regarding matters related to the City Fire Department. In separate scene,likely in the Borough of Queens, New York City firemen give citizen volunteers a chance to experience some aspects of firefighting. Several citizens line up and learn how to discharge ordinary fire extinguishers, such as found in public buildings, like schools. Volunteers experience what it is like to wear protective firefighting gear. With help from a Fire Department Officer (in white cap) several volunteers try to control a high pressure hose and direct water onto a pile of debris set up for the occasion. (World War II period).

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1941
Duration: 37 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032899
Mrs. Sarah Weyand knits a sock a day for WW2 Red Cross and British war relief in Dallas, Texas

An elderly woman named Mrs. Sarah Weyand knitting a sock in Dallas, Texas. Mrs. Weyland knits a sock a day to contribute for Red Cross and British war relief in World War II.

Location: Dallas Texas USA
Date: 1941, July 2
Duration: 46 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032901
A huge flock of turkeys await the Thanksgiving Day axe in Westley, California.

Views of a poultry farm of domestic turkeys in Westley California. A man feeding the turkeys. The flock of turkeys jumps over a culvert filled with water. An old man sharpens and axe against a grinding wheel and tests its edge with his finger. This flock of turkeys will be killed for Thanksgiving in Westley, California.

Location: Westley California USA
Date: 1933, October 25
Duration: 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032944
Alex Brun, aviator demonstrates a vehicle that can be carried in airplane, Cincinnati.

A plane lands on a grassy field in Cincinnati, Ohio. Alex Brun an aviator and inventor, exits the airplane and then takes out a small vehicle from inside the plane that resembles a small motor bike or moped. He drives it to the nearby town where he stops at a gasoline or petrol station to buy a small cup full of fuel for his motorize bike. Alex Brun invented the vehicle to be carried in an airplane and used to reach nearby towns in case of a forced landing.

Location: Cincinnati Ohio USA
Date: 1933, October 25
Duration: 53 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032946
New traffic laws in Bronxville, New York.

Cars parked outside the railway station in Bronxville, New York. Husbands bidding farewell to their wives before boarding the train. New traffic laws prohibits husbands from doing so.

Location: Bronxville New York USA
Date: 1933, October 25
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032947
Americans celebrate victory over Germany , ending World War II, in Europe. Crowds cheer in streets of Manhattan, New York

A huge crowd cheering and celebrating the news of victory over Germany, ending World War 2, in Europe, on May 8, 1945 (VE Day). Cheering crowds gathering at Times Square and Wall Street in lower Manhattan, New York City. American flags on display.

Location: New York City USA
Date: 1945, May 8
Duration: 23 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675032951
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