20,000 New York residents dressed in traditional Czechoslovakian clothing march in streets of Manhattan in an Anti Nazi Parade against invasion of Czechoslovakia by Hitler and Nazi Germany, early in World War 2. Men,women and children of all ages hold hands and Allied flags are seen. Banners saying "Jesus not Hitler", "Keep America open for refugees", "Strong union...democracy" and many others can be seen. An overhead view of the parade gathered at Columbus Circle.
Pilot Jimmy Taylor and army officials inspect a new tailless plane that resembles a bumblebee at Floyd Bennett air field in Brooklyn . Pilots takes off in Bumblebee Plane from airstrip. Shot of Bumblebee flying at high altitude. April 1938.
Shows children playing a game of baseball in Brooklyn,New York. A young girl pitches the ball to boys. The boys watch her as she takes a quick run.
Dramatization: Shipping room of the Museum of Modern Art in New York. U.S. workers packing up art. Several paintings and art subjects. German guard supervises. Man brings in box to be stenciled. It reads 'Brooklyn museum of Art.' Box stenciled with destination address 'ReichsMarschall Hermann W. Goring..."
Large crowd gathered at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. People waving farewell to the men aboard the USS Arizona (BB-39) battleship as it is launched into the East River. Steam boats and tug boats move beside the Battleship as it leaves the naval yard. Crowd on the grandstand includes the sponsor, Miss Esther Ross, and the Governor of Arizona, George Hunt. Also Eva Behn, Salee King, Secretary of the Navy Josephus Daniels, Marie Farroll who was Maid of Honor, and Mrs. Ross, the mother of the sponsor. Views of the USS-Arizona underway in the East River, surrounded by many small tug boats and steam ships.
Training flights at Floyd Bennett Field, New York. Officer trains the Naval Air Reserve airmen in a hall. They study the map on a wall. Officers arrive near airplanes parked on the airfield. They board the planes and the planes take off. Planes in formation.
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