First DPs (Displaced Persons) arrive in New York, U.S. DPs allowed to enter United States under new quota, arrive in New York aboard USS General W. M. Black (AP-135). Transport General Black underway in New York harbor. DPs wave from the deck of General Black.
Partygoers at the El Morocco night club (300 E 55th St, New York, NY 10022, United States) in Manhattan, New York, United States. Limousines stop in front of the El Morocco. Exterior of El Morocco night club. Awning with words “El Morocco”. Guests enter the club. A doorman greets the guests. Interiors of club show waiters prepare to serve food. Men and women smoking cigars and chatting inside the club. Dancers on a dance floor. Diners at table.
French President of Council of Ministers of the Third French Republic Pierre Laval arrives in New York. French ocean liner SS Ile de France underway at sea. Pierre Laval disembarks from SS Ile de France with his daughter Mlle Josette. Laval is greeted by representatives of U.S. State Department, city officials and French Ambassador to the United States Paul Claudel. A tug sprays water in New York Harbor. The party boards the tug Macom and is landed at the battery and escorted up lower Broadway to City Hall where Mayor Jimmy Walker welcomes the diplomats on behalf of the metropolis.
Ruth Bryan Owen, pioneer female filmmaker and United States Envoy to Denmark, weds Captain Boerge Rohde (Danish officer) at Hyde Park in New York. The newly married couple emerges from the St. James Episcopal Church (4526 Albany Post Road Hyde Park, New York, US) in Hyde Park, New York. Couple in their car surrounded by the invitees. The couple poses for public and press.
Graphics showing the differences between schools of black and white people in South Carolina in USA. An amendment of U.S. Constitution stating right of equality and liberty. Differences in teachers' salary. A segregated school for black children is shown. Girl student sweeps the school compound. Students of a segregated school.
Cars being blessed in St. Christopher's Day ceremonies. Catholic priests bless nearly five thousand motorists and their cars on Saint Christopher Day at Saint Christopher's Church (11 Gale Ave, Baldwin, NY 11510, United States) in Baldwin in New York. Cars are anointed with holy oil, as they pass by the church in a day long procession. Boys riding bicycles are also blessed.
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