Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia in a car in motorcade from Broadway to City Hall in New York. A huge gathering at the sides of road. Bourguiba waves at people in front of Chock Full o’ Nuts Café on Broadway. Crowd cheers the President Habib Bourguiba, and President also greets them back. President is then received by Mayor Robert Wagner and wife Susan Edwards at City Hall, New York City. Wife of Bourguiba, Mrs. Moufida Bourguiba, is also present.
Newspaper distribution and people reading papers in New York City. Paper boys arriving on foot and on bicycle at a newspaper distribution truck. The newspaper boys collect their newspapers for delivery. Men and women visiting news stands and a view of a newsstand that specializes in newspapers from other cities. Closeup view of many newspapers at the newsstand. Sign Board at a shop reads 'Free Information here'. Newspapers placed on a rack. Man reads a newspaper. Women seated on bench reading newspaper. Various citizens reading newspapers.
Audience enters the Town Hall in New York to hear a recital by Marian Anderson on December 30, 1935. Curtains are opened. Marian Anderson stands beside a pianist on the stage. Audience applauds. She sings while the pianist plays. Marian Anderson bows to the audience. Curtains are closed. Two assistants help Marian sit in a chair because she has been performing with a broken ankle. View of the streets in the District of South Philadelphia., Marian's native hometown. Marian's mother Mrs Anna Anderson at her home. Shots of members of the Union Baptist Church passing an offering plate to raise money to aid Marian Anderson. Marian Anderson talks with manager Sol Hurok in dressing room. Marian Sings during another concert. Crowd applauds as she finishes. View of the New York Times showing name of Marian Anderson in the roster list of great American artists. Montage shows Marian's concerts cards, awards received by Marian from city foundations, the Philadelphia Bach Award of 10,000 dollars in 1941. Marian performs outside at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC, USA on Easter Sunday April 9, 1939. Thousands in attendance at the concert as she sings My Country Tis of Thee.
Views from a biplane, aloft, of the LZ 129 Hindenburg airship as it flies Southward over Manhattan Island, New York City. Another plane flies past in the background. Skyscrapers of Manhattan are seen below. Hindenburg leaves Southern tip of Manhattan behind, as it heads South toward Lakehurst New Jersey.
Native American Indian actress Lillian St. Cyr (Princess Red Wing) in New York City. Actress Lillian St. Cyr sits in a tepee on the patio of a hotel penthouse. Room Service waiter brings her a tray of food that she eats. The actress wearing a native dress stands atop the building and looks around at the New York City skyline. Workmen constructing a nearby building (possibly Rockefeller Center) pause and wave to Lillian St. Cyr.
U.S. troops bound for New York City port of embarkation for transportation to the European Theater war front during World War II. U.S. soldiers with full packs and helmets on a ferry boat. The ferry boat moves across a river in New York, on its way to troop transport ship.
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