Sir Rabindranath Tagore, a Hindu poet, in Brooklyn, New York. Sir Rabindranath Tagore, a Hindu poet, with an official, in Brooklyn, New York. The two men converse as they move on a walkway. People gather on the side of the walkway.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York during the Great Depression. An Eastern Airlines DC-3 passenger airplane with painted words on side "The Great Silver Fleet" taxis on a runway at Floyd Bennett Airport field by Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn, New York City. Narrator describes WPA improvements to the airport. Plane parks atop a novel turntable and then is rotated to desired position. Rear hatch opens and crew member steps out. Trap door on ground near plane opens revealing a stairwell downward which debarking passengers then use to walk toward the main terminal. View of skyport landing and takeoff area on the East River and a pontoon-equipped small aircraft coming in for landing at one of these two skyports providing air taxi service from Manhattan Island. Narrator indicates that one skyport is located at 31st Street and another at Wall Street.
Geographical map depicts the inner Harbor ship canal which lengthens the water front of New Orleans. Draw bridge operates. Ship enters the inner harbor canal.
Fleet of motor-less glider aircraft in flight at Elmira in New York. Frank Hawks starts the show. The glider pilots gathered around a glider on ground. Glider catapults from a mountain to begin its flight. Formation of five gliders soaring in flight. Various gliders catapult. Gliders land on ground. Jack O'Meara with his Baker McMillen Cadet II.
Following successful efforts in the women's suffrage movement in America, women for the first time stand in line to vote in the gubernatorial election of New York City. Barber shop is a voting booth for a election ward. People enter the barber shop to vote. Mr Alfred E Smith the governor elect and his wife, Mrs. Smith, vote together.
View of Union Square in New York City. Traffic of cars, trucks and horse carriages on busy street. People walk on street. Tram drives past people on street. Bus on which is written 'Broadway' drives on street in Union Square.
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