Burning of Standard Oil Company tanks at Bayonne in New Jersey. Fire triggered by a lightning strike during a thunder storm, which caused Naphtha tank No. 7 of Standard Oil Company's plant to explode. People on street in Bayonne, with sky darkened by the heavy smoke rising high above the town. People evacuate area threatened by the fire. Horse-drawn wagons carrying goods, follow wheel tracks in the street. Several men with bicycles. Two men pull a wagon loaded with bedding and furniture.
A film titled 'Move On'. View on New York City street of several pushcart vendors gathered to sell their goods (possibly lower east side of Manhattan). Fruit and vegetable carts in the foreground. Vendors congregate closely along sidewalks and interfere with traffic. Policemen approaches swinging his night stick to keep them moving. Elevated railroad train tracks seen in background. Lots of horse carriage and wagon traffic.
A film titled 'What happened on Twenty-third Street, New York City '. Pedestrians walking on a thoroughfare. Horse drawn carriages on the street. A young man escorts a woman along the sidewalk and walks her over a sidewalk grating from which a gust of air blows her skirts up. She laughs and clutches her skirts.
A film titled 'Skating on Lake, Central Park.' The view is of a frozen lake in Central Park, in Manhattan, New York City, crowded with ice skaters. Children seen skating along with elders in the park.
A film titled 'Beginning of a skyscraper'. View of an excavation site in New York City. Workmen with pick-axe and shovels are seen digging. Carts drawn by pairs of horses can be seen. Smoke seen rising up.
Pedestrians on sidewalks and cars and trucks moving on one-way street, in older neighborhood of New York City. Trucks stop to load and unload, but, otherwise, there are no vehicles parked on the street. There appear to be moveable parking restriction signs placed near curb, on sidewalk. Brick and stone apartment buildings line the street. One has outdoor fire escape at front of building. A sign at one commercial establishment reads 'Ye Olde Coffee house restaurant'
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