A film titled 'Life in Harlem' about life of the African American people of Harlem in New York. Buildings in Harlem. A horse drawn carriage on road. People near their houses. A man pulls a loaded push cart. A boy comes out of a house for his work as a shoe shine boy. Policemen move out of a police headquarters building for their duty in the streets. A sweeper works on a subway. African American man wearing suit and hat eats a sandwich. A crowded sidewalk with pedestrians and a news stand. An address sign for West 145 Edgecombe Avenue. An apartment building. Views of more wealthy areas of Harlem and Schubert Hills. Women come out of a building. Awning for the Park Lincoln building with street address 309. A woman in elaborate fancy dress and hat walks under awning and enters a waiting car as a doorman holds open the door of the taxi cab for her. Two young women bicycle on road. People shopping at open air food market with vendors and push carts on upper 8th Avenue. A man reads newspaper as he sits and has his shoes shined by a shoe shine man. People at door ways of houses.
A film about life of the African American people of Harlem in New York City during the Great Depression, and the Harlem Renaissance. A band plays in a parade. African American residents of Harlem walk in parade on Lenox Avenue. Aerial view of the parade. People watch parade from terrace of a building. A traffic policeman at work directing traffic on 7th Street. Automobile traffic and buildings on Seventh Street. People walking by touch the stump of a good luck elm tree known as the "Tree of Hope", located on Seventh Avenue (later renamed Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.), between 131st Street and 132nd Street in New York City. The tree was cut down in 1934 with expansion work on Seventh Avenue (also called the "Boulevard of Dreams"). People wait to cross road. Elevated views of office and business buildings on 125th street. A crowded and busy sidewalk of pedestrians on 125th street. Government housing development on banks of Harlem river for a restricted lower income group.
A film about life of the African American people of Harlem in New York City. Scenes of Harlem, New York City, at dusk and nighttime during the Great Depression. Elevated train carrying passengers uptown to Harlem. Commuters coming out of subway station. Kids gathered on the sidewalk. Actor, Ossie Davis, early in his career, is seen at a lunch counter talking to another man. Couples in an upscale restaurant. Exteriors of various ball rooms. African American people dance, including Whitey's Lindy Hoppers and other dancers performing at the Savoy Ballroom. Couples talk. African American high-society debutantes and young couples in formal dress dance to ballroom music. Several girls tap dancing at Smalls Cabaret as jazz musicians play instruments including saxophone and drums. A man enters an apartment building at night. Aerial view of Harlem at night. (Harlem Renaissance period.)
Training of high school dropouts from poverty areas in Brooklyn Navy yard, New York. Students learn truck driving at the New York Transportation Training Center. A man starts up a film projector that shows an instructional film to students learning driving skills in a classroom. A students backs a vehicle in a narrow fenced area. A student backs a tractor trailer.
U.S. President John Calvin Coolidge, Jr. invites New York Governor Alfred Emanuel Smith, Jr. (Al Smith) at his house in Paul Smiths, New York. The Governor exits his car at the house of the U.S. President. A lake in the background. Officials get off the car. He is greeted by the officials. Civilians stand in the foreground and watch the Governor. The Governor shakes hand with the officials. The President, First Lady Grace Coolidge, Governor Smith and his wife stand together with officials.
The West Point Military Academy sends 409 new officers into the U.S. Army during World War II . The cadets seated in a hall at West Point, New York. They climb up the steps of a stage and receive diploma certificates. The cadets seated in the hall cheer and applaud. The cadets stand in formation in a courtyard. The cadets parade.
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