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New York City USA 1938 stock footage and images

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Charles Lindbergh traveling to New York and arrival there where he is welcomed by huge crowd after his record Paris flight

Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh with American aviators Richard Evelyn Byrd and Clarence Chamberlain before his flight to Paris. Charles Lindbergh in cockpit of aircraft. After his successful nonstop transatlantic flight, Lindbergh is seen arriving at Mitchel field from Washington. Charles Lindbergh is whisked by car quickly to another waiting flying boat biplane aircraft and he boards the rear of two seats. Aerial view of many steam ships and smaller boats seen at harbor near New York City to welcome Lindbergh. Passenger ferry with name "Bear Mountain" is seen. Amphibious plane landing. Charles Lindbergh and officials aboard the Macom, the yacht of the Mayor of New York City. View from on board the Macom as the yacht, flanked by scores of other steam and sailing ships and ferries heads for the Battery at New York City. Aerial view of city near Battery of Manhattan, with areas filled with crowds. Crowd and ticker tape parade in streets of New York City to welcome him. Views of ticker tape parade from various heights and angles. Charles Lindbergh speaking into microphone at City Hall.

Date: 1927, June 13
Duration: 5 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675041077
New Yorkers welcome Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion at the City Hall in New York, United States.

Motorcade of the Israeli Prime Minister David Ben Gurion moves on the streets of New York City. Prime Minister Gurion of Israel waves at the crowd. Thousands of people gather along the streets and cheer. Italian sailors take part in the parade. The welcoming ceremony is held at the New York City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States). New York City Mayor Vincent Richard Impellitteri presents the City's Greeting to Prime Minister Gurion. People wave and cheer.

Date: 1951, May 10
Duration: 1 min 11 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050153
A man and a woman talk in the light of a kerosene lamp in the United States. Also shows the 1893 DeWitt Clinton replica locomotive and train in operation.

The world struggle for oil is depicted. Use of components of oil in homes and in railroads in the United States is shown. A dramatization shows the effect of a kerosene lamp on social life. A woman seated in a chair near a table in a room. A kerosene lamp in a corner. A man opens the door of the room and walks in. The woman gets up and welcomes the man. They both walk to a seat and sit down. Another woman enters the room. The man stands to greet her. She increases the light of the lamp and then leaves the room. The man decreases the light of the lamp. The man and the woman talk. The 1893 replica of the 1831 DeWitt Clinton steam locomotive is shown in operation with its three carriage train, in New York City. The DeWitt Clinton was the first railroad locomotive to operate on the Mohawk & Hudson Railroad in New York. The reproduction seen here was built in 1893 by the New York Central Railroad for the Columbian Exposition in Chicago. This footage was shot on July 17, 1921 when the DeWitt Clinton train was preparing for a trip to another exposition in Chicago. On this day it ran several times from 96th to 116th streets in New York City. New York Central employees are seen on the drain, dressed as passengers would have been in 1831. This replica was later displayed at Grand Central Terminal in New York City, and is is now on display at The Henry Ford museum in Dearborn Michigan. It was acquired by Henry Ford in 1934, in an agreement with the New York Central that it would continue to travel to events on occasion.

Date: 1921, July 17
Duration: 2 min 50 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675050526
The sweepstakes prize winners are interviewed in New York City, United States.

People win big sweepstakes in New York City, United States. A couple stands with their dog. They are interviewed after they win the sweepstakes prize. A woman sits on a chair and gives an interview after she wins the prize. She talks about her happiness. A couple is interviewed after winning the sweepstakes prize.

Date: 1938, October 26
Duration: 1 min 59 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054204
Sick children and crippled children watch trick riding show organized for them in New York City, United States.

A rodeo held for sick and crippled children in New York City, United States, during the Great Depression. Children admitted in the Bellevue Hospital watch the event. They ride horses. Several crippled children touch the horses. Children in the wheelchairs. A child with leg braces sits with his crutches kept at his side (possibly polio). Roping and trick riding show is organized for the children.

Date: 1938, October 26
Duration: 43 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675054207
P-26 Peashooter aircraft in various flight formations over New York City, United States.

Nine P-26 Peashooter aircraft in a step down flight formation over clouds. Interior of a transport type aircraft, Major General Frank Andrews, a Colonel and a Brigadier General look at map on table. Seven P-26 Peashooter aircraft in a step-up flight formation, New York City can be seen in background.

Date: 1938
Duration: 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032870