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New York City USA 1949 stock footage and images

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Eleven Communist leaders under trial for conspiring against the government in New York, United States

Trial of eleven American communist leaders, part of the Smith Act trials of Communist Party leaders, begins in New York City. Crowds gathered to witness a trial outside the Foley Square federal courthouse in New York City. Eleven American communist leaders appear to stand trial on charges against the United States government under the Smith Act. Defendants enter the courthouse carrying suitcases as photographers take pictures. People on the streets hold posters in hands which read “Frame up trial of 12 on today”. Defendants (Benjamin J. Davis, Jr., Eugene Dennis, John Gates, Gil Green, Gus Hall, Irving Potash, Jack Stachel, Robert G. Thompson, John Williamson, Henry Winston, and Carl Winter), arrested members of the National Board of the CPUSA, pose for a group photo. Another member was indicted but was not tried due to illness.

Date: 1949, January 16
Duration: 1 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675037425
Decorated floats and participants during Christmas parades in Hollywood, New York City, and Philadelphia, United States.

Decorated floats and people during Christmas parade processions in various cities of the United States. Decorated and lighted floats on streets of Hollywood in California, with actors and actresses in the floats. A float depicting the Nativity scene. An actor rides Sabu the Elephant. A Dalmatian dog sits and rolls over. An actor and two actresses ride a polka-dot toy horse float. Dancer groups in the parade. Spectators on both sides of road stand and cheer. A decorated parade with Floats, gas balloons and mascots of cartoon characters during the parade on streets of New York. Dachshund dog and Teddy Bear balloons float over parade in New York. Toyland characters and floats watched by people in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Christmas Papier-mâché figures on parade. Group of African American and white children watch with anticipation as a Santa Claus ascends a ladder with bag of gifts.

Date: 1949, November 28
Duration: 1 min 58 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056299
View of famous landmarks in New York City, United States, in early 1940s.

A map of United States of America. Greyhound passenger bus pasing through toll booth on highway between Boston and New York. Tourist bus arrives in New York, USA. View of tourists inside the bus. Buildings in New York City. View of the Statue of Liberty from a boat. Heavy traffic outside the New York Public Library. Tourist couples travels on busy streets sitting in open top level of a double decker bus. View of the Empire State building and Will's building. Tourist couple enjoys view of the city from rooftop of Empire State Building. A telescope on the rooftop. Wide, sweeping, elevated views of skyscrapers and buildings of Manhattan, New York City, as seen from atop the Empire State Building in the early 1940s.

Date: 1942
Duration: 1 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Spanish
Clip: 65675050316
Italian influence on American life. Italian Festival San Gennaro at Mulberry Street, in New York City.

Italian influence on American life, reflected in gastronomy and history. A man selling flags and parade goods for the Feast of San Gennaro (Festa di San Gennaro) in Mulberry Street, New York City. An Italian American woman cooks Italian sausage and meats. Man holding a green parrot. Italian American woman inspects her boyfriend’s necklace. Poster reads “Feast of San Gennaro”. A man pins money on a string of cash attached to the carriage of San Gennaro. A metal effigy of San Gennaro. Italian American brass band. Italian chefs prepare and cook pizza at a restaurant kitchen. Exterior view of Marconi Restaurant signage in Little Italy. Views of Ferris Wheel; . decorative lights; a brass band. A chef rolls and toss a pizza dough by hand. Waiter takes a bottle of Chianti from the restaurant bar. Chef sprinkles cheese on a Pizza Margherita. Customers eating pizza in restaurant. A woman eats pizza while a man pours a glass of Chianti. Man and woman put napkin on dog and feed him pizza. A Casino. View of “Larry’s Bar” sign. View of George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River. Heroic sculpture of Italian explorer and navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano (c. 1485-1528) by Ettore Ximenes (1855–1926) in Battery Park, New York City. Home of Giuseppe Garibaldi, on Staten Island, New York. Visitors enter the home, which displays sign reading: (in Italian)" He lived in exile, 1851 to 1853. Giuseppe Garibaldi, Hero of two worlds." View of statue at Christopher Columbus Memorial Fountain, Columbus Circle. in front of the Union Station, Washington, DC. Italian Carabinieri march in Columbus Day parade on 5th Avenue, in New York City. Italian and American flags displayed on building. St. Patrick's Cathedral is seen. Italian journalists at work in Washington, DC and New York City. An Italian journalist speaks about his experience as a journalist in New York City.

Date: 1956
Duration: 2 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675041849
Ella Fitzgerald singing 'how High the Moon', accompanied by the Ray Brown trio (unseen) in a studio in New York City.

African American famous jazz singer Ella Fitzgerald singing accompanied by jazz artists of the Ray Brown trio (unseen), in a recording studio in New York City. Close view of Ella Fitzgerald singing 'how High the Moon'.

Date: 1949, May
Duration: 39 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675052084
FBI Agent (Robert Granville?) escorting Judith Coplon, under arrest, into U.S. court building, Foley Square, New York City

Reporters and photographers in lower level of the U.S. Courthouse at Foley Square, in New York City, attempt to photograph Judith Coplon as she is escorted, under arrest, by FBI agent (Robert Granville?). A man, under arrest (Valentine Gubitchev?) hides his face as he is escorted through the reporters and photographers, who later stream out of the lower level entrance of the building. View of the Courthouse building against the sky.

Date: 1949
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675054497