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Americans vote in the 1940 Presidential election.
Newsreel opening slate reads: "Roosevelt Re-elected." President Franklin D. Roosevelt is seen in the back seat of an open car, accompanied by his wife, Eleanor Roosevelt and The President's mother, Sara Ann Delano Roosevelt, as they arrive at the town Hall in Hyde Park, New York, to cast their ballots in the 1940 Presidential election. Inside the hall, the President signs a voter registration log and is then seen entering a voting booth. Closeup of him with his mother and wife smiling after casting their ballots. View shifts to the President's car with license plate number 101, as they drive away, with Secret Service agents riding the running boards. Scene changes to New York City, where uniformed policemen control a large crowd gathered around a car carrying Republican Presidential candidate, Wendell Wilkie. He acknowledges the crowd of fans and then enters a voting booth to cast his ballot. As he leaves the polling place he again acknowledges the cheers of his supporters. Another change of scene shows an unidentified politician exiting a polling place and waving to a crowd. This is followed by a view of former New York Governor, Al Smith, who supported Wendell Wilkie. He is seen on a street, waving his hat. His wife, Catherine Ann Dunn smith, stands behind him. Next, several people are seen lined up outside a polling place. Inside, New York Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia is seen signing a registry of voters. Camera focuses again on Al Smith and his wife. He has a stogie (cigar) in his mouth and she wears a corsage and picture of Wendell Wilkie. Several views of unidentified political figures casting ballots. A room filled with reporters and photographers where election returns are being tabulated on a large board. Signs identify the news organizations, such as United Press and Associated Press. A group of persons occupying desks in an area with sign reading :"Tabulators." Closer view of the large board where returns from various voting precincts are being recorded in real time (1940 election). This the Republican Party headquarters. One side of the board has a picture of Wendell Wilkie and the other of his running mate, Charles L. McNary. People napping in some corners of the room as the night progresses. Final scenes show crowds in New York City's Times Square, celebrating the re-election of Franklin D. Roosevelt. News in lights on the New York Times building first spell out: "Roosevelt Carries New York," followed by "Re election of President Roosevelt." Cheering crowd gathered outside the Roosevelt Springwood estate in Hyde Park, New York. The Roosevelt family gathered together in front of the family home. Closeup of the President waving to the crowd.
New York Airways launches helicopter flights in Manhattan, New York
New York Airways inaugurate a new helicopter air service in New York City shuttling between New York City airports and the heart of Metropolitan New York. Men stand in front of the helicopter before boarding. Passengers boarding the helicopter flight. A New York Airways helicopter taking off from the West 30th Street Heliport in West Manhattan, New York City.
New York City harbor views in upper New York Bay; Manhattan skyscrapers; New York City Police boat activities.
Views of various boats and ship at New York harbor in Upper New York Bay. Good views of New York skyline and skyscraper buildings near the harbor, as seen from a New York City Police boat. Police officers on the police boat. The boat docks and name on back of boat reads, "Police New York City Lieutenant Ronaghan". A small row boat is then put into the water from the larger police boat, and two men board the small boat and row it towards shore. A gathering of onlookers at the docks as the rowboat comes in. Police officers hoist what appears to be a covered stretcher in the air (possible victim?) and load it into a waiting police van or paddy wagon on the dock.
Immigrants from Europe, arriving from 1880 to 1914, participate in the working life of America.
Two new immigrant man are seen on bunks in a tenement in New York City, where the narrator says nine out of ten immigrants arrived in the period from 1880 to 1914. Two women pose, sitting beside a sleeping child in a tenement. An immigrant speaks about the hardship of arriving in a strange land where he did not speak the language and felt "lost." He says he gradually overcame that by going to night school to learn a little English and to read and write. He says he made a nice living as a peddler, and expressed appreciation for the opportunities America gave to immigrants. In the next scene, children enjoy rides on a traveling merry-go-round visiting their neighborhood. The operator runs it manually, by turning a wheel. View of children riding and others watching on the street. Streams of pedestrians crossing a bridge across a busy city street. Pedestrians on sidewalks and horse-drawn wagons and electrified street cars moving on the street in the commercial center of a city. Workers heading home after their shift in a factory. View of workers producing products in a factory. A line of women punching a time clock at their place of work. Women working in a clothing factory. Men standing atop a shipment of steel rails for the building of a railroad. Views of rails being moved into position for a new segment of the railroad. Glimpse of a steam shovel scooping a bucket full of raw material. Black smoke rising from funnel on a steam locomotive, and also from nearby steam shovel. Iron workers on a the wide open upper floors of the 60-story skyscraper Woolworth Building under construction in Lower Manhattan, New York City, in 1911. Pilings being put in place for a new building. Riveters guiding a section of steel column into place for a new building . Views inside a heavy manufacturing plant of the W. E. & M. company in New York City. Their products appear to be large dynamos and motors. View of the Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island in New York harbor, with its arm appearing to hold up a full moon.
Churches of Harlem and East Harlem in New York City.
A big building in Harlem, New York City. Rain and snow are falling. Bethel Gospel Pentecostal Assembly (2 E 120th St, New York, NY 10035) at Harlem, New York City. The New York Ephesus Seventh-day Adventist Church (101 W 123rd St, New York, NY 10027, United States). The Ebenezer Gospel Tabernacle Baptist Church (227 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027, United States). The Religious Training Institute of America's board informs about the courses and timings at institute and information to contact Reverend P.G. Neil. A Schaefer beer billboard advertisement shows woman named Marva Revis, the Miss Beaux Arts winner of 1963, holding two 6-packs of beer and reads "... When you're having more than one". Views of Mount Olivet Church (201 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027). Moore's Temple. Saint Mary's Catholic Church. A Jewish synagogue entrance is also seen, with Hebrew words at the entrance door.
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.
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