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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
Communist Party USA in its ninth National Convention. State Placards. Flags with Hammer and Sickle

Ninth National Convention of the Communist Party USA held in New York City, 1936. State delegates are seated in areas marked by State Name Placards. Huge banner shows likeness of Party leader Earl Browder and words: "Against Hunger Fascism War" Some delegates carry a large floral hammer and sickle display and other flowers through the hall. Massed flags display the hammer and sickle. Bright lights sweep over the hall illuminating sections of delegates as they wave their respective State placards.

Date: 1936, June 24
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028566
Major events of the 1930s include Wall Street crash, kidnapping of Lindbergh child, Hindenburg disaster, Spanish Civil War, etc.

'Retrospect' about the events that led to the present pattern of life in the United States. Host Douglas Edwards, an American television anchor speaks about the past events in America. Crowd of unemployed men gathering in bread lines after the 1929 crash and subsequent Great Depression. A man near a box of apples. The U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses a gathering. The kidnapping of Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., the son of the aviator Charles Lindbergh in 1932. Bruno Richard Hauptmann, a German carpenter who abducted the child during the trial. The congressmen at the formation of the Lindbergh Law. Newspapers describe the apprehension or death of notorious mafia gangster criminals, such as Dutch Schultz and Baby Face Nelson. Huey Pierce Long, Jr. a American politician addresses people. Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia appeals to the League of Nations, after his country is attacked by Italy under Mussolini. Adolf Hitler stands. Troops of the German army parade. Scenes from the Spanish Civil War in 1936-1937 as Spanish national forces battle against fascist rebel forces. Spanish Troops fire 75mm field artillery pieces. Bombs being dropped on the buildings. Spanish soldiers marching during the civil war. The Hindenburg disaster takes place on May 6th 1937: The German airship LZ 129 Hindenburg catches fire over the Lakehurst Naval Air Station in Manchester, New Jersey. Amelia Earhart the first woman aviator to fly solo holds flowers and is surrounded by people. She went missing in 1937. Cowboy philosopher Will Rogers, alone and with U.S. Vice President John Nance Garner and with aviator Wiley Post (who had patch over one eye). King Edward VIII of Great Britain, abdicating the throne for "the woman I love." People at the German-American Bund Nazi sympathizing gathering including the subduing of objectors on stage, in Madison Square Garden, New York. British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, returning from meeting with Adolf Hitler in Munich in 1938. View of Adolf Hitler. German tanks on parade in World War II. an array of artillery guns on display. Railway guns being fired in WW2.

Date: 1938
Duration: 5 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675032197
Crowds fill sidewalks in Times Square, New York City, on New Year's Eve (1936). Vehicles move very slowly through the area.

New Year's Eve, 1936, in Times Square, New York City. Crowds gathering to celebrate. Vehicles move cautiously in the area. The scene is illuminated by numerous neon signs advertising all kinds of places and things. The Loews State movie theater marquee advertises the film "Love on the Run" starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, as well as a "girl review." The Criterion theater advertises a James Cagney film. The Times building displays a "Planters Peanuts" sign that shows peanuts pouring from a bag. Numerous other signs are seen.

Date: 1936, December 31
Duration: 1 min 37 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675045111
U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson watches New York City as U.S. Navy USS George Washington approaches New York harbor.

President of the United States Thomas Woodrow Wilson aboard U.S. Navy USS George Washington approach the New York Bay after a voyage to Brest in France. U.S. President Thomas Woodrow Wilson with another officer aboard U.S. Navy USS George Washington watches the New York City. Ships on the New York harbor in the background. USS George Washington approaches the New York harbor. The Presidential party wave to the people on dock. The Presidential party leaves in staff cars.

Date: 1936
Duration: 2 min 47 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675067920
Ninth National Convention of the Communist Party, New York City. Earl Browder and theme"Against hunger fascism war"

Ninth National Convention of the Communist Party USA in New York City, June 24 -38, 1936. The theme as seen in outsize banners included a huge likeness of Earl Browder displaying the words: "Against Hunger Fascism War" and a banner around the hall reading in part: "forward to Unity..." The activities seen are like any major political party convention, including having placards identifying delegates from all the States of the Union, such as Georgia, Virginia,Iowa,West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, District of Columbia,Oregon, etc. Lights sweep over the darkened arena highlighting the signs of the various states. Several scenes show massed flags of the Communist Party displaying the hammer and Sickle on a solid field.

Date: 1936, June 24
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028564