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Sixty Italians arrested for violating immigration laws at World's Fair in New York City, United States.

Sixty Italians working at Italian Pavilion in New York's Worlds Fair are arrested for violating immigration laws, New York City, United States. The men are taken to Ellis Island until they have a hearing. Men walk in lines. Building in the background. A sign reads 'Ellis Island'. The men sit in a hall. Ship in the river.

Date: 1941, May 13
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675053970
Traffic stranded by the Great Blizzard of 1947 in New York City

The Great Blizzard of 1947 hits New York City in the United States. Program host Dennis James introduces. A snow-covered bus drives through 1947 blizzard in New York City. Snow covers the William Tecumseh Sherman Memorial at Grand Army Plaza in New York City. A taxi cab turns a corner through heavy snow. Pedestrians struggling through blizzard as they walk. Sedan slipping and hitting curb. Heavy snow falling through spot light. Aerial view of New York City skyline after blizzard, including Central Park, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral. Parked cars on the street covered in 26 inches of heavy snow after snowstorm. Parked city buses blocking street in New York City after snowfall. Heavy snow covers ships in New York Harbor and railway tracks. Stranded passengers drink hot beverages inside a subway train car. Snow removal in New York City by snowplows after the blizzard. New York City. Times Square covered under heavy snow, with only a few people. Men shoveling snow from their cars. Park Ave. at E. 77 street sign. Dennis James wraps up the program by advertising the United States Marine Corps.

Date: 1947, December 25
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078923
Examples of Italian-American mutuality. Italian restaurants and marble show rooms in New York City, United States

Italian influence in American life. in A showroom of "Italian Marble Mosaic", in New York City. Interior of the showroom. Street level views of Manhattan buildings under construction with Italian marble being used for their exteriors. View of Empire State Building (20 W 34th St, New York, NY 10001, United States). Aircraft from various airlines at New York Idlewild airport. DC-4 and DC-6 aircraft of Eastern Airlines, SAS Scandinavian Airlines and Pan American Airways. Passengers disembark from an Linee Aeree Italiane (also known as Alitalia) aircraft. An orange airport police car on the tarmac. Linee Aeree Italiane office in Manhattan, with prospective tourist travelers. The Italian Ocean liner, "Cristoforo Colombo" in the Hudson River, is passed by the ferry boat "Weehawken" of the New York Central System. The Cristoforo Colombo docking and unloading Italian goods. Men bring Italian fabrics into the Manhattan shop of Italian designer, Anthony Blotto, where they are examined and admired by women. Anthony Blotto and his staff create women’s fashions from the fabrics, which are modeled in his salon. View of Empire State Building. Sign for Toffenetti's Restaurant (151 W 42nd St, New York, NY 10036, United States) is shown. Many neon lighted signs on New York City streets at night.

Date: 1956
Duration: 2 min 21 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Color
Clip Type: Edited
Language: Italian
Clip: 65675041848
People throng to cathedrals and participate in the Easter parade in New York City

New Yorkers celebrate Easter Sunday in different churches across the city. A woman GI presents 'By Request' for the Army Navy Screen Magazine' in the United States. GIs from New York request a glimpse of Easter. A large crowd lines the sidewalk, Roman Catholic churchgoers enter the St. Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). Civilians and women GIs among the crowd. Cars pass by on the road outside the St. John's Cathedral (1047 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025, United States). Episcopalian GIs enter the cathedral. Women GIs pose on the cathedral steps. A Gi kisses a woman GI. People emerge from the cathedral. Mount Olivet Baptist Church: Good Friday and Holy Week Service banners at the cathedral entrance. African American families emerge from the Mount Olivet Baptist Church (201 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027, United States) in Harlem. An African American man with his two little girls. The Easter parade on 5th Avenue. Policemen keep vigil. Women in elaborate coats and hats. GIs and young boys in the parade. American industrialist Henry J Kaiser and his wife. Easter flowers on display. New York girls and children.

Date: 1945
Duration: 1 min 52 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: English
Clip: 65675031224
President Franklin D. Roosevelt signs the declaration of war against Japan after the attack on Pearl Harbor, United States.

America declares war on Japan during World War 2. U.S. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt addresses Congress at the U.S. Capitol. He gives a speech recounting the attack on Pearl Harbor and speaks of American success to come in the war against Japan. The President signs the declaration of war against Japan after the attack of Pearl Harbor. A large group of civilians enlist into the armed forces. Civilian young men taking an oath of service. View of new military recruits marching on a dock beside New York Harbor with view of New York City Manhattan skyline behind them. Newly commissioned U.S. officers at commissioning ceremony. Group of citizens gathered at a memorial service in Hawaii laying wreaths and mourning the loss of American lives from the Pearl Harbor attack by Japan. U.S. Navy Admiral Chester W. Nimitz presents medals to men of the armed forces who had defended Pearl Harbor. A large fleet en route to Honolulu with supplies. Filipino Forces march in Manila. Massive heavy artillery long gun being fired on Corregidor at Japanese forces.

Date: 1941, December 8
Duration: 2 min 34 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675061832
Arrival of refugees aboard SS Excambion from Lisbon, Portugal to New York City, United States.

Arrival of SS Excambion passenger liner (one of the "4 Aces" of American Export LIne) to New York from Lisbon, Portugal, during World War 2. Refugees and immigrants (many Jews seeking refuge from Nazi German persecution in World War 2) at rail of SS Excambion with New York City skyline and Statue of Liberty in the background. Refugees at rail. Refugees leave ship at pier.

Date: 1941, January
Duration: 2 min 56 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675074118