A Pan American (Pan Am) Clipper on a test flight at Port Washington, New York. The aircraft pioneers a new route to Europe. United States airmen stand in front of the aircraft. Crew members board the Clipper. Interiors of the Pan American Clipper with the crew inside. Crew members at work. The aircraft taxis and takes off from water surface. The Clipper in flight above the city. New York City skyscrapers in the background.
March of Dime Family of the Year in New York. Mayor of Boston John F Collins, his wife and four children named the March of Dimes Family of the Year. John F Collins receives the certificate seated in his wheelchair (narrator states that he and three of his children were stricken during the 1955 polio epidemic). He shakes hands with an official. John Collins shows the certificate and poses for a photograph with his family.
The United Fruit Liner 'Atenas' catches fire at dockyard in New York, United States. Liner catches fire and sinks beside her dock. Firemen pour thousands of gallons of water into the hold in an effort to save the ship. Backward portion of the ship submerged in water.
Workmen guide a truck carrying the top half of a wood frame house on a narrow path through woods. The truck in a large clearing in the woods. Next the bottom half of the house is seen with cables wrapped around it and a steel girder above. in the next scene, has been moved to the clearing and men stand atop it, while an 80 ton crane slowly raises the upper half and maneuvers it toward the lower half. The Crane belongs to the C.P. Ward Company, a New York State General Contractor Firm. The crane operator and workmen guide the upper half of the house into place.
Conservation Work in the United States during the Great Depression. View of the Bogue Bank near Fort Macon in Morehead City, North Carolina. CCC (Civilian Conservation Corps) inspect Fort Macon and restore the fort. Worker measures the breadth of fort wall. Arches and ammunition rooms of the fort. Damaged door inside one of the rooms. Worker inspects doors. Man repairs a damaged window.
American President Franklin D Roosevelt in Hyde Park, New York. President Roosevelt speaks to the reporters seated at his family estate. The President speaks about his meeting at the Senate to reverse the Arms Embargo that will keep the United States out of war. Reporters take notes.
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