Cars and shops near the intersection of Master Street and Ridge Avenue in Philadelphia Pennsylvania, during the 1964 Philadelphia riots, also called the 1964 Columbia Avenue riots, in an era of racial tensions and civil rights struggles. People loot shops. Men and women take out articles from a shop. Broken window panes of a shop. A mannequin dummy on a road in front of a damaged garment shop. Exteriors of the damaged shops. A damaged car. A man walks through ruins of shops. Policeman attempts to clear looters from a shop.
On Independence Day in 1963, Vice President Lyndon Johnson addresses a crowd outside Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He asks all Americans to step forward with responsible leadership so as to "implement in our national lives the ideals of our national literature." He says that every American has the capability to answer the needs of the moment. "Some say now, some say never, let us all say together" The audience claps in appreciation as photographers click pictures.
A newsreel titled 'Padlock warship' shows a United States Marshall padlocks Cucuta,a Columbian warship in Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. He ties the naval vessel to her dock due to pending settlement of a claim for back pay by a former member of the crew.
A motor-bus dental parlor at Philadelphia in Pennsylvania. The traveling clinic aids children. The dentist extracts the teeth and cavities in the teeth filled. The children stand in rows and wait for their turn. Several children have their face bandaged.
Jack Diamond, a gangster, is caught by the police in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. A group of men. A ship underway at a sea. Men come out of a building.
Italian American competitive eater, Tony di Laurentis, eats a large dinner at Palumbo’s (a nightclub and restaurant owned by restauranteur Frank Palumbo) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Restaurant waiters serve di Laurentis with trays of food. Di Laurentis eats four founds of spaghetti served in a large plate. A waiter serves a whole tray of meats before di Laurentis takes off his napkin and coat. Di Laurentis eating twelve broilers, two steaks and a meal roast. Live performance by a pair of dancers at Palumbo’s. After the meal Tony washes down the twenty-pound meal with a gallon of red wine and another of beer. A woman performs acrobatics. Tony di Laurentis finishes a whole gallon of red wine drank straight from the bottle.
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