Plot to blow up U.S. landmarks is uncovered in New York on February 16, 1965. Targets to blow up American landmarks: The Statue of Liberty in New York, the Independence Hall in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, The Liberty Bell in Philadelphia, The Shrine of Liberty in Pennsylvania, and the Washington Monument in Washington DC. View of vacant lot near the Woodland apartments in New York City. Bomb squad men moving package of dynamite. Bomb squad truck moving through city streets. The plot was organized by Robert Steele Collier, Walter Augustus Bowe, and Khaleel Sultran Sayyed of Black Liberation Front (BLF) and also a Canadian women, Michelle Duclos, of a Quebec separatist party. Uncover police man Raymond Wood is seen getting an award for uncovering the plot.
A college football game between the Princeton Tigers and the University of Pennsylvania football team at Franklin Field, Philadelphia. The game in progress. Spectators in the stands cheer for the players. The Princeton Tigers defeats the University of Pennsylvania football team by a score of 13-7.
A film regarding Electric Railroading in the United States. The assembly of electric locomotives at the Baldwin Locomotive Works in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. This is a joint venture with the Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Twin Armature Motors for electric locomotives being assembled. Workers at machines as they assemble the armatures into the motors. Men attach an iron chain to a motor and place in onto a part of the locomotive. Railroad cab being placed on wheels. Seen is Locomotive number 10300. This is a Class EP-3 electric Quill locomotive, Type: 2C-1-1-C2 (passenger), Drivers: 68" diameter. It displays lettering: "C M & St. P," and will run on the Milwaukee Road (Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railroad). A different locomotive: Pennsylvania Railroad Class DD1, runs down a railroad track.
Jerome Hanna 'Dizzy' Dean named outstanding athlete of 1934 by Sports Writers Association in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Dean, who led baseball's St. Louis Cardinals to World Series title that year, accepts a drink and the trophy. Men in tuxedos eat at the banquet. The man in closeup at TC: 00:35 is longtime Philadelphia Athletics owner and manager Connie Mack. Dean bites into his chicken and laughs.
Various buildings in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Exteriors of Arabic designed Lu Lu Temple with pedestrians and traffic along road in Philadelphia. Second section of the clip shows the Walnut Street Theater, built in 1806 and claimed to be the oldest in America.
View of Fairmount Park in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Gateway to park. Various statues. Map of eastern seaboard shows Philadelphia. View of Independence Hall and buildings of city behind it.
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