Contestants in swim wears walk on ramp during "Miss Modern Venus" contest at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York. Breasts of contestants are measured by judging men using tape measure. (A short clown tries to reach up and measure one tall contestant.) Bust sizes of several women being measured with tape measure. Winner Grayce Reilly poses after winning the contest. Winner's crown placed on her head.
A man presents International Laurel Award to Milton Rackmil, President of Universal International in New York. He is voted by International film buyers. One of the men standing by Milton shows the award.
President Franklin D Roosevelt at Town Hall to vote during the 1935 elections in New York. President Roosevelt meets with a man. President's mother and President Roosevelt vote. President stands with his wife Eleanor Roosevelt after voting. From UN newsreel 25 year retrospective, dated October 27, 1960.
1936: Rocket testing in Greenwood Lake, New York. A rocket experimenter working at mail-carrying 'rocket plane'. Rocket plane launched through a catapult. Rocket plane in flight.
Visitors board and crowd the deck of the USS Wasp (CV-18) in June, 1945, near the end of world War II. The Wasp is about to depart again, for the Western Pacific, following repairs at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. Two U.S. marines are escorting two women, and showing them an F4U Corsair airplane on the deck. Some of the visitors look up toward the camera. The aircraft on deck have been arranged for this static display. visitors are seen departing across a gangplank. Views from deck of the Wasp, of Navy personnel on the pier, below. Camera pans across the pier where spectators still stand. A few people stand on the water side of a building. A large group of visitors coming up from the hangar deck. Civilians and sailors wave at the camera. Visitors leaving the carrier on the gangplank.
The RMS Lusitania in New York harbor during World War I. Smoke rises from the ship. A New York ferry boat moves in the foreground as the Lusitania steams in New York harbor.
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