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Sioux City Iowa USA 1920 stock footage and images

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Scenes of snow storm in New York City circa 1920

Pedestrians walking sidewalks in New York City, United States, during a snow storm circa 1920 (likely February 4-7, 1920). Monument and statue of seated man in public square. Peddlers lined up along a street tending their horses and wagons in the aftermath of the snow storm . A peddler works to get his horse going on a wet, slippery, muddy dirt road. Men driving large open stake wagons, pulled by teams of horses on streets filled with water and chunks of snow. Street views in New York City with horse-drawn wagons maneuvering on sidewalks past snow banks to get on the street. Motorized car and truck traffic competing on same roads with horse drawn wagons. Heavy traffic of trucks on city street during snow storm. A crowded and busy street during the snow storm, filled with peddler wagons, pedestrians, cars, trucks, and a hobble skirt car (low floor streetcar with sliding doors at center, allowing women with tight fitting lower skirts - so called hobble skirts - to board more easily) . Text "New York" visible on lower forward panel of streetcar. Pedestrians making their way along a wide, icy sidewalk in heavy wind during the storm. Men shoveling snow. Some pedestrians are actually pushed by the wind so they slide on their feet across the sidewalk covered in frozen ice. A police officer helps a woman to cross a street. More scenes of pedestrians trying to make their way across city sidewalks during the storm, with many sliding on ice.

Date: 1920
Duration: 2 min 10 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675055031
Motorcars becoming commonplace during the 1920s in the United States.

Automobiles driving along a street in small U.S. city in the 1920s. People coming and going in and around shops along a sidewalk. Two women walking outside a shot while one of them eat an ice cream cone. A woman exits a shop with packages of things she bought. Men gathered out side a shop tip their hats to one another. Numerous 1920s cars are seen in a parking area at center of a street and parked along the sides as well. A motorcar enters the garage of a service station, where an attendant refuels it with gasoline. Several cars are parked at the station, awaiting repairs. A street of the city filled with automobiles driving and many parked along the curb sides.

Date: 1923
Duration: 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675065213
Ninth National Convention of the Communist Party, New York City. Earl Browder and theme"Against hunger fascism war"

Ninth National Convention of the Communist Party USA in New York City, June 24 -38, 1936. The theme as seen in outsize banners included a huge likeness of Earl Browder displaying the words: "Against Hunger Fascism War" and a banner around the hall reading in part: "forward to Unity..." The activities seen are like any major political party convention, including having placards identifying delegates from all the States of the Union, such as Georgia, Virginia,Iowa,West Virginia, Kentucky, Maryland, District of Columbia,Oregon, etc. Lights sweep over the darkened arena highlighting the signs of the various states. Several scenes show massed flags of the Communist Party displaying the hammer and Sickle on a solid field.

Date: 1936, June 24
Duration: 3 min 1 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675028564
Views of a typical small town in the midwestern United States in the 1950s, Ottumwa, Iowa.

In a U.S. Army documentary, an Army Sergeant walks on sidewalks of a typical 1950 small town in the rural United States -- Ottumwa, Iowa. Civilians on streets of the city. Various shops and 1940s and 1950s era automobiles. People from various walks of life talk to the Sergeant. The Sergeant recalls the town's ancestors entering America. The Des Moines river is shown with a small boat anchored at the end of a dock and men and boys fishing. Statue of Native American Indian Chief atop the Courthouse Building, Chief Wapello, whose tribe camped in the spot of the town years prior. The entrance of the library. Still images and drawings from the library depicting the town. Pictures of houses, shops and other buildings. People on the streets of Ottumwa. The Ottumwa Daily Courier newspaper headline announcing U.S. participation in World War I, "War Becomes Actuality." Images of members from Ottumwa's own Company G, 42nd Rainbow Division in WWI, including soldiers Arthur Menge, Charles Orman, Marlow Work. Views of WWI battle scenes. Oscar Nelson is remembered for heroism. WWI soldiers returning to American towns. Private Charles Orman 40 years later in Ottumwa. He enters a barber shop. Art Menge is also seen in the Barber shop. Aerial view of the city with many bridges, plants, factories, and homes visible. Cars and pedestrians on streets, The Ottumwa Bank, the Airport with a plane parked in front of the terminal, the Railroad train station with people waiting as a large sleek silver passenger train pulls up and arrives. The Hoffmann Drug store, the Ottumwa Hotel, The Ottumwa Daily Courier newspaper building, the Glover Motor Company, the Union Bank, and the Sunnyslope Sanitorium. Various homes and neighborhoods and 1950s automobiles. Governor Herschel Loveless, an Ottumwa native, at home with his wife. The home on Davis Street of the Miss Universe contest winner Carol Morris, and views of Ms. Morris in the pageant and receiving the winners crown in 1956.

Date: 1958
Duration: 5 min 49 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675056276
Ohio Senator and Presidential candidate Warren Harding surrounded by people on boardwalk in Atlantic City.

Ohio Senator Warren Harding walks along the Boardwalk in Atlantic City New Jersey. Footage is dated 1920, likely during the run up to the 1920 presidential election in which Harding was elected President. He is interrupted by a young girl while taking a walk on the boardwalk. Then many children surround Mr. Harding to shake his hand and greet him.

Date: 1920
Duration: 38 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675039647
Montage of scenes reflecting life in the United States during the decade of the 1920s, following World War I

Baseball great, Babe Ruth starting to trot around the bases after hitting a home run. An inverted stunt biplane, N57323 with "EM Avery" readable on fuselage while flying inverted. A wing walker is strapped under the airplane (on top wing, now underneath). The airplane rolls over into upright position, trailing white smoke to be more easily seen by spectators on the ground. A 1920s jazz band comprised of African American musicians playing in a night club. A couple and then four women, dancing the Charleston. Point of view (POV) from moving car driving along Broadway in New York City at night, surrounded by neon light signs including some like the Winter Garden Theatre and the Rivoli Theatre. A flagpole sitter atop structure behind an RKO Keith's Advertising sign. Closeup of the man on his perch. A room full of women sewing garments in a factory. Wealthy, formal dressed couples at a city supper club, where an orchestra is playing. Exhausted couples clinging to one another on dance floor during a marathon dance contest. Gangsters firing a machine gun from window of a moving car. Charles A. Lindbergh steps past a policeman, to board his Ryan monoplane, "Spirit of St.Louis,"at Roosevelt field, Long Island, New York, on May 20, 1927. View of takeoff roll. Registration number "NX-211," visible atop the right wing. Manhattan ticker tape parade welcoming Lindbergh back to New York City, following his successful solo transatlantic flight. Charles Lindbergh speaking at a microphone. Traders on floor of the New York Stock Exchange during era of frantic stock market speculation. Money counted out at bank teller window. Labor strife at the gates of a Massey-Harris Company plant, with workers fleeing attacks by men with clubs hired by the company. Boy workers pose for a photograph While narrator mentions Child labor Act declared unconstitutional (1922). A girl worker. Boys employed as coal miners. Workers installing body panels on cars and working on engines in automobile production and assembly lines. Partially completed vehicles driving out of an automobile factory. Babe Ruth rounding third base and coming to home plate after hitting a home run in a baseball game.

Date: 1927
Duration: 1 min 48 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675063341