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Empire State Building official opening in New York City.

View of the Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001) in New York City. People take a tour of the building after its official opening in Manhattan. Plane flies around the skyscraper tower. Officials on roof of the Empire State Building. Workmen walking on high edges without ropes.

Date: 1931, May 1
Duration: 1 min 34 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: None
Clip: 65675023629
Actress Lillian St. Cyr wearing a native costume eats in a tepee on penthouse patio of a hotel in New York, United States.

Native American Indian actress Lillian St. Cyr (Princess Red Wing) in New York City. Actress Lillian St. Cyr sits in a tepee on the patio of a hotel penthouse. Room Service waiter brings her a tray of food that she eats. The actress wearing a native dress stands atop the building and looks around at the New York City skyline. Workmen constructing a nearby building (possibly Rockefeller Center) pause and wave to Lillian St. Cyr.

Date: 1931, September 3
Duration: 49 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675058051
Policemen exchanged fire with notorious criminal Francis Crowley before his capture on West 91st Street in New York City

A huge crowd on the street in New York City. New York criminal, Francis Crowley, fires his gun from window at police outside the rooming house on West 91st Street where he stays with girlfriend, Helen Walsh. Onlookers running toward the rooming house on West 91st Street, where policemen enter to apprehend Francis Crowley. Police assemble outside rooming house. Police arrest Helen Walsh and takes her to police car as onlookers watch.

Date: 1931, May 7
Duration: 1 min 30 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675078522
Pierre Laval is greeted by Paul Claudel and Jimmy Walker upon his arrival in New York.

French President of Council of Ministers of the Third French Republic Pierre Laval arrives in New York. French ocean liner SS Ile de France underway at sea. Pierre Laval disembarks from SS Ile de France with his daughter Mlle Josette. Laval is greeted by representatives of U.S. State Department, city officials and French Ambassador to the United States Paul Claudel. A tug sprays water in New York Harbor. The party boards the tug Macom and is landed at the battery and escorted up lower Broadway to City Hall where Mayor Jimmy Walker welcomes the diplomats on behalf of the metropolis.

Date: 1931, October 22
Duration: 1 min 45 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675075517
Passengers enjoy aboard the Panama Pacific Liner going from New York City to San Francisco.

A film 'Over Sapphire Seas' shows the voyage of the Panama Pacific ocean liner from New York City to San Francisco. The cruise ship leaves New York. A crowd waves as the ocean liner departs from the harbor. The captain and other naval officers look through a sextant. A couple view a map showing the ship's route. A woman in a gymnasium on board the ship does weightlifting and strengthening drills pulling on weighted ropes in the gym. A group of passengers on deck does group stretching and calisthenics. A woman is served breakfast in bed. Women shop aboard the ship. Children play musical chairs and other children enjoy an activity room and riding on hobby horses. Other children toss a ball over a net. A waiter distributes sandwiches to the children. Passengers play table tennis and shuffle board. The captain takes a round of the ship. Passengers relax and enjoy the refreshments. Women swim in a pool. And underwater picture view, with underwater photos offered as a novelty to passengers on the Panama Pacific Line. A fat man jumps into the pool. Through the underwater cameras a boy is seen picking up plates from the bottom of the 8 foot deep pool to win a contest. Passengers in black tie and formal evening wear drink and dine on the luxury ship at the end of the day. A butcher cuts beef steak and roasts it on charcoal. Cooks cook food in a kitchen using electric utensils. Bakers make fresh bread. Fancy desserts and pastries are prepared and served to guests. Men and women dance in costumes at a party. The captain sings a sailor song.

Date: 1931
Duration: 10 min 2 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675044121
U.S. Coast Guards capture gamblers unloading Canadian liquor barges and speedboat docked at harbor in New York.

U.S. Coast Guards capture liquor gamblers in New York during Prohibition. Men unload liquor aboard barges and speedboat docked at the New York harbor. A man watches the liquor bottles. Another man hauls a trolley loaded with liquor cartons. U.S. Coast Guard officials organize inquiries to capture two barges. The officials inspect the Canadian liquor barges. The officials capture the gamblers.

Date: 1931, January 26
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072967