The WPA (Works Progress Administration) project in New York, United States. Children present a marionette show in Buffalo, New York during the Great Depression. Children lying in a bed watch the show. One of the boys in a bed holds a doll in hand.
The finals of the Eastern Golden Gloves Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York, United States. A large crowd seated around a boxing ring. People cheer and applaud. Amateur boxers fight in the ring. Floyd Patterson defeats John Gibson of Syracuse, New York in the middleweight division. Michael May versus Don Lee in the heavyweight division. May defeats Lee.
Passengers embark an ocean liner at a pier in New York City. Friends and family wave from the pier as tug boats guide the ship away from the dock. View of the New York skyline as the ship heads out to sea. View of 4-stacker ocean liner at sea (the Cunard Line's SS Aquitania). Ship's officers seen in the wheelhouse. Passengers stroll the decks; play deck games (shuffleboard); rest on deck chairs; and have drinks at the bar. Scenes of fancy food displays and chefs at work. One chef pours wine into food being cooked, and then takes a swig from the bottle, himself.
Scenes of New York City night clubs, during the "Roaring 20's," beginning with the relatively sedate Versailles Club, on 50th Street, where Rudy Vallee and his musical group play for patrons dancing. Rudy Vallee is seen playing the saxophone. He was so popular, the club was renamed 'Villa Vallee'. Wealthy businessmen gathered at the night club. The views then shift rapidly, in a montage of scenes showing people at party, flappers, and increasingly wilder antics in night club and speakeasy locations throughout New York City. Champagne bottle being opened. (This was illegal. National prohibition was still in force.) A singer performs. A man smoking a cigar. An artist plays his trumpet. A band of musicians perform. A couple waves their hands at the performance. A girl artist performs a dance. A scantily clad girl comes from behind stage curtains and performs in a burlesque show. Girls perform dance in a follies type act and balloons thrown up in the air. Fast montage of wild partying and raucous behavior with streamers and balloons flying.
14th Street and Broadway in New York City, New York. A wagon pulled by horses along the streets. A sign on the top of a shop reads 'The Crawford Shoe'. Beer wagons move along the streets. A man on the sidewalk sprinkles items (coins?) from a rolled up paper, as boys stoop to pick them up. Pedestrians on the sidewalk and street cars in the street. (Edison Company, 1898)
American troops march along the streets of New York City in a victory parade following the armistice that ended World War 1. American officials and civilians honor the U.S. forces in New York. Crowd with American flags. Soldiers on horse-driven cart. An officer on a horse back salutes the officials standing during the march. Troops march along in different groups according to their units and Divisions of the American Army. A child with American flag in hand watches the troops march and waves the flag. American officials stand in honor to welcome the American troops.
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