The opening of the Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001) in New York City, United States, billed as the tallest structure in the world. Aerial views of the building and other skyscrapers of Manhattan.
Education for African American college students at Xavier University of Louisiana (1 Drexel Dr, New Orleans, LA 70125, United States), America's only Roman Catholic college for African Americans, in New Orleans, Louisiana. African American students work in a chemistry laboratory. A student pours a chemical into a flask with a chemical apparatus. A student looks at a test tube. The students work in a physics laboratory. A Physics professor assists the students. A student weighs a chemical on a weighing balance. A student uses a microscope. One student fills a pipette with a chemical. Another one uses a modern equipment. A student looks at a slide through the microscope. One student dissects a cat in a biology laboratory.
Education for African American students at the Xavier University of Louisiana (1 Drexel Dr, New Orleans, LA 70125, United States), a Catholic university for African Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana. Black students create paintings on canvases resting on easels in the Department of Fine Arts. Students are using Catholic paintings and sculptures as subjects. A black student sketching a portrait of Jesus Christ. Students honing their artistic skills. Two students making a sketch of an angel statuette. Male black students sketching some clay pots. An arts teacher sketches on a canvas to teach a student. Arts teacher demonstrates strokes on the side of the canvas. One student paint a portrait of a black female model. Female model smiles.
African American student life at the Xavier University of Louisiana (1 Drexel Dr, New Orleans, LA 70125, United States), a Catholic university for African Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tuition and fees are nominal: a female black student deposits her fees and gets a receipt. The cashier hands over a receipt to the student. Students climb downstairs at the entrance of the college building. A student goes towards a bicycle. Student rides a bicycle. Black students pray inside a Catholic chapel inside the campus. A statue of the Virgin Mary holding the Infant Jesus is seen. A female student praying with a rosary.
A large number of troops aboard USS Wakefield in the United States during World War II. On August 12,1941: USS Wakefield, formerly the ocean liner SS Manhattan, is seen carrying thousands of troops and arriving back in New York following maneuvers. The American soldiers disembark from the ship in New York.
U.S. receives a train of gifts in New York City from France (showing their appreciation for relief goods sent by the Americans following World War 2). French freighter Magellan, with "Merci America" painted on her sides, arrives at New York Harbor. It carries a train of 49 French railroad box cars filled with tens of thousands of gifts of gratitude sent by the people of France. Government officials greet each other. A railroad box car is lowered on the dock area from the ship. A sign on the box car : 'Homme 40, Chevaux (enlong) 8'. People stand on either side of a road to welcome and look at the train of gifts while it passes along the streets of the city. Government officials seated in a car. A band plays musical instruments in a parade to welcome the train.
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