The Washington Arch in New York City. General Douglas MacArthur, being welcomed with a ticker tape parade by citizens in New York City, United States. A large crowd gathers at a monument in New York. Motorcade passes through the streets of the city. New York residents showering ticker tape over the parade.
German Zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ-129) in flight over New York. Manhattan Island and New York City skyline seen below. Skyscrapers like Empire State Building visible. Hindenburg airship flies over New Jersey. Identification "D-LZ129" painted on its side. Swastika on tail of airship. Zeppelin arrives at U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst ,New Jersey. Zepelin discharges liquid ballast. Docking crew (primarily U.S. sailors) awaits on the ground. Landing lines are dropped. Large number of ground crew grab the lines. Hindenburg crashes engulfed in flames. Crew members rush to the burning zeppelin and help survivors emerging from the airship cabin. Smoke rises due to fire. Burning skeleton of zeppelin is seen.
American Olympic Team welcomed upon arrival in New York Harbor aboard a Steamship. A New York City fireboat creates plumes of water in welcome. A boat carrying the New York City Police Department Band passes with band playing in the bow. A floral arrangement reads 'Welcome Olympians. Various American Olympic heroes are seen. Jesse Owens and other African American members of the team are seen. New York officials greet the Olympians.
The Al Smith Memorial hospital wing opens at St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan in New York, United States. New York Cardinal Francis Spellman speaks about the inauguration of the drive to build the Al Smith Memorial wing at St. Vincent’s Hospital Manhattan (203 W 12th St, New York, NY 10011, United States). He says that the hospital would aim at serving the needy irrespective of caste, color, and creed. The Al Smith Society meets to lend support for the construction of the Al Smith Hospital. Mayor Fiorello La Guardia of New York cuts a cake which is in the shape of a hat. Men and women sing a song.
Famous swimmer Gertrude Ederle in New York City. Gertrude Ederle poses for photographers on the steps of New York City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States). She holds a bouquet and a frame. A man standing next to her raises her medal for the photographers. Gertrude Ederle relives her historic New York City reception of 1926 after becoming the first woman to swim across the English Channel.
Soldiers bound for war: U.S. troops entrain at the New York port for transportation to the European Theater during World War II. Soldiers carrying full field packs and rifles assemble outside barracks and march forward from Camp Kilmer, New Jersey. Interior of a moving troop transport train. A soldier peels and eats an orange. Other soldiers sleep, rest and look out of a window of the railroad train. The soldiers get off the train with their bags in New York. The New York skyline in the background.
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