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WPA improved facilities at Floyd Bennett Field in Brooklyn, New York City, United States.

Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York during the Great Depression. An Eastern Airlines DC-3 passenger airplane with painted words on side "The Great Silver Fleet" taxis on a runway at Floyd Bennett Airport field by Jamaica Bay in Brooklyn, New York City. Narrator describes WPA improvements to the airport. Plane parks atop a novel turntable and then is rotated to desired position. Rear hatch opens and crew member steps out. Trap door on ground near plane opens revealing a stairwell downward which debarking passengers then use to walk toward the main terminal. View of skyport landing and takeoff area on the East River and a pontoon-equipped small aircraft coming in for landing at one of these two skyports providing air taxi service from Manhattan Island. Narrator indicates that one skyport is located at 31st Street and another at Wall Street.

Date: 1936
Duration: 1 min 1 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062812
Former U.S. President Herbert Clark Hoover presents the award of the 'Boy of the Year' to John Drupa in New York.

John Drupa receives the award of the 'Boy of the Year' in New York. Former U.S. President Herbert Clark Hoover presents the award to John Drupa of Binghamton, New York. John Drupa receives this award for services to home, school and community.

Date: 1959, April 6
Duration: 19 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071752
Buses get anti-pollution mufflers to check their performance during a 6 month experiment in New York.

Anti-pollution mufflers in New York. View of a bus. A banner on the front of the bus reads "For Cleaner Air, We Are Testing A New Anti-pollution Muffler on This Bus'. People gather around the anti-pollution muffler. The muffler reduces diesel exhaust fumes and odors. The bus is driven away.

Date: 1967, April 11
Duration: 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675071756
Post-World War II views of submarine pens in France. Views of New York City and harbor

Retrospective view inside a former German submarine pen in France, as narrator mentions its former use in World War 2. View from outside the structure. An American Airlines Douglas DC-4 passenger plane flying over Manhattan Island, New York City, with Empire State Building visible among other skyscrapers below. Aerial view of New York harbor, with ocean-going ships docked at terminals below. Traffic moving in the harbor, including barges, tugboats, and ships, displaying various national flags.

Date: 1950
Duration: 41 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072001
Views of the Hudson River, Pulaski Skyway, a hospital building and a medical center in New Jersey, United States.

Home front activities in New Jersey, United States. A bridge on the Hudson River. Vehicles driven on the bridge. A sign : 'Clearance, Tunnel to New Jersey'. Vehicles drive through the tunnel. A bus driven away. A sign in the background: 'Highway Directory'. Vehicles on Pulaski Skyway. A square and a hospital building. A police man directs traffic. A medical center seen. Pedestrians on a street.

Date: 1946
Duration: 1 min 27 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072226
Contestants of Miss America beauty contest wave at people and walk on a ramp in Atlantic City, New Jersey.

Miss America beauty contest in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Contestants of Miss America on floats as they pass along the streets of Atlantic City. The contestants wave at people. Veterans in wheelchairs watch the parade. The contestants standing and posing. They walk on a ramp. The winner of the 1945 Miss America pageant, Bess Myerson, wears the crown and cape. Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America, comes from the Bronx, New York. Bess Myerson smiling.

Date: 1946
Duration: 26 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675072228