Scenes from Giuseppe Verdi's opera "Aida" on stage at the Metropolitan Opera house in New York City. View of faces of some of the audience members, dressed in formal black tie attire, as they watch the performance underway.
Views of Giulio Gatti-Casazza, manager of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Backstage during a performance. In his office, with large blackboard behind him. Flipping through book and photographs.
Taxicabs coming and going in front of the Metropolitan Opera in New York City. Night-time with marquee illuminated. Doormen open the doors of the cars arriving. Patrons, in formal attire, men in top hats and ladies in long gowns and furs, step from cars and enter the building. Interior views of the staircases and halls of the Opera House. Waist-down views of patrons walking, showing the beautiful gowns and other clothing of the patrons. People climb the stairs. Audience seated in the boxes and loges. Curtains on the stage. The performance of Verdi's Aida begins with two singers on stage.
A military parade on the streets during a World War 1 Liberty Bond fundraising rally in New York City. United States Army troops parade, followed by U.S. Navy forces. Crowd gathers on the streets. Buildings decorated with American flags.
Scenes ot pedestrians, legs and feet only, walking on sidewalk of 5th Avenue, at 42nd Street, in New York City. Later, complete views of Pedestrians. Buses on street. Policeman directs traffic. Pedestrians talk to the police man. Policeman writing a traffic ticket and talking with the traffic offender. Woman in fur coat crosses Seventh Avenue. Policemen standing at busy intersection with traffic. Armored car passes through intersection. Three-wheel truck passes intersection. Vehicular traffic on 7th Avenue looking North from 40th Street. Pedestrians pass by show rooms in the streets.
Views of construction sites and workers in New York City, under aegis of the Work Projects Administration (WPA) (formerly the Works Progress Administration) during the Great Depression. Several views of work underway with men using shovels at Front Street and Montgomery Street, at East River Drive. Signs at the site read: "USA, Work Program, WPA." Seven story residential apartment building next to work site. Other apartment houses in background. Pedestrians and vehicles passing the work site.
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