Demonstrators protest in New York, United States for removing movie tax. The demonstrators hold various banners as they protest. A sign reads : 'Mayor Wagner, Quit Playing Politics, 14 Avenue U Theater Employee'. Women demonstrators walk on a road during the demonstrations. The demonstrators walk with the U.S. flag. A tall building in the background. Banners read 'Lets Axe Wagner's Tax', 'Save Our Jobs, Labor Protests' and 'Why Make the Movies a Scapegoat'. The demonstrators protest on a street.
Demonstrators protest the movie tax in front of the Criterion Theater at 1514 Broadway in New York City, United States. The marquee advertises Jane Russell in "The French Line" as a 3D movie. Neon lights and neon signs on buildings of Times Square and traffic on city streets at night. A banner reads 'Kill The 5% Movie Tax'. Close up view of a large search light shining. A sign reads "Planters Peanuts."
Demonstrators protest for removing movie tax in New York City. The demonstrators hold various banners as they protest. They walk with the U.S. flag. A tall building in the background. Banners read 'Why Tax Us..., When The Federal Government Helped Us', 'RKO Theater Home Office' and 'Congress Helped Us, You Want To Ruin Us'. Traffic on a road. The demonstrators in the background. A sign: 'Jefferson Theater'. Three demonstrators hold a banner reading "Kill The 5% Movie Tax". The demonstrators walk along the streets of the city.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt inspects an arsenal in Watervliet, New York. He arrives in a 1938 Packard open car with Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt and Secretary of War, Harry H. Woodring. A car with Secret Service agents follows. The U.S. Army Colonel in charge greets them upon arrival. Arsenal employees lined up on either side to greet the Presidential party, which drives slowly between buildings at the arsenal as Secret Service agents run alongside the car. Secret Service agents move enthusiastic Arsenal employees back as the President's car emerges from an Arsenal building. The Presidential party remains in the car as they inspect railway guns, a navy broadside gun and 155 mm guns at the Watervliet Arsenal. An Army Captain describes details of the guns to them. The Presidential party also visits the Revolutionary War historic sites, including the Block House, on the site of Fort Neilson and the headquarters of General Benedict Arnold of American Continental Army.. View of signs identifying these sites, and a view of the the blockhouse.
Activities the day before the Trinity nuclear test conducted at Alamogordo in New Mexico during World War II (part of the Manhattan Project). Technicians and physicists work inside a tent erected on the test tower platform in the Jornado del Muerto desert test site. The men perform final arming of the plutonium core nuclear implosion device nicknamed the "Gadget". White duct tape seen in use in places on and in the enclosure; as a adhesive since welding would be prohibitive. They attach the Gadget, the first atomic bomb in history, to a crane hook. Persons seen in the footage include Herbert Lehr and Louis Slotin. Also seen is Robert Oppenheimer at 0:38-0:40 wearing a soft brimmed hat, shirtsleeves rolled up to elbows, and ID badge at center of chest. Oppenheimer is seen again, no longer wearing hat (now holding it in his right hand), in blue collared shirt, standing behind the device from 1:13 to end of clip.
Activities prior to the Trinity nuclear test conducted at Alamogordo in New Mexico during World War II. This is the day before the first ever atomic bomb test in history (the first ever detonation of a nuclear device). The plutonium core nuclear device nicknamed the "Gadget" being raised up to the top of the steel tower after final assembly. Men arrange drum shaped cushioning pads on platform, under the device, as the hoisting begins, and cover the pads with canvas tarps. The Gadget atomic bomb being hoisted to the top of a 20 meter steel tower for detonation early the next morning.
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