A state hospital at Ward's Island in New York houses 7,236 patients into the space for 4,885 due to lack of funds. Interiors of the building shows people seated in chairs. Patients lying on beds in a crowded room. Some patients seated on mattresses on the floor.
A cycling contest held at Coney Island in New York. Cyclists cheered by crowds ride bicycles on a track. Policemen try to control excited spectators. Italian rider Franco Georgetti wins the contest and holds the winner's trophy.
Thomas Edison is laid to rest at Rosedale Cemetery in West Orange, New Jersey. A procession of cars moves past crowds lining streets. People lay wreaths at Rosedale during the funeral ceremony. Exterior of a building shows a picture of Thomas Edison. The birthplace of Thomas Edison. Interiors of houses.
Workers build a light beacon tower 950 feet above the financial district in New York. A steel pole being pulled up the tower. A worker works on the tower. The pole is placed on the top of the tower.
A photographer uses a camera and records as he jumps from a U.S. Curtis Condor aircraft over Roosevelt Field in Garden City, New York. Men with parachute packs lined up in front of a Curtis Condor. The photographer checks his camera before boarding the aircraft. Men board the aircraft. Parachutists jump from the Curtis Condor in flight and descend.
Screen actor Charles Boyer and his wife arrive in Port Washington, New York from France. A Pan American World Airways Clipper aircraft taxis on a waterway. Charles Boyer and his wife Pat Paterson leave the Clipper.
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