New Year's Eve, 1936, in Times Square, New York City. Crowds gathering to celebrate. Vehicles move cautiously in the area. The scene is illuminated by numerous neon signs advertising all kinds of places and things. The Loews State movie theater marquee advertises the film "Love on the Run" starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, as well as a "girl review." The Criterion theater advertises a James Cagney film. The Times building displays a "Planters Peanuts" sign that shows peanuts pouring from a bag. Numerous other signs are seen.
People on the streets of Manhattan, New York City. Crowds throng Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. Buildings along the sides of street. 'Nazi planes raid Warsaw' flashing on signage from a building. People view the news on German leader Adolf Hitler and World War II in Europe before America's entry in the war. People buying newspapers.
Golden Gloves amateur boxing competition in New York City at Madison Square Garden. Vermont's Bob Lefebvre and South Carolina's Charlie Kennett fight in the 112-lb semifinals. A crowd cheers the boxers. Bob Lefebvre wins. New York's Vince Shomo and Washington's Jimmy Biggs fight in the 135-lb match. Vince Shomo wins.
A guilty taken to a jail. Richard Whitney, President of New York Stock Exchange and his cashiered broker taken down a stair case with their faces covered. They get into a car and it pulls away. The party arrives at a prison in Ossining, New York. Prisoners look down at them from a prison window. Men enter the prison building. Interiors of the prison building.
Franklin D Roosevelt, as the Governor of New York, officiates at the opening dedication of the George Washington Bridge, in New York, over the Hudson River. He opens the bridge for traffic by cutting the tape. Traffic moves over the bridge.
Large crowd celebrates the arrival of the New Year at midnight on January 1, 1936, in Times Square New York City. Buildings and marquees of Times Square glow with neon signs in the background. Crowd smiling and blowing party horns, yelling, and laughing. Clock in background reads 12:01.
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