View of the entrance to the 'Society of Tammany of Columbian Order' or generally called the Tammany Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States) in New York City. Taxi cabs are seen in the busy street ahead of the hall. On the sidewall of the hall a poster supports Royal S. Copeland, the Democratic party nominee for election as Mayor of New York. 1937.
The campaign of the Fusion Party for the election of mayor of the New York at the Manhattan Opera Center, New York City. The candidate for the post of mayor Fiorello LaGuardia stats his speech. He puts forward his vision for New York City. The crowd admire his views and applaud in affirmation. 1934.
View at Westminster Kennel Club's event of Dog Show at Madison Square Garden in New York. Many varieties of dogs walking. Crowd watching the show. For the first time a Springer spaniel is best in show at the Westminster kennel club dog show event. Wakefield's Black Knight, the new top dog, the new best dog is a Black Knight. Crowd applauds. Photographers taking photos.
Film starts showing President Franklin D. Roosevelt at a polling place during the 1938 U.S. National Elections. Next, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, the President's wife is also seen there with him. Glimpse of an unidentified politician. Another unidentified politician shaking hands with people in a crowd. New York Democratic Governor, Herbert H. Lehman, stands with his wife and family on the occasion of his re-election. Brief closeup of Governor Lehman himself. Scene shifts to the Republican candidate for New York Governor, New York County District Attorney (Manhattan), Thomas E. Dewey, who is being interviewed. (He lost the election to Governor Lehman, but only by 1.4%.) Closeup of Thomas Dewey, smiling. Two unidentified men are seen sitting by a radio. One is recording election results on a tally sheet.
Franklin D Roosevelt's election as the President of the United States in 1932 . Alfred E Smith, the former Governor of New York and his wife walk amidst a large crowd on the Election Day in New York, on the way to their polling place. Smith is wearing his familiar brown derby hat. Franklin D Roosevelt awaits the result of the polling. People celebrate in the streets of New York as Roosevelt wins with a landslide over Hoover.
The fourth presidential election debate held between Democratic nominee Senator John F. Kennedy and Republican nominee U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon in New York, United States on 21st October 1960. News correspondent John Edwards asks Senator Kennedy if he can give the names of three or four Americans whom he can appoint as the Secretary of State. Senator Kennedy replies to the question and says that this decision can only be made by the president and not presidential candidates. He says that he has made no judgment about who should be the Secretary of State. News correspondent Quincy Howe asks Richard Nixon to comment. Nixon says that it would be the responsibility of the next president to appoint the Secretary of State. Vice President Nixon speaks about a previous comment made by Senator Kennedy regarding Fidel Castro's regime. He says that President Eisenhower's administration appropriated five times as much for Latin America as was appropriated by the previous administration. He speaks that Democratic Congress has cut eighty million dollars off of the Voice of America appropriations to Latin America.
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