African American jazz artists in a music recording studio in New York City. Ella Fitzgerald and Ray Brown Trio. Ray Brown plays the double bass, hank Jones on piano, and vocalist, Ella Fitzgerald, perform 'how High the Moon', which they had recorded for Decca Records Company.
Sir Harry Lauder goes to Sing Sing Prison prison, in Ossining, New York. Harry Lauder followed by other people and official walk along a passage outside a building. They stop at the entrance of the building. Sir Harry Lauder smokes pipe while he talks with people.
Views from ground level. U.S. Navy C-class airship passes over Statue of Liberty and circles Bedloe's Island. It is joined by a B-class airship and they both fly over Bedloe's Island. The airships in flight over Manhattan Island in New York City. Considerable smoke from chimneys of buildings. The Brooklyn Bridge seen faintly in background. View from a nearby high building of Air ship circling close to the tower of the Woolworth Building.
An American Legion Mission leaves for Britain from New York City. National Commander Milo Warner also included in the Legion Mission. The Legion Mission studies civilian defense measures in Britain. Men stand together at the harbor. Several people boating in a small craft. Clipper aircraft in water. The plane gets ready for take off. Several men stand at the harbor.
Composer Hanns Eisler and his wife at the New York City airport. He is moving to London by plane. He decides to leave voluntarily as he is facing Deportation charges. His brother Communist Gerhard Eisler and his wife bid them farewell at the airport. Aircraft in the background. Hanns Eisler and his wife board the aircraft. Plane taxis.
52nd Street Speakeasys during prohibition in New York City, United States. Men and women at a speakeasy bar, drinking alcoholic beverages. An advertising poster in the background reads 'Guinness is Good for You'. A man with a shovel breaking empty liquor bottles. Three men stand in a group and read from a paper. Men stand in group and drink. Bottles of alcoholic beverages in the background. Men fill drinks in glasses and smoke. Patrons are generally well-dressed and affluent, some in formal attire.
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