Young boxers of New York Boy's Clubs participate in exhibition boxing matches at Madison Square Boys Club. A man supervises as the boys are weighed. They weigh in around 50 pounds. The 50 pound mini weight category match begins. Referee in the ring with the two boxers. The match underway. Spectators watch and cheer. The bell at the end of the match. Officials in the ring. The match is a draw. A second match begins. The match underway. Spectators cheer. The match ends. Officials announce and congratulate the winner.
Men using huge machines construct new buildings and demolish old ones. Rubble lying around as machines demolish a building. Men erect a fallen pillar. They pull down a structure. Burning of old material. A man tries to put out the fire. Demolition of old buildings. New buildings in the background. Pigeons on an old building. Buildings under construction. Cranes at the site. Smoke stacks in the background. Machines at the site.
Second part of "Abstract in Concrete" with Jazz music by Frank Fields, shows Times Square in New York. Sidewalk and street views with many neon lights and signs seen in the rain. Signs read 'Retail Liquor Store', 'Crown bar', 'Hotel'. Rain falling and the reflection of neon lights. The side walk appears shiny due to the rain.
An NRA (National Recovery Act) parade in New York during the Great Depression. American men, women and children including bank presidents and office boys parade on the Fifth Avenue. A crowd passes in review before NRA official Hugh S. Johnson, Governors of three states and other notables in a huge demonstration to pledge their support to U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's National Recovery Act.
U.S. battleships pass in review in East River, on Christmas Day, 1918, Boat carrying sightseers and a tugboat, pass by a battleship, underway. Observers on deck of the anchored Presidential yacht, Mayflower, from which the Secretary of the Navy is reviewing the passing ships. Several battleships seen. (World War i; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Police department rookies and youngsters from fire department perform at Madison Square Garden in New York. Men process in a circle and form shapes in their procession lines. Clown man crosses high suspended ladder and falls into the catch pad held out by a group of firemen. Man demonstrates rescue of a dog stuck at a high platform.
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