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Waltham Massachusetts 1932 stock footage and images
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People watch fireworks while celebrating three centuries of Harvard University, Cambridge.
Tercentenary celebrations at Harvard University, Cambridge. A band plays. People watch fireworks. Image of a dinosaur in fireworks. Fireworks on water. A lighted sign reads 'Veritas 1636-1936'.
Work Progress Administration directors review scripts; performance of "It Can't Happen Here" in Boston; WPA African American actors perform
Work Progress Administration (WPA) play readers and directors review piles of scripts made for the Federal Theater Project. Work Progress Administration staff sort out scripts. A Work Progress Administration staff staples a script. View of The Repertory Theater of Boston marquee presenting "It Can't Happen Here", based on a political novel by Sinclair Lewis during the Great Depression. People line up to watch a sold-out performance of "It Can't Happen Here". View of the audience from the stage. From a scene of "It Can't Happen Here", the Minute Men (the paramilitary force of the fascist American government in the story) enter the house of Doremus Jessup to search for material with "questionable morals." The officer confronts Doremus Jessup with a book by Charles Dickens, an author deemed as a "communist." A playbill for "Macbeth" by the WPA Federal Theater African American Unit. African American actors, portraying Macbeth and Macduff, engage in swordfight as the whole stage get swarmed by shrieking soldiers holding feathered props.
Edward Kennedy nominated to run for the Senate seat at Democratic National Convention.
Youngest brother of the President Kennedy, Edward (Ted) Kennedy, nominated to run for the Senate seat vacated by his brother at Democratic National Convention. Noisy demonstrations by the crowd. People with signs cheer. Edward Kennedy talks to the people.
Swedish track star Gunder Hagg visiting Boston and competing at Harvard University Stadium
Swedish track star Gunder Hagg watches a professional baseball game at Fenway Park in Boston. He takes pictures of the game with a camera. A huge crowd of spectators gathered to watch the game. Gunder Hagg with young American boys viewing the Minute Man sculpture in Concord. The track athlete sets new record for running mile at Harvard University stadium. Spectators cheer him.
Crewmen aboard the Boston Beam Trawler, "HEKLA", raise net and empty catch into containers on deck
Fishing activities aboard the Boston Beam Trawler, "HEKLA". Crewmen work on deck. Crewman pulls a line and looks upwards. Fishing net hoisted on the deck. Catch of fish being emptied in containers on the deck. Containers filled with fish.
Fishermen row a wooden dory out to a fishing smack. They board and crew hauls the dory on board.
Two fishermen in foul weather gear row a wooden dory out to a fishing smack in fairly rough water off the coast of Massachussets. They board the boat and crew hauls the dory on board.