A film about African American jazz musician Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra in Harlem, New York. Fredi Washington on a chair. Dramatization: The Duke Ellington Orchestra plays. Character played by Fredi Washington feels dizzy. The band continues to play. The host calls Fredi Washington to perform. Fredi Washington dances. She faints while dancing. Men pick her up and take her away. Dancers perform.
From a film about African American musician Duke Ellington and his Cotton Club Orchestra in Harlem, New York. Dramatization : Fredi Washington lies on bed. The Duke Ellington band members play. People sing. Jazz musician Duke Ellington plays piano. Character played by Fredi Washington dies.
African American people of Harlem in New York City during the Great Depression. An African American man sits with two children on a bench. Women sit on a bench with a child in pram. A man reads a book. A sign reads 'W 110 Lenox Ave'. Buildings on Lenox avenue. Traffic of automobiles, trucks, and pedestrians on Lenox Avenue as seen from a moving vehicle. Cars parked alongside road. Men sit outside a building. One of the African American men has crutches. View of Father Divine's Peace Mission building, followed by a view of Father Divine (Reverend M. J. Divine or Reverend Major Jealous Divine) addressing his followers while seated at a luncheon event. Shops on street that follow Father Divine's movement including a Peace Shine shoe shine business, the Peace Tailor, and the Peace and Prosperity Barber Shop.
A film about life of the African American people of Harlem in New York City during the Great Depression. A band plays in a parade. African American residents of Harlem walk in parade on Lenox Avenue. Aerial view of the parade. People watch parade from terrace of a building. A traffic policeman at work directing traffic on 7th Street. Automobile traffic and buildings on Seventh Street. People walking by touch the stump of a good luck elm tree known as the "Tree of Hope", located on Seventh Avenue (later renamed Adam Clayton Powell Jr. Blvd.), between 131st Street and 132nd Street in New York City. The tree was cut down in 1934 with expansion work on Seventh Avenue (also called the "Boulevard of Dreams"). People wait to cross road. Elevated views of office and business buildings on 125th street. A crowded and busy sidewalk of pedestrians on 125th street. Government housing development on banks of Harlem river for a restricted lower income group.
A film about life of the African American people of Harlem in New York City. Scenes of Harlem, New York City, at dusk and nighttime during the Great Depression. Elevated train carrying passengers uptown to Harlem. Commuters coming out of subway station. Kids gathered on the sidewalk. Actor, Ossie Davis, early in his career, is seen at a lunch counter talking to another man. Couples in an upscale restaurant. Exteriors of various ball rooms. African American people dance, including Whitey's Lindy Hoppers and other dancers performing at the Savoy Ballroom. Couples talk. African American high-society debutantes and young couples in formal dress dance to ballroom music. Several girls tap dancing at Smalls Cabaret as jazz musicians play instruments including saxophone and drums. A man enters an apartment building at night. Aerial view of Harlem at night.
Training of high school dropouts from poverty areas in Brooklyn Navy yard, New York. Students learn truck driving at the New York Transportation Training Center. A man starts up a film projector that shows an instructional film to students learning driving skills in a classroom. A students backs a vehicle in a narrow fenced area. A student backs a tractor trailer.
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