Unemployed men in Newark, New Jersey during the Great Depression. Disturbance at railroad and dockyard being brought under control by policemen on horseback. Train and ships in background. A sign reads 'No men wanted'. Men sleep on park benches. A man holds a sign reading 'Unemployed'. Men sleep in doorways Sidewalk soup kitchen. View of shacks and an order by the Department of Health declaring them unfit for human habitation and ordering them vacated at once. Order is signed by Charles V. Craster, M,D, D.P.H., Health Officer.
Police officer looks at minor damage on fender and headlight of a parked car. A stack of broken cars in a junkyard in the United States. Cars being lifted by a crane. Car being towed by truck with "Southwest Ford Sales" painted on its side. The side of a junked car reads 'The Last ride'. Another one reads "Goodbye Cruel World. My owner retired, Why shouldn't I ?"Stack of cars set on fire. A blazing inferno of junked cars.
Unemployed men during depression seek work and assistance in New York City, United States. Men line up in a bread line to receive tickets for food. Clergy and an assistant, in front of a church, hand out food tickets to the men. Close up views of the men in the bread line, and close up view of their legs and feet and shoes shuffling forward in line. New York City policemen maintain an orderly procession. Men sit by shed in vacant lot looking at newspapers for employment opportunities.
Activities of people in Richmond, Virginia. Union Station of Richmond. Evidence of Jim Crow racial segregation practices with sign that reads "colored entrance". The section of station for African American people. Street with traffic, pedestrians and trolley cars, groups of white and black people, a policeman. Front of a large building. Cars and trucks being driven past. Two men enter Liggett and Myers tobacco company office.
Front gate of Dumbarton Oaks with a car driving inside. A plaque outside inscribed with "Dumbarton Oaks" is there. Front of the building where men with military police walking inside. Exterior of Executive Office Building of State Department. September 1944.
Crowd of Canadian and American tourists and well-wishers, around Niagara Falls. A motorcade on street near falls. Numerous scenes of Niagara Falls and crowds, on the Canadian side, during the visit of Princess Elizabeth and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on their Canadian tour. Canadian and British flags displayed. Occasion views of the royal couple include: motorcade towards Tablerock House; signing guest book; arriving at Christ Church, of Anglican Church of Canada, where they are escorted by Royal Canadian Mounted Police on motorcycles. They are greeted by Canon A.T.F. Holmes, Rector of the Church; The royal couple viewing the Horse Shoe falls.
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