Historic Films Stock Footage Archive: VM-136

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00:01:19 0.47	LA GUARDIA MAKING RADIO SPEECH AT DESK ABOUT "THE SUCCESS OF A DEMOCRACY DEPENDS ON ENLIGHTENMENT OF ITS PEOPLE". CAMPAIGN SPEECH ABOUT KEEPING PEOPLE INFORMED IN A LANGUAGE THEY UNDERSTAND.
00:02:21 62.47	GETTING OFF AIR FORCE AIRPLANE.
00:02:27 68.47	AT PODIUM WITH MICROPHONES MAKING SPEECH
00:02:38 79.47	PHOTO MONTAGE OF LA GUARDIA'S EARLY YEARS
00:03:11 112.47	1906 NEW YORK CITY STREETS. BUSTLING WITH TRAFFIC
00:03:25 126.47	POV OF LOWER EAST SIDE. DRIVING DOWN STREET LINED WITH IMMIGRANT VENDOR CARTS
00:03:30 131.47	BOY EATS FOOD FROM GARBAGE CAN
00:03:34 135.47	OLD MAN IMMIGRANTS WITH LONG BEARDS
00:03:44 145.47	YOUNG LA GUARDIA AS LAWYER WORKING AT DESK
00:03:59 160.47	WWI NEWSPAPER HEADLINES
00:04:02 163.47	CROWDS OF PATRIOTIC AMERICAN WAVE AMERICAN FLAGS
00:04:04 165.47	DOUGHBOYS MARCH TOWARD SHIP AT DOCK
00:04:06 167.47	BOARDING TROOP SHIP
00:04:10 171.47	SHIP COVERED IN SOLDIERS
00:04:14 175.47	PHOTOS OF WWI LA GUARDIA
00:04:18 179.47	MILITARY AIRFIELD, PLANES TAXI BY HANGAR
00:04:23 184.47	PILOTS AT AIRFIELD
00:04:28 189.47	YOUNG PILOT LA GUARDIA IN UNIFORM
00:04:31 192.47	ARMISTICE CROWD CELEBRATIONS, END OF WWI. HOLDING "GERMANY SURRENDERS" HEADLINES. AMERICAN FLAG-WAVING CROWDS.
00:04:38 199.47	TICKER TAPE PARADE IN NYC WITH MARCHING SOLDIERS
00:04:50 211.47	TIMES SQUARE NEON AT NIGHT
00:04:53 214.47	THE JAZZ AGE: BLACK PARTY JAZZ BAND
00:04:56 217.47	NIGHCLUB GIRLS DANCE IN BAR
00:04:59 220.47	FLAPPER DRINKING
00:05:00 221.47	BARTENDERS MIXING DRINKS
00:05:03 224.47	CHORUS GIRLS DANCE
00:05:05 226.47	CHAMPAGNE MONTAGE: POPPING CORK, DRINKING ALCOHOL
00:05:15 236.47	LA GUARDIA SPEAKING
00:05:25 246.47	LAGUARDIA AS CONGRESSMAN IN WASHINGTON, DC IN 1920s WITH OTHER CONGRESSMEN
00:05:35 256.47	JIMMY WALKER SWORN IN AS MAYOR OF NYC IN 1926
00:05:47 268.47	JIMMY WALKER STANDING WITH AMERICAN FLAGS DURING PHOTO SHOOT, LAUGHING & SCHMOOZING
00:05:54 275.47	JIMMY WALKER POSING
00:06:01 282.47	WILLIAM ST-WALL ST STREET SIGN
00:06:07 288.47	HUGH CROWD OUTSIDE THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE
00:06:10 291.47	HEADLINES OF STOCK MARKET CRASH
00:06:12 293.47	INVESTORS ON FLOOR OF STOCK EXCHANGE
00:06:17 298.47	THE GREAT DEPRESSION: MAN SELLING APPLES ON SIDEWALK
00:06:21 302.47	UNEMPLOYED ON PARK BENCH WITH HEAD IN HANDS
00:06:25 306.47	SOUP KITCHEN BREAD LINES
00:06:28 309.47	PAN FROM SKYSCRAPERS OF NEW YORK CITY TO MEN IN SHANTY TOWN. HOMEMADE TIN SHACKS. HOMELESS
00:06:37 318.47	NEW YORK JUDGE SAMUEL SEABURY, 1932
00:06:43 324.47	MAYOR JIMMY WALKER ARRIVING AT COURT HOUSE
00:06:53 334.47	WALKER ON THE STAND IN COURTROOM DURING TRIAL ON CORRUPT POLITICS
00:06:56 337.47	JIMMY WALKER LEAVES BUILDING UNDER POLICE ESCORT. MAKES "NO COMMENT" SPEECH TO REPORTERS' BOX MICROPHONES. "THATS ALL I CAN SAY NOW".
00:07:14 355.47	SEPTEMBER 1, 1932: JIMMY WALKER ON BOARD SHIP SAILING TO EUROPE AFTER RESIGNING BECAUSE OF SCANDAL
00:07:25 366.47	JUDGE SEABURY & SUPPORTERS OF THE "FUSION REFORM" TICKET LEAVE COURT HOUSE
00:07:32 373.47	LA GUARDIA SPEECH ACCEPTING NOMINATION FOR CANDIDACY FOR MAYOR TO "LEAD THE FIGHT AGAINST TAMMANY HALL". AGAINST CORRUPT POLITICAL MACHINE
00:08:23 424.47	CAMPAIGNING ON TOP OF TRUCK
00:08:30 431.47	APPLAUDING, CHEERING CROWDS
00:08:33 434.47	VOTERS GIVE THEIR TESTIMONIALS ON WHY THEY WILL VOTE FOR LAGUARDIA: REDUCED TAXES, HELP UMEMPLOYED
00:08:52 453.47	"ELECTION BOOTH" SIGN WITH POINTING ARROW
00:08:54 455.47	PEOPLE VOTING: VOTING BOOTHS, CU PUTTING BALLOT IN BOX
00:09:00 461.47	CROWD IN TIMES SQUARE AT NIGHT AWAITING ELECTION RESULTS: COP ON HORSEBACK, KLIEG SPOTLIGHTS, KID CLIMBS LIGHTPOST
00:09:14 475.47	NEW YORK TIMES ELECTRIC NEWS TICKER ANNOUNCING LAGUARDIA'S VICTORY
00:09:20 481.47	PEOPLE CHEER, WAVE HATS (COULD PASS AS NEW YEAR'S EVE CELEBRATION)
00:09:26 487.47	LA GUARDIA SWORN IN AS MAYOR
00:09:51 512.47	JUDGE SEABURY SHAKES HIS HAND
00:09:57 518.47	LA GUARDIA WALKS UP STEPS & ENTERS BUILDING
00:10:03 524.47	SPEAKS TO REPORTERS IN HIS OFFICE WHO TAKE NOTES
00:10:10 531.47	TYPES AT TYPEWRITER
00:10:16 537.47	ESCORTED THROUGH CROWD BY COPS
00:10:22 543.47	THROWING OUT FIRST BASEBALL AT BASEBALL GAME
00:10:26 547.47	SWEEPING NEW YORK CITY STREETS WITH LARGE STREET SWEEPER'S BROOM
00:10:29 550.47	SIGNS AUTOGRAPH FOR BOY
00:10:31 552.47	LA GUARDIA WITH BURBANK?
00:10:34 555.47	CONDUCTING ORCHESTRA IN OUTSIDE CONCERT IN PARK
00:10:36 557.47	LA GUARDIA EATING
00:10:39 560.47	DANCING WITH TALL WOMAN AT ETHNIC FESTIVAL
00:10:42 563.47	SHOWING BLACK KIDS HOW MACHINE WORKS
00:10:44 565.47	LA GUARDIA IN HARD HAT WITH CONSTRUCTION WORKERS
00:10:47 568.47	MORE BASEBALL
00:10:50 571.47	FIRETRUCK SPEEDS TO FIRE IN NYC. POV RIDING ON TRUCK
00:10:56 577.47	BUILDING ON FIRE. LONG LADDER & FIREHOSE AS FIREMEN PUT OUT FIRE
00:10:58 579.47	LA GUARDIA OBSERVING WITH FIREMEN
00:10:59 580.47	CAMERAMAN WITH HAND-HELD CAMERA
00:11:01 582.47	WATCHES FIRE
00:11:05 586.47	MANY HOSES USED TO FIGHT FIRE
00:11:06 587.47	AERIAL AS LA GUARDIA LEADS COPS ON GAMBLING RAID
00:11:09 590.47	USES SLEDGEHAMMER TO BREAK WINDOW
00:11:12 593.47	LA GUARDIA ON BARGE THROWING CONFISCATED RIFLES INTO THE HARBOR
00:11:19 600.47	LA GUARDIA SPEECH ABOUT "THIS IS ROUTINE WORK OF POLICE DEPARTMENT". GIVING THEM NO QUARTER TIN HORNS.
00:11:31 612.47	DESTROYING SLOT MACHINE WITH SLEDGEHAMMER
00:11:39 620.47	TELLS GANGSTERS & RACKETEERS TO KEEP OUT OF NYC
00:11:46 627.47	THROWING SLOT MACHINES INTO EAST RIVER
00:11:53 634.47	MAYOR'S OFFICE STAFF WORKING HARD. ANSWERING TELEPHONE, DOING PAPERWORK
00:12:00 641.47	LAGUARDIA AT DESK SIGNING PAPERS & GETTING BRIEFED BY ASSOCIATE ABOUT SWINDLING COAL DEALERS
00:12:38 679.47	LA GUARDIA LEAVING HOUSE WITH WIFE. GETTING IN LIMO
00:12:45 686.47	MAKES SPEECH ABOUT HOW SUCCESSFUL HIS NON-POLITICAL, NON-PARTISAN ADMINSTRATION HAS BEEN
00:13:11 712.47	WRECKING BALL ON CRANE
00:13:14 715.47	CONSTRUCTION SITE, DESTROYING BUILDINGS IN SLUMS. BUILDINGS FALL & CRUMBLE
00:13:18 719.47	LARGE AREA OF CLEARED PROPERTY WITH RUBBLE
00:13:22 723.47	LA GUARDIA SEATED IN DRIVER'S SEAT OF CRANE.
00:13:28 729.47	STEAM SHOVEL DUMPS DIRT
00:13:29 730.47	KIDS PLAYING IN PLAYGROUND
00:13:32 733.47	HUGE CONSTRUCTION PROJECT. BUILDING BEING BUILT. ORANTE BRIDGE IN BACKGROUND
00:13:34 735.47	QUEENS MIDTOWN TUNNEL SIGN OPENING OF QUEENSBORO BRIDGE
00:13:37 738.47	LA GUARDIA PULLS SWITCH AT CEREMONIAL OPENING
00:13:42 743.47	QUEENSBRIDGE, LOW RENT HOUSING PROJECT SIGN
00:13:44 745.47	LA GUARDIA LAYS CORNERSTONE. PUTS DOWN CEMENT WITH TROWEL
00:13:52 753.47	LA GUARDIA SPEECH AT HOUSING PROJECT CEREMONY
00:14:13 774.47	CONSTRUCTION WORKERS LISTEN TO SPEECH
00:14:31 792.47	WALKS UNDER LARGE AIRPLANE
00:14:33 794.47	HUGE CROWD AT OPENING OF LA GUARDIA AIRPORT IN 1939
00:14:36 797.47	MAYOR AT DESK DOING OFFICIAL BUSINESS
00:14:42 803.47	ANTI-HILTER, ANTI-NAZI POLITICAL PARADE IN 1937. PROTEST SIGNS
00:14:49 810.47	LA GUARDIA SPEECH AT PODIUM
00:14:58 819.47	1939 WORLD'S FAIR SITE
00:15:04 825.47	LA GUARDIA CUTS RIBBON AT DEDICATION CEREMONY
00:15:10 831.47	LA GUARDIA AS MASTER OF CEREMONIES LEADING PARADE
00:15:18 839.47	IN WASHINGTON DC TALKING WITH REPORTERS AFTER BEING NAMED HEAD OF OFFICE OF CIVILIAN DEFENSE BY FDR
00:15:26 847.47	FDR & LA GUARDIA IN CAR TOGETHER
00:15:30 851.47	COMING OFF PLANE, AT AIRPORT
00:15:36 857.47	LA GUARDIA SPEECH ABOUT WAR BEING DECLARED ON OUR COUNTRY. BEGINNING OF WWII. ASKS FOR CIVILIAN COOPERATION ON THE HOME FRONT
00:15:53 874.47	ADULTS IN HALL IN AIR RAID DRILL
00:16:01 882.47	FEMALE RED CROSS WORKERS
00:16:03 884.47	MAN ON LADDER PAINTING WINDOWS BLACK, BLACKING OUT WINDOWS
00:16:07 888.47	BLACKOUT DRILLS. PULLING HUGE CURTAIN OVER WINDOW IN RESTAURANT
00:16:13 894.47	FAMILY EATING DINNER PULLS DOWN BLACK SHADE
00:16:16 897.47	CIVIL DEFENSE WORKERS STOP CARS & BUS & DIRECT PEOPLE TO AIR RAID SHELTERS
00:16:22 903.47	CU FRONT END OF CAR SHUTS OFF HEADLIGHTS
00:16:24 905.47	48TH STREET THEATRE MARQUEE GOES BLACK. LIGHTS SHUT OFF. ("BROCK PEMBERTON PRESENTS FRANK FAY IN "HARVEY" WITH JOSEPHINE HALL")
00:16:27 908.47	STREET LIGHT GOES OUT
00:16:30 911.47	AERIAL OF NEW YORK AREA AS THE LIGHTS GO OUT
00:16:39 920.47	LA GUARDIA ARRIVES AT TRAIN STATION TO CROWD. SHAKING HANDS
00:16:53 934.47	SURROUNDED BY REPORTERS AS HE APPLIES TO THE ARMED FORCES
00:16:57 938.47	WOMAN'S HAND FILLS IN COLUMNS IN HUGE LEDGER BOOK
00:16:58 939.47	LA GUARDIA AT CEREMONY WITH MILITARY PERSONNEL
00:17:02 943.47	CROWD OF PHOTOGRAPHERS, FILM CREW, REPORTERS
00:17:08 949.47	LA GUARDIA HANDING OUT CIVIL DEFENSE INFORMATION PAPERS.
00:17:12 953.47	CU CD INSTRUCTIONS ON WHAT TO DO DURING AIR RAID
00:17:14 955.47	SPEECH AT PODIUM
00:17:16 957.47	HUGE STADIUM CROWD
00:17:17 958.47	MADISON SQUARE GARDEN RED CROSS BENEFIT
00:17:24 965.47	LA GUARDIA CONDUCTS MILITARY BAND
00:17:42 983.47	MSG ERUPTS INTO APPLAUSE
00:17:47 988.47	ABBOTT & COSTELLO ON STEPS OF NY CITY HALL LOOKING FOR MAYOR. LA GUARDIA CONGRATULATES THEM ON THEIR WAR BOND EFFORT
00:19:03 1064.47	LA GUARDIA PARADING IN OPEN CAR WITH CHARLES DE GAULLE
00:19:07 1068.47	PEOPLE LINE PARADE ROUTE
00:19:13 1074.47	DE GAULLE PINS MEDAL ON LA GUARDIA & KISSES HIM ON BOTH CHEEKS
00:19:26 1087.47	SPEECH AT PODIUM
00:19:32 1093.47	FAMILIES AT HOME LISTEN TO RADIO
00:19:40 1101.47	LA GUARDIA READING NEWS INTO WNYC RADION MICROPHONE
00:19:57 1118.47	BOY LISTENS
00:19:58 1119.47	LA GUARDIA READING COMICS ON RADIO. DICK TRACY
00:20:03 1124.47	PEOPLE LISTEN TO RADIO. MAN DRINKS ORANGE JUICE. WOMAN POWDERS HER FACE. ADJUSTING KNOBS ON RADIO
00:21:30 1211.47	CU OLD-FASHIONED RADIOS
00:21:45 1226.47	LA GUARDIA MONTAGE IMAGES
00:21:54 1235.47	LA GUARDIA AT HIS RURAL HOME WITH WIFE & KIDS
00:22:14 1255.47	DECEMBER 31, 1945: LA GUARDIA SHAKING HANDS WITH SUCCESSOR NEW MAYOR WILLIAM O'DWYER
00:22:29 1270.47	LA GUARDIA AT MAYOR'S DESK SHUFFING PAPERS
00:22:39 1280.47	LEAVING OFFICE. COMES DOWN CITY HALL STEPS WITH WIFE. WAVES HAT GOODBYE
00:22:58 1299.47	1947. CROWD OUTSIDE CATHEDRAL FOR LA GUARDIA'S FUNERAL
00:23:06 1307.47	MAYOR O'DWYER ENTERS CHURCH
00:23:08 1309.47	CROWDS LINE UP & SLOWLY ENTER CHRUCH TO PAY LAST RESPECTS
00:23:13 1314.47	WALK PAST COFFIN