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1939 Floating hospital takes poor kiddies for sea trips
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0:42Now PlayingDate: 17th July 1939
Location: NEW YORK, U.S.A.
Source: Reuters Historical News Collection: BRITISH PARAMOUNT NEWSREEL (REUTERS)
NEW YORK, U.S.A.: Top view boat (Lloyd Seamen, N.Y.) pulling out of dock. Pan of kids on board. Gen. view Tenement houses in poor street. Gen. view kids playing in street. Long view poor kids playing amongst rubbish. Pan down from window to 2 children sleeping in bed. Semi view mother & 5 children having meal. Top view thru' bridge of boat along. Semi view kids on deck. CU pan to semi view handing out food to kids. CU pan boy eating sandwich. Semi view baby in cot drinking milk. Semi view mothers resting on board. Semi view kids waving...New York skyline in b-g.
Children; Charity; United States of America; Medicine and Health; Ships and Boats
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