AL SMITH ASSISTS EASTSIDE NURSES

Genre: Newsreel

Year Published: 1930s

Creator: Fox Movietone News

Description: Duration: ~0:50 | Format: Black & white, sound (Fox Movietone News) A short Fox Movietone News newsreel from the 1930s. The title card reads: "'Al' Smith Assists East Side Nurses — Former Governor endorses Henry Street Settlement's appeal for funds voiced by Marguerite Wales — Fox Movietone News." Al Smith was the former Governor of New York who ran for U.S. President in 1928. The film shows him supporting the Henry Street Settlement, a famous social services organization on Manhattan's Lower East Side founded by Lillian Wald. Scenes show a formal group in a hallway/doorway — well-dressed men and women alongside children — posing for the newsreel camera. With 460 views, this is a notable piece of American political and social history, documenting the intersection of politics and community nursing in Depression-era New York.

Complete Record: Duration: ~0:50 | Format: Black & white, sound (Fox Movietone News) A short Fox Movietone News newsreel from the 1930s. The title card reads: "'Al' Smith Assists East Side Nurses — Former Governor endorses Henry Street Settlement's appeal for funds voiced by Marguerite Wales — Fox Movietone News." Al Smith was the former Governor of New York who ran for U.S. President in 1928. The film shows him supporting the Henry Street Settlement, a famous social services organization on Manhattan's Lower East Side founded by Lillian Wald. Scenes show a formal group in a hallway/doorway — well-dressed men and women alongside children — posing for the newsreel camera. With 460 views, this is a notable piece of American political and social history, documenting the intersection of politics and community nursing in Depression-era New York.