3-023-699 - British Pathe Ltd/Heritage Images

A Female Civilian in a Traditional Robe Dancing With Sabres As People Watch Her Performance in Chinatown, New York City, 1932. US Elections. 'All you can do is wait and see...in an atmosphere of tense excitement...while waiting...maybe you hold a little celebration, in case it might turn into a wake. And though American, sometimes your celebration takes the form, as in Chinatown, of things that your people enjoyed long before any United States existed. But then, that's freedom, to celebrate anywhere you like'. From "Time To Remember - Around the Corner", 1932 (Reel 4); diary of events in 1932 in the United States of America - Franklin Roosevelt becomes the President.