Fire in a building in New York City. Smoke rises from a building due to fire. Firemen spray water with a hose. Men treat the injured firemen. A man takes picture in the foreground. An injured fireman given oxygen. People including children stand in a group. A man treats a wounded fireman. A fireman climbs up a ladder to spray water. (World War II period).
Prime Minister of Australia Robert Gordon Menzies arrives for a meeting with U.S. officials in New York. Australian Prime Minister Robert Gordon Menzies gets off from a flying boat Boeing 314 Clipper. Men stand in the background. The Prime Minister is escorted by U.S. officials. The officials and the Prime Minister walk on a bridge.
U.S. engineers irrigate land with Egyptian type of water lift on the San Joaquin Valley in California during World War I. A water wheel rotates. Two American engineers stand near the wheel. The wheel rotating. Water comes out. A view of an irrigation canal. The engineers sprays water on the wheat farm.
Former baseball greats gather for Old-Timers Day at Yankee Stadium in 1957. Announcer says 30 former Yankees on hand, including catchers Joe Glenn and Art Jorgens, outfielder Sam Byrd, and pitchers Red Ruffing and Lefty Gomez. Shot of Joe DiMaggio (right) and Mickey Mantle (left) talking to 1910s player Frank "Home Run" Baker. Dizzy Dean, in white jacket, smiles for the camera. The Yankees are playing a team of 25 former Detroit Tigers. Mickey Cochrane pounds his catcher's mitt. "Wahoo" Sam Crawford shakes hands with current-day Tigers star Al Kaline. All-time great Ty Cobb, in bow tie, smiles as he gets a vigorous pat on the back from a former teammate. Current Yankee manager Casey Stengel chats with former Yankee star Earle Combs in dugout. Game footage: Tigers player drives a ball to right field, takes off down first base line.
American actor Cary Grant receives a theater award in New York. The Radio City Music Hall building. People crowd outside the building. The crowd waits in line to watch the movie 'That Touch of Mink'. The posters of the movie on a wall in the background. President and director of Radio City Music Hall Russell D. Downing presents a silver bowl to Cary Grant in recognition of breaking the record for number of weeks a single movie has run at Radio City. Russell and Grant hold the silver bowl while those gathered applaud. Cary Grant with the silver bowl seated at a desk. A framed photo of The Rockettes is in the background.
U.S. Army award ceremony at Halloran General Hospital on Staten Island New York. The honored World War II veterans line up. The recipients salute as U.S. flag is taken down at formal retreat. The flag flutters in wind. Major Jeannette Blech, Chief Nurse at Halloran Hospital, pins the Purple Heart on the uniform of Paratrooper Lance Leonard of Buffalo. A man in the background takes pictures. Major Blech shakes hands with Paratrooper Leonard. The Purple Heart pinned up on the uniform. Private Stanley Zych of Staten Island receive Purple Hearts from Major Blech. Major Jeannette Blech is the first woman in U.S. history to present the Purple Heart to war heroes. The service men and women of the Halloran General Hospital parade.
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