Launch of the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-16) in World War 2 at Fore River Shipyard, Quincy,Massachusetts, United States. The decorated aircraft carrier stands in the dock. A sign reads 'The navy wants this ship to replace the Lexington. Let's go. Fore River!' Several sailors who served on the 4th USS Lexington, are present for the launching. Mrs. T.D. Robinson, who also christened the 4th USS Lexington, does the honors for the newest one, and the aircraft carrier glides down the ways into Boston Harbor.
Boston State House in Boston, Massachusetts. golden dome of Boston State House. Upper structure of the dome
A ski-jump erected at Boston Garden in Boston, Massachusetts. Participants of ski jumping performs. Gathering at Boston Garden cheering the participants.
The Boston Beam Trawler "HEKLA" off-loading fish at Boston Fish Pier in Boston, Massachusetts. Men use pulley and traveling crane to off-load containers full of fish from trawler.. Men unload the containers and cart the fish away. Snow on the trawler at the pier. Ice on the harbor water. An ice -encrusted two-masted fishing boat is also seen unloading its catch at the pier.
Frozen fillet boxes prepared at the Boston Fish Pier in Boston, Massachusetts. A packet on a table reads 'Seafresh', 'Quick Frozen Fillets', 'Ocean Perch'. The address reads 'General Seafoods Corporation, I-15 Fish Pier, Boston, Mass'. stacked receptacles containing the packets. A man pulls out a sliding receptacle and takes out a couple of packets. He puts them in an empty spot. The the layers of receptacles containing fresh fish are compressed by a hydraulic press and placed in a freezer. A hand locks the freezer door and pushes a button to start cooling. The temperature shows 4 degrees Fahrenheit.
Parade for General Douglas MacArthur in Boston, Massachusetts. Police hold back crowd as General Douglas MacArthur emerges from a building in Boston. General Douglas MacArthur inspects United States soldiers in formation on Summer St. as he walks from South Station after arriving in Boston. Sign for the Chester S. Brett Wool company on building in background. General Douglas MacArthur seated in the back of a convertible with policemen on motorcycles as security while parade proceeds beyond Kennedy's department store at 26-38 Summer St. and then down Winter St. past the Touraine gloves and hosiery store at the corner of Winter St. and Washington St. General Douglas MacArthur waves at crowd from convertible.
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