A Boarding ramp is seen extending to the docket Swedish ocean liner, M.S. Gripsholm, from a covered pier at Jersey City, New Jersey, during World War 2. A policeman and a ship's crewman carry a sick man aboard on a litter. At the base of the ramp, Japanese Nationals and Issei stand in group waiting to board. Two armed U.S. sailors guard the ramp. View switches to the Gripsholm's deck where passenger families are happily greeting one another. Many are family and friends who know each other. Camera pans along the ship's deck, where many passengers are seated and others continue to greet one another. View of several passengers seated outdoors, on deck. Two small children squat near the railing to look outside. The Manhattan, New York City skyline is seen in fog, in the background. On the main deck, girl walks with a very small child. Two little girls descend a stairs to a lower deck. Several little boys stand by a railing to look out on the Hudson River. A mother brings a very small child up the gang plank.
The SS Leviathan, the largest ocean liner afloat, (former German ocean liner Vaterland, seized and renamed by the U.S. Government in 1917, as America entered World War 1). Tug boats assist the three-stacker Leviathan as she enters New York harbor. Tug boats working with another troop ship (two-stacker) in the harbor. Ferry boat in background. A sleek troop transport ship with two slanted stacks and rakish lines, accentuated by camouflage, in a New Jersey harbor.Two Navy troop ships underway with an airplane flying overhead. A column of U.S. Navy troop transport ships underway in the Atlantic ocean. A barrage balloon is seen overhead.
Delegates of Pan American Highway Commission relax in Atlantic City New Jersey near the end of a month long tour of the United States. Boardwalk and oceanside views and street views in Atlantic City. A woman stands on the boardwalk looking out at the beach and ocean, with a pier in the background. Group of young tourists in bathing suits gathered on the beach. Men launch a wooden rowboat from the beach out into the surf. A group of young people relax on the beach.
Documentary depicts the conversation of an Italian journalist with an American man. Transworld Airways (TWA) Constellation passenger plane lands at airport in Italy. Several people seated in the waiting hall at the airport. A young Italian journalist going to United States meets an American man. The men talk to each other about the mutual interests of both the countries. View of traffic in streets of New York. Pedestrians and vehicular traffic. Manhattan skyscrapers and skyline of New York City seen. A woman works in an office in the Empire State Building in Manhattan. View from her office of East River and Welfare Island. Chrysler Building seen slightly below the Empire State Building office level. View from Empire State Building to West. Ocean liner in Hudson River and New Jersey visible in distance. Taxis driving on Park Avenue. Italian-made automobiles are seen in traffic, including an Italian red convertible with top down. A woman enters the beauty salon of Julius Caruso. Italian creations are kept in the salon, including Venetian glass products. The woman gets her hair done by the stylist. Ferragamo shoes are seen. Exterior view of the Plaza Hotel, on Central Park, South. Woman enters the hotel carrying a parcel. She tries on some Italian designer coats. Women try Italian designer jewelry and evening gowns. Italian office machinery made by Olivetti Company is displayed. Leather bags made by Gucci, from Italy, are shown.
Memorial statue in Central Park, New York, to the 7th U.S. Army Regiment of World War I (World War 1, WWI, First World War). American infantrymen run with rifles from C-47 transport planes. U.S. soldiers in battlefield in Europe, and parading in tanks and marching,along the Champs Elysee,in Paris, France, with the Arch of Triumph behind them. Soldiers march with flags. People watch. Korean War era U.S. soldiers march with rifles. West Point cadets march in New York City. Houses and buildings along the sides of the street. U.S. Army soldiers in various modes of operation: riflemen, artillerymen, paratroopers,ski troops, and Army engineers building bridges. One scene shows a woman soldier working as a mechanic. Soldiers training on an obstacle course, traversing a polar region with dog sleds. A gun emplacement in Hawaii and U.S.troops parading in the Philippines. A ship traversing the Panama Canal. View of U.S. Army tent Camp in Puerto Rico. A U.S. soldier sentry standing guard beside the ocean, in summer, in Iceland. An American soldier poses on a hill in New Jersey, silhouetted against backdrop of the Manhattan skyline with tall skyscrapers of New York City seen behind him. Sergeant James Mansfield talks about Colonel William Wilson Quinn. Colonel William Wilson Quinn on the show discusses the blue badge of the combat infantryman. The badge framed on a wall. He says that the badge has a blue background which is the color of the infantry. Copy of a rifle on the badge is surrounded by a circle with a star.
Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia, of New York City, strikes a slot machine with a large ax. Anti-gambling Officials seen aboard the tugboat "Manhattan" in New York Harbor, as it pushes a barge loaded with slot machines destined for dumping in the Atlantic Ocean. Lettering on the barge reads: "The City Of New York Department of Docks." View of damaged slot machine showing internal wheels. A man's hand seen trying to manipulate the broken machine.
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