Workers build a light beacon tower 950 feet above the financial district in New York. A steel pole being pulled up the tower. A worker works on the tower. The pole is placed on the top of the tower.
A photographer uses a camera and records as he jumps from a U.S. Curtis Condor aircraft over Roosevelt Field in Garden City, New York. Men with parachute packs lined up in front of a Curtis Condor. The photographer checks his camera before boarding the aircraft. Men board the aircraft. Parachutists jump from the Curtis Condor in flight and descend.
U.S. Salvation Army Commander Evangeline Booth in New York. Evangeline Booth, noted temperance activist, arrives in a car during the dedication of the Memorial Auditorium and a new administration building. Members of the Salvation Army march along a street. People assembled in front of a building. Evangeline Booth speaks.
New York City motorcycle policemen gathered on a city street in readiness to escort Harry S. Truman upon his first official visit to the city as President. He is seen riding in an open car, accompanied by Secret Service agents and several U.S. Naval officers. New Yorkers line the sidewalks to catch a glimpse of the President. Workers, of the 32nd Street Western Cafeteria, line the sidewalk in front of their restaurant in the Chelsea neighborhood. The Presidential motorcade crossing the Manhattan Bridge to Brooklyn, and then turning into the gate of the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Sailors lining the Navy Yard roadway presenting arms. Military personnel, yard workers and others fill the Navy yard. The President's flag hoisted on the USS Franklin D Roosevelt. Hundreds of Navy officers and sailors all in white hats, salute in unison. All sit to listen to President Truman's remarks. Scene shifts back to the streets of Manhattan, as policemen control spectators lining the sidewalks. Brief view from a car moving along the path of the motorcade.
Christening of the USS Franklin D Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, United States. The ship underway in the foreground. Missouri blimp in flight overhead. Officers aboard a ship discussing amongst themselves. USS Renshaw underway at a river.
Christening of the USS Franklin D Roosevelt at the Brooklyn Navy Yard in New York, United States. President Harry Truman at the speaker's stand. Other officials stand nearby. UN flag flies atop a flag pole. Spectators in the background. Crowd of spectators being addressed by Truman. Large buildings in the background.
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