Smoke rising from bombs exploding almost obscures bombs dropping from B-29s on a large Japanese city, on a river, during World War 2. B-29s seen passing through the smoke, as viewed from the camera plane flying above them. Scene shifts to an airfield, where a P-51D Mustang fighter plane is landing, while another is taxing the opposite way, along the other side of the runway. Other U.S. Army Air Forces warplanes seen in the background include: B-29s and B-24s. The P-51 lands, while watched by a group of airmen standing by with crash equipment and fuel trucks, parked next to a large tent. It pulls off the active towards the group of airmen. Another P-51 lands as two take off from midfield. Several airmen watch the operations, atop a hill where they are silhouetted against the sky.
A historical documentary about German born civil engineer John Augustus Roebling's early experimentation with wire rope suspension bridges in the United States. A water fall. A flooded river. A suspension bridge. The Golden Gate Bridge. The San Francisco Bay. Animation depicts the Golden Gate Bridge spanning the Golden Gate connecting the city of San Francisco to Marin County. Houses and automobile traffic.
Automobile and pedestrian traffic on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. Heavy northbound traffic on 5th Avenue, stops periodically to allow pedestrians to cross and 42nd Street traffic to enter. The New York Public Library Building in Midtown Manhattan is seen clearly, with lion statues on its steps and large American flag flying in front. Traffic includes horse-drawn as well as motorized vehicles. On Upper West Side, view of Columbus Circle, 8th Avenue, Broadway and 59th Street, with statue of Columbus visible. Street car seen .
City trains in New York, United States. A couple, both dressed in white, walks on a railway platform. A sign on the platform reads ' Lackawanna railroad'. A steam locomotive pulls a passenger train into the station. A conductor assists as the couple boards the train. They wave from the train. The conductor helps passengers, including the woman in white and her escort, to get off the train. The man in white tips the conductor.
The city of New Orleans in the United States. Building of the Spanish Government House. A car parked. A woman enters an iron gateway. The building of St. Louis Cathedral. Tourists walk along the grave stones of St. Louis Cemetery.
The city of New Orleans in the United States. Pedestrian traffic, street car or trolley traffic, and automobile traffic on Canal Street. Street level views and elevated views of busy Canal Street. A Creole girl in the doorway of a house. Homes along a narrow alley. A child and a man with a peg leg. Ornate iron work balconies. A woman tends to plants and flowers in a court yard. A horse drawn wagon enters a creole market area. Men and women customers in front of produce stands at the market.
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