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The crowd greets Office of War Information Director Elmer Davis in New York (WW2)
Elmer Davis in New York City during World War II. Office of War Information Director Elmer Davis comes out of a building. He greets a guard standing outside. A crowd greets him. A cameraman films the event. People look on. Davis tips his hat and greets the crowd.
View of famous landmarks in New York City, United States, in early 1940s.
A map of United States of America. Greyhound passenger bus pasing through toll booth on highway between Boston and New York. Tourist bus arrives in New York, USA. View of tourists inside the bus. Buildings in New York City. View of the Statue of Liberty from a boat. Heavy traffic outside the New York Public Library. Tourist couples travels on busy streets sitting in open top level of a double decker bus. View of the Empire State building and Will's building. Tourist couple enjoys view of the city from rooftop of Empire State Building. A telescope on the rooftop. Wide, sweeping, elevated views of skyscrapers and buildings of Manhattan, New York City, as seen from atop the Empire State Building in the early 1940s.
Infantry units march, and floats are seen, during War Parade on Fifth Avenue in New York City, United States (WW2)
War Parade on Fifth Avenue, in New York City, United States during World War II. United States flags raised on the buildings. The first float in the Parade is called "Death Rides" and is an effigy of Death, as a cloaked skeleton, astride a gray horse, beating Nazi swastika drums. Another float , entitled: "Pearl Harbor", depicts a Japanese man (Hideki Tojo) stabbing Uncle Sam in the back prodded by other Axis leaders, German leader Adolf Hitler and Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini. A Boy Scout Band marches and plays. Boy Scouts of America carry massed American flags. A huge crowd of spectators gathered on the sidewalks. Jeeps and tanks take part in parade. Units of Army and Navy participate in parade. A band of bagpipers in Scottish garb. British and American flags lead contingents of British troops. Unit of U.S. Womens Army Corps (WAC) parades. Policemen all along the line of march.
War Parade on Fifth Avenue, New York City (WW2)
War Parade on Fifth Avenue, in New York City, United States during World War II . Baton twirling Drum Majorettes. National Float of the Netherlands, with "Holland" in bold letters. several U.S. veterans of WWI in uniform. Athletes in running gear. Antique wooden hearse drawn by team of 4 horses, with sign on its side decrying "Crime of Lidice." United States flags raised on the buildings. A huge crowd gathered on the sidewalks. Policemen stationed at the curbs along the line of march.
Jeeps, tanks, half tracks, other mechanized equipment, and many U.S. military units march in War Parade on 5th Ave in New York (WW2)
War Parade on Fifth Avenue, in New York City, United States during World War II . An open car driven by an Army soldier, escorted by motorcycle police, and carrying Army and Navy officers. United States flags raised on the buildings. A huge crowd gathered on the sidewalks. Mechanized equipment on parade. Band in the parade. Jeeps, tanks, and half-tracks loaded with soldiers. A Curtis Aircraft float with a real P-40 airplane on it. A display of a Wright Cyclone 9 aircraft engine rated at 1200 horsepower, the type used on Flying Fortresses, with sign reading: "US Army Air Forces at War:" Infantry units march with massed colors in the parade. Military units participate with countless Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, and Airmen marching.
Life of the students of Antioch College as they pursue work-study jobs in New York City.
Various courses at Antioch College in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Antioch College building. A farm in a countryside and a busy street in a town. Arthur Morgan who introduced the work-study program which aims at making education meaningful. Students and their personal faculty advisers discuss job opportunities. The students circulate between work and job four times a year. Two students hold a job alternately. The students of the college work as typists, accountants to ensure inter penetration of business in their lives. Low angle camera view of college student at busy roadside waiting for bus, as 1940's cars and other vehicles race by. Various accounting and clerical jobs and mechanical machines including typewriters, paper, and money counting devices. A sign on a board reads ' Dollar Day'. A student works in a clothing store in New York. Girls seated around a table on a New York City high rise or skyscraper building rooftop after their work shift, smoking and relaxing. Feet of a girl as she rests them. View of sculpture and fountain at Rockefeller Center. A student of Antioch College works in a NBC broadcast studio as a guide, and he is shown giving a tour to visitors who want to learn about radio broadcasting. The students work in consumer co-operatives, publishing company. A student works as an executive in a stationery concern in Massachusetts. The students work in a newspaper establishment, where reporters and journalists are shown working on stories in a newsroom. A student looking after a police beat interviews a police officer. Students also take up jobs in the field of social sciences as they study change of thought in the society and the circumstances and events that lead to poverty and crime.