Preparations for departure of victory ship from New York to Great Britain, at the end of World War II. Maritime Commission members meet with the representatives of British Ministry of War Transport, at New York City. Members and officers discuss problems of wartime shipping. Phrase 'Time is Short' written on top of a door behind the chairman.
Preparations for departure of victory ship from New York to Great Britain, at the end of World War II. Maritime Commission members meet with the representatives of British Ministry of War Transport, at New York City. Buildings and skyscrapers of New York. Ships and workers at the harbor. Skyscrapers on the waterfront in Manhattan.
Preparations for departure of victory ship from New York to Great Britain during World War II. Maritime Commission members meet with the representatives of British Ministry of War Transport, at New York City. Smokestacks of factories give away smoke at night. New York City buildings and a bridge at night. Busy Broadway and Times Square with vehicles and pedestrians. Number of vehicles passes through a river bridge. Neon lighting on the buildings, skyscrapers, and the shops at night, with many advertisements, theaters, and restaurants. Trucks on roads and traffic guards on duty.
Preparations for departure of victory ship from New York to Great Britain, at the end of World War II. Naval officers aboard the ship. Bow of ship cruises in the sea. A sailor watches other boats with binoculars. Other boats at the horizon seen from the ship. Meeting of Maritime Commission members and representatives of British Ministry of War Transport, at New York City. Ship ready for sail at a harbor in New York.
Nearly 150,000 new citizens being administered an oath of allegiance at Central Park on 'I am an American Day.' Military Service heroes from World War 2 being greeted at the stage by Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Judge Learned Hand administers the oath to new citizens in New York City.
World War 2 period newsreel titled "Maritime hero day." A large number of mariners and citizens gather at a ceremony outside the Federal Hall Sub-Treasury building on Wall Street in New York City to pay tribute to Maritime service. Widow of Albert Fentris being presented the Mariners medal at the ceremony. A wreath is cast in the sea to commemorate dead heroes. U.S. Merchant Marine sailors train and parade in a ceremony at the U. S. Maritime Service Training Station facility at Sheepshead Bay, New York.