Time lapse view of dawn breaking over Manhattan Island. Skyscrapers in New York City in 1958. People emerging from ferry to dock on their morning commute to work. Men and women pedestrians dressed in 1950s fashions cross streets as taxi cabs and 1950s era cars pass by. A man in coat and hat waiting at a bus stop, with a city bus stopped. Elevated views of pedestrians squeezing between stopped car bumbers at crowded intersections. Pigeons in a park. High Elevated views of pedestrians, traffic, crossroads, buildings, and skyscrapers of Manhattan skyline. Long views of many blocks of Manhattan buildings and streets. Shadows of tall skyscrapers falling across buildings and streets as dusk nears. Lights in skyscraper windows at night. Clouds in the background. Aerials of traffic at night. Timelapse view of sunset and night scenes in Manhattan.
Fleet of Savio-Marchetti SM.55 lead by Italo Balbo land in Chicago Illinois for the Chicago World's Fair. Sailors and citizens greet Italo Balbo and his air fleet on his arrival. Huge crowd gathered to welcome him as he drives through a parade in New York City before returning to Italy. Italo Balbo waves to the American people in New York. From a November 27, 1958 newsreel feature "25 years ago today".
Men using huge machines to construct new buildings and demolish old ones in New York City. Men saw planks at the city harbor. Trucks at construction site. Man operates crane. An excavator digs and removes mud. A construction worker. Buildings in the city. Water at the site. Huge glass windows on a building. A crane lifts material. Hook on a crane. Reflection in glass windows. Worker welds, sparks fly. View of the city through the unfinished building. Building under construction. Man climbs up a support beam.
Men using huge machines construct new buildings and demolish old ones. Rubble lying around as machines demolish a building. Men erect a fallen pillar. They pull down a structure. Burning of old material. A man tries to put out the fire. Demolition of old buildings. New buildings in the background. Pigeons on an old building. Buildings under construction. Cranes at the site. Smoke stacks in the background. Machines at the site.
Abandoned and wrecked cars loaded on a truck in New York City, United States. Crane lifts a car and places it into a smokeless furnace having a special chamber to eliminate air pollution. Car in flames.
A benefit basketball game between the skilled and comedic Harlem Globetrotters versus Philadelphia Sphas, held at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Globetrotters put on their hilarious show. Meadowlark Lemon and Wilt Chamberlain break up audience with humor during the game that confuses the opposing team and the referees. Roy Campanella, the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team catcher, is seen in the crowd wearing a neck brace while recovering from a car accident. Large crowd of over 18,000 spectators gathers to watch the game.