Nine brides stand in wedding gowns during a mass wedding at Prospect Park in Brooklyn, New York City. Children sing during the wedding ceremony. Wedding ceremonies go on. New York City Criminal Court Judge Amos S. Basel officiates the mass wedding. Two couples are African Americans. Couples stand. Large crowd gathers. A cake in between the couples.
Instant Rehabilitation project by Housing and Urban Department, in the lower east side of Manhattan, New York City. Clip opens with brief view of newly built suburban houses in suburb of New York City. Next scenes are in downtown New York City: Tenement buildings seen. Children, women and men living in run down tenements of New York City are seen in and around housing. A policeman is seen walking the beat in a neighborhood. Views of lower east side tenement buildings and streets and pedestrians in the area. Slum areas with garbage on the ground underneath hanging laundry lines, and graffiti seen. Internal view of the old tenement houses seen. A sidewalk vegetable market in view. People watching out of the tenement building windows. Demolition underway of old tenement buildings as busy construction work begins on new buildings.
Instant Rehabilitation Project by Housing and Urban Department in New York City, especially lower east side. Hands holding a pamphlet entitled "Housing Act of 1961". Dilapidated and run down tenement buildings seen. Housing and Urban Department officials seen with contractors. Core units of the buildings seen and demonstration of prefabricated kitchens and baths lowered through the roof. Construction crew working. Kitchen and bathrooms seen in the renovated building. Families on a move are shown. Moving vans are seen.
Instant Rehabilitation housing renovation project by Housing and Urban Department in the lower east side of Manhattan, New York City, working on a cluster of adjacent old-law tenements on East 5th Street (nos. 633–637) just south of Tompkins Square. Mayor John Lindsay in a ceremony. Construction workers stand on fire escapes and watch the ceremony. A man gives speech. Public gathered to watch the ceremony. Renovated buildings seen.
Instant Rehabilitation housing renovation and renewal project by Housing and Urban Department in New York City. Prefabricated kitchens and baths are lowered through the roof of old buildings on the lower east side. Paper reading 'Rehabilitation guide' seen. Housing and Urban Department officials discuss the construction project. Renovated building seen.
Overweight women weigh themselves on a scale. Overweight and heavy girls weighing over 200 pounds audition for an upcoming New York show about famous 'Beef Trust' girls of dancing group of Vaudeville company. The overweight women go through active dancing routines.