Americans celebrate United States 200th Anniversary in New York City, United States. International gathering of tall ships (sailing vessels).View of USCGC Eagle (WIX-37) and other tall ships under full sail. View of tall buildings and skyscrapers of Manhattan, including World Trade Center Twin Towers. Tall ships enter New York harbor with Statue of Liberty in the background. Sailors aboard the ships. Fleet of ships from different countries pass by. Huge crowd gathered in lower Manhattan to watch the celebration. An African American child piggybacks on his father’s back. “When the ships come out soon, it’s going to be a beautiful thing to see” the boy says to his father. Men sing songs and people eat fruit and snacks. A woman eating watermelon watches the performance. Men and women in traditional costumes perform European folk dances. A Turkish dancer twirls in her red, white, and blue dress. Americans give their opinions about this auspicious day.
Activities of people in Lower Manhattan, New York City. View of World Trade Center Twin Towers in the distance. People walk along Wall Street in Manhattan. Trinity Church visible at end of street. Cars parked in front of buildings and traffic passing by Federal Hall. Pedestrian and automobile traffic on the street. People ice skate at Rockefeller Plaza.
In midtown New York City near Times Square: Broadway show signs including 'Guys and Dolls' at the Broadway Theater, 'Shenandoah' at the Alvin Theater, 'The Wiz' at the Majestic Theater, and 'A Chorus Line' at the Shubert Theater. Signs advertising 'My Fair Lady' and 'A Texas Trilogy' are also seen. Other signs seen include one for Sardis Restaurant and Dance City.
People and buildings in New York. Vegetables displayed in an outdoor vegetable stand in front of a store or market. People move on sidewalks outside the market. Automobile traffic in the background. A man puts vegetables in a box.
People and buildings in midtown New York City. A dog fetches a ball from a fountain at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, United States). A man throws back the ball. The flag of the United States flutters in the breeze. Various buildings of the city. The Guggenheim Museum (1071 5th Ave, New York, NY 10128, United States). Automobile and pedestrian traffic on the street. Flags outside a building.
Views of The Statue of Liberty. Close-up view of face of statue. Camera zooms wide to show whole statue, and then zooms in to show upper area and face of lady liberty.