French superliner 'Normandie' capsizes in the Hudson River in New York, United States. The ocean liner lies on its side at the harbor. Sailors view the passenger ship from a scaffold. Water is pumped out of the Normandie. A measuring scale measures the level of water from the bow of liner.
Food rationing in New York, United States, during World War 2. Interior of King Kullen Grocery store: A housewife buys rationed canned goods. A sign: 'Official Table of Point Values for Processed Foods'. A hand takes counts out ration stamps from a sheet of stamps. The housewife buys vegetables. A food market clerk places a bag of apples in a cart. The housewife talks to the clerk. Signs : 'Please Do Not Ask for Butter Today' and 'Sorry No More Pineapple'. A Federal Offense sign reads, "Let's share the food and help win the war! It is a federal offense to violate any provision of the Food Rationing Act." Additional signs read : 'All Rationed Foods Are Marked', and "We Are Temporarily Out Of Beef'. Exterior of King Kullen Grocery store shows people walking away with packages.
A Boarding ramp is seen extending to the docket Swedish ocean liner, M.S. Gripsholm, from a covered pier at Jersey City, New Jersey, during World War 2. A policeman and a ship's crewman carry a sick man aboard on a litter. At the base of the ramp, Japanese Nationals and Issei stand in group waiting to board. Two armed U.S. sailors guard the ramp. View switches to the Gripsholm's deck where passenger families are happily greeting one another. Many are family and friends who know each other. Camera pans along the ship's deck, where many passengers are seated and others continue to greet one another. View of several passengers seated outdoors, on deck. Two small children squat near the railing to look outside. The Manhattan, New York City skyline is seen in fog, in the background. On the main deck, girl walks with a very small child. Two little girls descend a stairs to a lower deck. Several little boys stand by a railing to look out on the Hudson River. A mother brings a very small child up the gang plank.
Canadian and American parcels loaded onto Red Cross Gripsholm ship in New York during World War II. Parcels are intended for delivery to Allied prisoners of war in Japanese prison camps. A female American officer checks the parcels.
British anti-aircraft men march in parade as people give them a warm welcome to New York City during World War II. Soldiers on foot march to the hall. A ceremony to honor the anti-aircraft men outside the New York City Hall. New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia speaks at the ceremony in New York City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States).
Harvesting wheat in Washington, United States. View of a wheat field. Mature wheat crops. Farmers harvest wheat with combine harvesters. Horses pulling the harvesters. Wheat being harvested. Harvested wheat is filled in sacks and being sealed. The sacks of wheat lying on a field.