Cars, buses, street cars, pedestrians in a crowded street area of Los Angeles, California, during World War 2. Trolley passing by. Crowd walking by stores and shops near intersection of Broadway and 7th Street in Los Angeles. Elevated view of intersection and traffic. Bank of America and various stores in view. The Owl Drug Company's store in seen. Pedestrians include men and women, and some U.S. military soldiers and U.S. Navy sailors in uniform.
Los Angeles City Hall (200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States) visible in the background. Hotel Pacific seen. San Pedro Hotel at 206 1/2 San Pedro in "Little Tokyo." The Sumitomo Bank Ltd Los Angeles Branch office in the street. Theatre Fuji seen, with some Navy sailors walking past. Store fronts for Gashin Grocery and Bamboo Room bar. Two Japanese-American women exit the grocery. Pedestrians walking near intersection of First Street and San Pedro Street in Little Tokyo.
Workers in Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company. Workers work in Control room and Meter room. Reactor tanks seen. Rubber coagulates from Holding tanks washed and filtered. Rubber crumbs leave press as rubber bales which are then packed.
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.
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