A suburban shopping center in the United States. Wide variety of 1950s cars parked in parking lot of the Cross County Center located in Yonkers, New York. Signs for 'First National Stores'. Other signs seen include, Andrews, Lerner Shops, Stamp Bonus Days, Gimbels, and Red Coach Inn. A woman is seen with a shopping cart and carrying a large box of Stanzal Detergent. Children climb onto mechanical rocket amusement rides. A girl climbs into a 'Sputnik' toy ride. A small roller coaster is seen in action. View through the window of a brass goods store has a sign that reads, 'Chemex'.
Various goods like televisions, clocks, irons, bow ties, beauty lotion, plates, toy cars and trucks, clothes, liquor, flowers, and the book by J.K. Lasser "Your Income Tax" are seen for sale in window displays at various stores of the suburban Cross County Shopping Center in Yonkers, New York, United States. Many 1950s cars parked in the parking lots of the mall shopping center in the suburbs.
Exteriors of the suburban Cross County Center shopping center in Yonkers, New York in the late 1950s. Camera pans across the Grand Union grocery store advertising its gravity-fed "Food -O-Mat" shelving system. There is also an automat in front of the store for a number of items. Close up view of an automat automatic vending machine. Man pulls a box of cornflakes from the machine after inserting coins. View of grocery store puchases from the Grand Union supermarket in large bins on a conveyor belt, as they roll to bag boys outside the store, who lift the bags into the cars of waiting customers. A car pulls up to a drive in window at the Peoples Trust Bank and the driver deposits a large bag of money into the teller drawer. Elevated view of the Cross County Center open air suburban shopping center and many 1950s cars parked in the parking lots. Signs seen at shopping center include "Lerner Shops" and "Gimbels". Many cars on the nearby roads and parking lots.
Activities of the U.S. civil defense officials in El Paso, Texas, during "Operation Alert" (civilian mass evacuation drill during Cold War preparations for potential nuclear weapon attack). A civil defense official pulls down the handle of a Thunderbeam siren control boxes on a tower. A tower with insulators on top. A line of cars being driven on road including a school bus. Mountains in the background. A U.S. aircraft in flight above the cars. A civil defense flag in the background. A civil defense official speaks on microphone. Side of the car reads 'Texas department public safety'. Officials move around cars. A civil defense official talks to a woman, a red cross worker. An American red cross flag in the background. A line of cars leave. An official directs the cars.
Activities of the U.S. civil defense officials in El Paso, Texas, during "Operation Alert," a Cold War mass evacuation drill in preparation for potential nuclear weapon attack. A board reads 'El Paso City Limit pop. 182500'. Buses parked on road side. Automobile traffic in front of the buses. A line of cars being driven on road. A helicopter in flight above the cars. A civil defense official holds a civil defense flag and directs the cars. Wing of the aircraft in flight. Civil defense officials work on a map. Automobile traffic in front of a truck and a motorbike parked on ground. A U.S. aircraft in flight.
Continental atomic tests in Nevada, United States. B-29 bomber in flight. A cactus on a barren land. Views of cacti in field. Mountains in the background. Series of atomic bomb test explosions, including small and large bursts, both high and low, and a ground burst. Mushroom clouds rise due to explosions.
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