Pedestrians on sidewalks and cars and trucks moving on one-way street, in older neighborhood of New York City. Trucks stop to load and unload, but, otherwise, there are no vehicles parked on the street. There appear to be moveable parking restriction signs placed near curb, on sidewalk. Brick and stone apartment buildings line the street. One has outdoor fire escape at front of building. A sign at one commercial establishment reads 'Ye Olde Coffee house restaurant'
A huge crane moves girders and door frames as it dismantles an old building in New York City, United States. Old buildings in the background. A steel frame being lowered as workmen guide it onto pile of rubble in adjacent lot.
Urban renewal in New York City. A steel frame building under construction with cranes on its top. Steel girders of a new building. A large crane swings a wrecking ball against the wall of a building, as worker directs crane operator. A man stands precariously on the top edge of a brick building and swings sledge hammer, to dislodge bricks. A huge oil tank being lowered,by a crane,into excavation next to building under construction.
Urban renewal in New York City, United States. Old wooden dwelling, still inhabited,with laundry hanging on clothes line, stands in midst of rubble from surrounding construction activity. Steel frame structure of a modern building under construction nearby. A huge mobile crane hoists a bucket of concrete to the top of a reinforced concrete building under construction. Temporary wooden posts support top story while concrete cures. Steel framework of modern buildings under construction. Two trees stand alone in rubble, surrounded by numerous high rise buildings under construction.
A new mechanized mine layer being used at Fort Belvoir in Virginia, United States. United States Army engineers display an automatic mine layer which digs the divot. Man works on a mine and mine being planted automatically. Earth being replaced over the mine by a bulldozer.
John Lomax and Lead Belly also known as Huddie William Ledbetter, an American folk and blues musician in the United States. They reenact events of their relationship. A car pulls up at an Essolene gas station from a snow covered road. Lead Belly gets out of the car as his employer, Lomax, sits inside the car. Lead Belly opens one side of the car hood and a station attendant adds a quart of oil to the engine crankcase. Lead Belly, the driver, pays the attendant, gets back into the car and they drive away. A sign reads 'Wilton Town'.
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