The Queensboro Bridge, in New York City, United States. Manhattan New York City skyline visible under bridge, including skyscrapers like the Empire State Building and Chrysler Building, which is also seen through stone arch of the Queensboro Bridge. Skyline of buildings seen from park under the bridge. View of Chrysler Building from street looking up. Northbound traffic on Henry Hudson Parkway. George Washington Bridge in distance. Views of George Washington Bridge. Boat plying Hudson river with ramparts of Fort visible on opposite shore. Boat passing George Washington Bridge. Man stands on palisades by George Washington Bridge, smoking a cigarette. He waves.
Museums in New York City, United States. Cars and buses move along the street, next to Central Park. Art galleries and museums in the city. Exterior view of Metropolitan Museum of Art (1000 5th Ave, New York, NY 10028, United States). A group of school children visit the 'Metropolitan.' Interior of the museum. Visitors look at the paintings and portraits in view.
Priests bless vehicles at a ceremony at a church in Baldwin, New York. A few priests in a churchyard. A few people beside the garden in front of the Shrine Church of St. Christopher (11 Gale Ave, Baldwin, NY 11510, United States) in Baldwin. An inscription on a stone reads 'Shrine Church of St. Christopher, Baldwin, New York, Patron Saint of Motorists Confraternity. Masses 7-8-9-10, Application blanks for Membership in Baptistry'. A cross on top of the stone. Vehicles parked in a line on a pathway. Men and women on the side of the pathway with the priests in the front. One of the priests sprays holy water on the vehicles and bless the vehicles in the ceremony. The priests proceed to the next vehicle.
Lincoln Square Arcade on fire in New York City, New York. The Lincoln Square arcade, with nearby stores and apartments, on fire. Firemen dousing the fire with giant hoses. A damaged building. Several men on the side of a busy street. Smoke rising from the burning building. Two firemen holding the giant hose and spraying water onto the top floor of the building. The building entirely damaged and the ruins spread in a large area. Smoke rising from the building.
Seventeen of the world's best ice skating barrel jumpers compete in the 11th annual competition at Grossinger's Catskill Resort in the Catskill Mountains of New York near the village of Liberty. Skaters are seen circling the ice rink to gain speed, and jumping over lines of barrels. Scenes of jumpers failing to clear all the barrels in their attempts. Only 3 contenders manage to clear 15 barrels. Only one, Jim Waldo, of Portland, Oregon, is seen successfully clearing 16 barrels to win the event. He receives his trophy from New York Yankees Baseball team's star catcher, Yogi Berra.
The U.S. Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed of Japanese-Americans, is welcomed back after three years of combat in Europe, during World War II. The Combat Team soldiers aboard their trooop ship entering New York Harbor. They display their logo and motto, "shoot the works," on the side of the ship. New York City skyline visible behind the ship. Family and friends gathered at a harbor to receive and welcome them. Since many of the soldiers are from Hawaii, their reception committee includes several hula dancers who also bedeck them with garlands (leis) of flowers as they disembark from the ship. The Combat Team assembles on the wharf and marches away.
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