French postal worker from the village of LaFayette, France, personally delivers post cards in New York City, attesting to friendship between the French and American people, on 200th anniversary of the birth of the Marquis de Lafayette. He arrives on an Air France DC-6. The postcards are sent in response to a broadcast over Radio Europe about Franco-American relations. Men load sacks of postcards on a cart. The French Postman rides the cart with the mail. He meets Mr. A.N. Spanel (Abraham Nathaniel Spanel), founder and chairman of the International Latex Corporation, who made the radio broadcast.
The March of Dimes Fashion Show in New York, United States. Models walk on a ramp. The guests include Jean Marie MacArthur, wife of Douglas MacArthur, and famous personalities and journalists such as Dorothy Kilgallen and Elsa Maxwell. Gossip columnist and author Elsa Maxwell on the catwalk. Basil O'Connor, President of the National FoundationâMarch of Dimes, smokes while talking to celebrity guests. Models pose in evening gowns exhibiting Spring collections from American fashion designers. Spanish artist Salvador DalĂ is seen in attendance. 1957 Polio Poster Girl Marlene Olsen walks on the ramp.
Activities of U.S. soldiers as they board a troop ship in Brooklyn, New York during World War II, for transport to the war front. Officers aboard the troop transport ship. U.S. soldiers holding guns board the ship through a gangplank. Edmund B. Alexander written on the side of the ship. The ship departs for Newfoundland.
Pilot Hawks dies in a Gwinn Aircar crash in East Aurora, New York. Lieutenant Commander Frank Monroe Hawks and his companion in the cockpit of a Gwinn Aircar. The aircraft taxis and takes off. The aircraft in flight over the town. It hits high tension wires and plunges to the ground. Men watch the damaged aircraft at the accident site. Trees in the background.
Vegetable and fruit beauty treatment in New York. Vegetables and fruits kept on a table. Female models sit in chairs ready to receive their natural beauty treatment. Beautician Senora Pulgar applies slices of watermelon, tomatoes, cucumbers and other vegetables on the faces of the models to help create a beautiful complexion. The aspirants' faces show effect after the beauty treatment.
U.S. Navy tests its 'PT' or the 'Mosquito' boats at a naval base in New York. U.S. navy officers and sailors at the base during the tests. The Mosquito boats ready for the test. Insignia of a mosquito on one of the boats. The boats run speedily in water up to 60 miles per hour. U.S. Navy officers in one of the boats.
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