War time conditions and life in New York City during World War II. Automobile traffic on streets before war time. Cars and other vehicles move on road. Sign: 'Sorry No Gas, Don't Blame Us, Blame Hitler'. Cars are stored because of the gas shortage. Views of road showing no traffic. Skyscrapers of the city. Neon signs and lights on buildings with war time blackout conditions. Consumers buy food from stores. Sign: 'only one to a customer'. Booklet of 'United States of America, War ration Book One'. Women prepare list of required food items and receive ration books. Consumers use ration books for food. Carton are loaded onto ship.
Curtiss R3C1 racer aircraft prepared for the 1925 Pulitzer Race at Mitchel Field in New York, United States. Civilian and army air service personnel push the army R3C1 aircraft from the hangar of 6lst Service Squadron Engineering Department at Mitchel Field. The army R3C1 aircraft on a grass field. Two civilians and two air service personnel standing behind a wing are examining the cockpit. The navy R3C1 aircraft with its engine running on the grass field. A civilian is in the cockpit and another civilian is standing. An open touring car drives in from the background and stops by the aircraft. Navy Lieutenant Al Williams alights from the vehicle and walks past Army Lieutenant Cy Bettis to the aircraft. He then talks with the man in the cockpit.
Lieutenant Al Williams flying a Curtiss R3C1 racer aircraft for the 1925 Pulitzer Race at Mitchel Field in New York, United States. View of the navy R3C1. Lieutenant Al Williams and a civilian look at a map laid out on a wingtip of the aircraft. Lieutenant Cy Bettis and Lieutenant Williams standing behind the navy R3C1 aircraft. Lieutenant Williams removes his uniform coat and cap, then Lieutenant Bettis helps him put on a parachute and he climbs into the cockpit of the aircraft. Lieutenant Williams seated in the cockpit of the navy R3C1. He smiles at a camera and puts on goggles. A civilian comes up to side of the cockpit and the two men confer over a small notebook. The navy R3C1 with its engine running on a grass field. Several Curtiss mechanics push the tail of the aircraft around. An army officer, a civilian and an army enlisted man are standing nearby and are watching. The navy R3C1 taxis in front of a small hangar. The army R3C1 takes off. Two aircraft flying over Mitchel Field during the course of the 1925 Pulitzer Race. The navy R3C1 lands. Lt. Williams wearing a flight jacket and a navy service cap.
A pilot lands safe on a roof in New York, United States after the engines of his aircraft fail. A three storey house. A motor car in the foreground. An aircraft whose engines failed hanging from the roof . The aircraft is pushed back. Personnel evacuate the pilot Jerry Longobardi who is a student flier. The personnel near the aircraft on the roof.
Several officials and dignitaries discuss about removing movie tax in New York, United States. Officials and dignitaries sitting in groups talk. An official standing. Several officials seated at a desk. Several officials look down. Officials seated in chairs. An official seated in front of a microphone. Views of two officials.
U.S. Army Overseas Motion Picture Service in North Africa and Australia. A runway on Mitchel Field, New York. A stationary airplane. A vehicle loaded with cartons is stopped beside the airplane. Cartons of movie film are loaded on the airplane for U.S. Army Overseas Motion Picture Service in North Africa and Australia. A sergeant puts film cartons into the airplane. Lieutenant T. H. Tennant checks the shipment.
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