Grand Central Palace in New York City. People sort out clothing which has been donated to the British War Relief Society. 'Hospital' sign on a packing box. Two women sort clothes on a bench. Posters read 'You can help us with work and contribution' and 'British War Relief Society'. Men handling goods in a shipping room. Stencil on a box. People working in medical supply room. Bottles of medicines are arranged on a bench.
Skyline of New York City at night. Lights in skyscrapers. Car, truck and bus, vehicular traffic and pedestrians on Fifth Avenue near Grand Central Station. Pedestrians crossing streets. Electric signs and neon lights at Times Square during night time. Electric lights on advertisements.
United Nations Week parade passing Hotel Astor at Times Square in New York City. Flags of United Nations in the parade. Crowds gather for the United Nations Week ceremony at the Times Square. Banners carried in the parade. Sign says "All for One, One for All"
Musicians, with their musical instruments, file into the orchestra pit of Metropolitan Opera, in New York City. Opera star, Giovanni Martinelli, wearing a dressing gown, sings and laughs, as he prepars to makeup and dress for his performance, in role of Radames, in Giuseppe Verdi's opera, Aida. Opera star, Lawrence Tibbett, looks in a mirror, as he prepares to apply makeup for his role as, Amonasro, in the opera. Make-up articles lay in front of him. Giovanni Martinelli, applying his makeup. Conductor, Ettore Panizza directs the orchestra, in his debut with the Metropolitan Opera . Footlights and curtain on a stage of the Metropolitan. Giulio Gatti Casazza, manager of Metropolitan Opera, comes through stage door.
Film maker Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'The Birds' is released at RKO Palace theater at 1564 Broadway in New York City at Times Square. Alfred Hitchcock and actress Tippi Hedren stand in front of cages. A crowd gathered to watch them. Several cameramen take photographs. Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren release pigeons from cages. The birds in flight. Advertising boards are seen around Broadway. Views of the theater marquee advertising "The Birds" and views of several advertising posters for the movie "The Birds".
Filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock and actress Tippi Hedren stand in front of cages adjacent to the RKO Palace Theater on Broadway in New York City. In a promotional stunt for the movie "The Birds", they release pigeons from cages. The birds in flight. Advertising boards around Broadway are seen in the streets. Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'The birds' is released, debuting at the RKO Palace theater. Advertising picture and posters of the movie. Pigeons in cages.
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