Automobile and pedestrian traffic on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street in Manhattan, New York City. Heavy northbound traffic on 5th Avenue, stops periodically to allow pedestrians to cross and 42nd Street traffic to enter. The New York Public Library Building (476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018, USA) in Midtown Manhattan is seen clearly, with lion statues on its steps and large American flag flying in front. Traffic includes horse drawn as well as motorized vehicles. On Upper West Side, view of Columbus Circle, 8th Avenue, Broadway and 59th Street, with statue of Columbus visible. Streetcar is seen.
Professional football game between the New York Giants and the Cleveland Browns at Yankee Stadium in New York. Spectators seated in the stands. The football game underway. Frank Gifford running the ball. The fans watching the game in hats and coats. Players covered in mud from the wet field. Scoreboard with Longines sponsorship seen through falling snow, which the rain had changed to. Cleveland Browns beat the New York Giants by 24-7.
New York University (NYU) in New York City, United States. Washington Square Arch at the park's center. Empire State building in the background. New York University administration building. Students leave and enter the University. Young men and young women college students in typical early 1960s fashions walking on sidewalks in the city. Fordham University. Stairs known as "Terrace of Presidents" at the Keat Hall. Inscriptions chiseled into steps: "Franklin Delano Roosevelt Reviewed the ROTC and "President Manuel Prado of Peru was made a Doctor of Laws".
An ice hockey match in New York. A large crowd of spectators gathered. The ice hockey match between the New York Rangers and the Black Hawks begins. The spectators cheer for the players. The New York Rangers win the match against the Black Hawks.
U.S. Army Air Force aircraft attack enemy installations on Munda Point, Solomon Islands during World War II. U.S. 13th Air Force bombers in flight over Vila in the Solomon Islands. The bombers take off from Guadalcanal to attack Japanese installations on Munda Point in New Georgia. Views of support fighter aircraft taking off to join in this, the largest single raid (total participating aircraft) in the Pacific thus far. U.S. naval guns shell enemy targets on Munda. The bombers release bombs over ground targets. Ships fire salvo from giant artillery guns towards shore targets. Smoke rises from heavy shell fire. The bombers escorted by fighters drop bombs over the targets. Smoke billows up from exploding targets. View of newly formed craters all over Munda Point after smoke clears. Aerial views of a second round of bombing over Munda Point during the same raid.
General Douglas MacArthur (Supreme Commander of Allied Forces in the Southwest Pacific Area) steps from a B-17 bomber at the airfield on Goodenough Island, New Guinea, during World War 2. He converses with Lieutenant General Walter Kreuger, Commander of the Sixth United States Army in the South West Pacific Area. Next they are seen sitting in a spruced up patrol boat underway in waters not far from the island (seen in background). A line of Landing Vehicles Tracked (LVT-1s) filled with soldiers, is seen moving across a field. On continues past an audience of sailors and soldiers, and enters the waters off the island. It continues, kicking up a wake as it moves through the water. A line of LVT-1s filled with troops, waits to also enter the water.
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