An icon of Virgin Mary enshrined in Long Island, New York. Exterior of a house. People gather outside the house. The icon is said to have wept when Mrs. Pagona Catsounis of Island Park, NY prayed in front of it. Greek Orthodox Priest Fr. George Papadeas carrying the icon coming out of the house. They proceed towards Saint Paul Greek Orthodox Cathedral (110 Cathedral Ave, Hempstead, NY 11550, United States) in Hempstead. Interior of the church where the icon is enshrined.
The first scene shows a man and a woman standing on a bluff overlooking the Niagara River at Niagara Falls. The entire area is covered by snow and ice, including large clumps of grass and twigs. Behind them is a battery of 36 high intensity lights aimed at the American Falls. ((In 1907, William D’Arcy Ryan of the General Electric Company of Schenectady, New York designed battery of lights to illuminate the Falls. Comprised of 36 lights, they had the strength of 1,093,815,000 candela and were mounted on the Ontario Power Company access road north of the Ontario Power Generating Station near the base of the gorge.) Below the bluff, the Canadian Ontario Power Generating Station can barely be seen because of heavy mist rising from Niagara Falls. The same man and woman are next seen by an access ramp on Luna Island, where the Niagara Bridal Falls is seen in the foreground. Camera moves to a higher vantage point showing three people on Goat Island with Bridal Falls immediately behind them and the American Falls beyond. Goat and Luna Island are completely snow-covered. Glimpse of a woman standing on the bluff shown at the film start. Views of the boat, "Maid of the Mist," ice-bound at the base of the falls.
Visitors enter the West Point Bullion Depository (now known as West Point Mint Facility) near the U.S. Military Academy in West Point, New York, United States during its construction. View of a woman wearing a black cartwheel hat. West Point Bullion Depository staff opens bank vault door. Guests enter bank vault. View of bank vault inside. Man closes shut West Point Bullion Depository bank vault door. This building was also referred to as the "Fort Knox of Silver."
940 Belmont Stakes at Belmont Park, New York (2150 Hempstead Turnpike, Elmont, NY 11003, United States). Huge crowds watch the Belmont Stakes horse race. Two horses trotting before the race. A man uses binoculars and another man pointing during the race. Horses come out of the starting gates to run on a turf track. Spectators eagerly watch the race. A man chews gum while fashionable women behind him watch the horse race. A horse named Bimelech and ridden by jockey Fred A Smith wins the 1940 Belmont Stakes.
A United States pilot climbs out of a cockpit of a Vought F4U Corsair in Espiritu Santo, New Hebrides, during Pacific warfare in World War 2. A shirtless plane captain hands over the parachute of the pilot from the cockpit. A Marine signals to an aircraft. Shirtless plane captain gives signal for an aircraft to taxi in. An arm tattoo depicting an eagle with a globe and the word “Honolulu”. Two men talking outside a bungalow. Three pilots approach the two men and they started talking.
Pedestrians walking in front of a supermarket in New York. Bottles of beverages are seen from store windows. A blond woman and other shoppers inside a supermarket. Packaged and prepared grocery items such as Old London Melba toast, Campbell’s Soup, Knorr Beef Noodle Soup in the aisles of the supermarket. Woman takes cans of Campbell’s Soup from shelves. She also picks up a pack of paper napkins, kitchen sponges, Woolite, and dishwashing soap and puts them in her shopping cart. Shopper picks up a tray of Sara Lee Apricot Danish pie from the frozen food section. Various products at the frozen food freezer in the grocery store.
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