New York Harbor in New York City, United States. Steamers and boats underway in New York Harbor and the skyline of Manhattan in the background. Tall skyscrapers along the coast. A sailing ship with 2 masts underway by sail in the harbor. The Statue of Liberty on Liberty Island.
Mounted police keep order at edge of thousands of people packed into times Square in Manhattan, New York City on election night, November 5, 1940. Marqee and lights of Hotel Astor seen in background. lights shine on sign with image of Uncle Sam calling for "No Third Term! Democrats Willkie." Lights moving with message across the Times building spell out: "McNary concedes the re election."(News refers to Charles L. McNary, vice Presidential candidate on the Republican ticket, with Wendell Wilkie.) People in crowd wave hats and make lots of noise. Photographer's lights illuminate various sections of the crowd who react by waving arms and hats. Marquee of Loew's Criterion movie theater in background shows Robert Montgomery starring in a movie and displays banner beneath, advertising "Latest War News."
Views from U.S. Navy C-class airship in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. View from rear section of the open gondola of two crewmen in front section of the gondola. Views of the cables suspending it from the gas bag. View of the Airship's 125 hp French Hispano-Suiza engine. Many ships in New York harbor, many with three masts and one with four. The area is very smoky from chimneys of buildings heating during winter.Aerial view of New York buildings. Brief glimpse of a sister C-class airship. Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges over the East River. Steamship piers along Hudson River. Ferryboat. F.W. Woolworth building.
Manhattan Island in New York City, United States. A map shows the location of the five Boroughs in the New York City. A sign reads ' New York City' and marks Route 25D (Horace Harding Boulevard) on boundary between Queens County in the city and Nassau County on Long Island. .Camera pans to the Nassau County side where newly constructed homes are seen. Closeup of one of the houses, shows a small child coming out the front door to pick up two bottles of milk left by the milkman on the stoop. More views of homes in this neighborhood. A man throws a newspaper on steps of a house. Commuters (mostly headed to Manhattan) fill the platform at a station of the Long Island Railroad, and board a train as it arrives. View of the train heading West with Manhattan skyline visible in distance. View of train in major rail yard in Queens, with skyscrapers of Manhattan visible in distance.The Empire State and Chrysler Buildings are recognizable. Views of Ferry boats crossing to and from Manhattan,with sky scrapers in background. Passenger's view of ferry approaching battery terminal and docking. Commuters leaving the ferry.
Annual Memorial Day parade in New York City, New York. Veterans, including some from the Civil War and the Spanish-American War, march on the annual Memorial Day parade in New York City. A veteran holding U.S. flag. Officials in an open carriage move along the road. U.S. flags being decoratively displayed on a building. A huge crowd gather around the building. Cadets from the U.S. Military Academy, at West Point, march behind the veterans. A huge crowd watch the parade.
Shower baths introduced for trains in New Haven, Connecticut. A train moves on a rail track and comes to a halt. Water sprayed on the train from both sides from the new kind of spray shower fitted on the sides of the track. The new system cleans large locomotives in seconds.
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