Large crowd gathered to celebrate New Year (1937) in Times Square, New York City. Neon signs on buildings advertising many places including: "Parlors", "Leblang", and "Theater Ticket", The Rialto and Criterion theaters are seen, as is the Camel sign. Illuminated advertising messages move around the face of the Times Building. The crowds are seen from time to time, as they become illuminated for the camera.
United Nations Security Council debate on RB-47 in New York. Security Council members seated in UN Security Council chamber in New York United States ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge complains to Security Council that the RB-47 reconnaissance jet shot down by Soviet fighters was on a spy flight and explains it through chart. He reveals the plane's flight was tracked by U.S. secret devices, which show that Red fighters actually attempted to force the plane from its flight over international waters into Red air space before shooting it down.
Prince Edward (formerly King Edward VIII), Duke of Windsor, and wife Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor, arrive in New York. The Duke and Duchess of Windsor sit on a couch at their Waldorf-Astoria suite (301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). Cameramen arrive at the place to take the photographs and record them. The Duke and the Duchess of Windsor pose for the cameras.
Firemen rescues victims of building crash in New York. Firemen splash water and try to remove rubble to rescue victims from under a collapsed building in New York. Debris of building on floor. People gather at the site to rescue victims.
Frank D. Coster commits suicide after a scandal in New York. McKesson's Company in New York. Frank D. Coster's house. Investigators arrest him. He gets in a van. Newspaper headlines read 'Coaster suicide'. The dead body of Coster on a stretcher.
A transcontinental flight of Douglas Corrigan from New York to Ireland. A close up of American aviator Douglas Corrigan nicknamed "Wrong Way". The engine of an aircraft starts. People stand around the aircraft. Douglas gets in the cockpit. The aircraft takes off and in flight from New York to Ireland. Civilians crowd on a street. Douglas in a car. He gets off from the car. People cheer.
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