U.S. troops prepare to entrain at the New York port of embarkation, United States for transportation to the European Theater during World War II. U.S. troops in a single column get off a ferryboat. Views of the doorway of a covered pier to an open gangway as soldiers with barracks bags move onto a troop transport ship for transport to the war front.
U.S. troops prepare to entrain from the New York port of embarkation, United States for transportation to the European Theater during World War II. U.S. soldiers in a formation with full packs and helmets. They receive instructions from an army captain. The soldiers march.
Food rationing in New York, United States, during World War 2. Interior of King Kullen Grocery store: A housewife buys rationed canned goods. A sign: 'Official Table of Point Values for Processed Foods'. A hand takes counts out ration stamps from a sheet of stamps. The housewife buys vegetables. A food market clerk places a bag of apples in a cart. The housewife talks to the clerk. Signs : 'Please Do Not Ask for Butter Today' and 'Sorry No More Pineapple'. A Federal Offense sign reads, "Let's share the food and help win the war! It is a federal offense to violate any provision of the Food Rationing Act." Additional signs read : 'All Rationed Foods Are Marked', and "We Are Temporarily Out Of Beef'. Exterior of King Kullen Grocery store shows people walking away with packages.
A posthumous award ceremony for U.S. Sergeant Raymond Taylor in New York, United States. Commander of the First United States Army Withers A. Burress awards posthumous Silver Star Medal to the mother of Sergeant Raymond Taylor for his gallantry and action in the Korean War.
An elephant water skis up the Hudson River in New York, United States. The elephant is driven out of a truck and is made to walk along a pier. The elephant walks up on a water ski. Spectators watch the elephant. A girl and the elephant on the ski being pulled behind a motorboat on the Hudson River.
Sword Dancer, horse of the year, wins Grey Leg Handicap horse race in a photo finish at Aqueduct race track in New York, United States.
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