Wounded American soldiers land at La Guardia airport in New York from Europe during World War II. Wounded soldiers lay on stretchers in a plane. Wounded being brought on stretchers and placed in a plane. Plane in flight. Relatives wait at the airport. Wounded being brought to ground. Relatives meet and embrace soldiers.
Girls and boys buy records at a record store in New York. A window display of the music store. Record albums named 'Hot Jazz' and 'On The Town' displayed in the window. The girls and boys look at the records at the shop. The girls play a phonograph and keep time to the rhythm of the music. One boy and girl try dancing the Lindy Hop. A tall man in a suit and hat keeps appearing, carrying records high above the kids, as he moves through the crowded store.
Ten horses of the U.S. Olympic horse jumping team are loaded aboard a Pan American World Airways DC-6 Cargo Clipper in New York City. They are bound for Stockholm, Sweden. A trainer is seen leading a horse up a long ramp, into the aircraft cargo hold. Members of the U.S. Olympic Team: Frank Chapot, William Steinkraus (Team Captain), Hugh Wiley, and Warren Woffard. pose in front of the aircraft: View inside the aircraft, as the horses are being secured in their stalls.
Hollywood actress Grace Kelly leaves New York from Pier 84 for her wedding to Prince Rainier. Actress Grace Kelly at the New York port surrounded by friends and crowd at Pier 84. Newsmen and photographers surround her. She answers questions from pressmen regarding her wedding. Kelly boards the SS Constitution and leaves for Monaco.
Formal Commissioning Ceremony for USS Saratoga at Brooklyn Navy Yard, New York. 'USS Saratoga (SVA-60)' written with an insignia. Robert Joseph Stroh, Captain of the ship, laughs and poses. Decorated deck of the ship. A sailor sits on a sofa inside a cabin aboard the ship. Many ride the huge elevator up to the flight deck. People seated at the ceremony. Formations of Navy aircraft fly over the ship.
German Zeppelin Hindenburg (D-LZ129) airship in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. Swastika visible on tail of airship as it flies over Manhattan skyscrapers. Hindenburg Captain Ernst Lehmann and officers seen on bridge. Captain Lehmann speaking on radiophone. Hindenburg releases water ballast and descends to dock. She drops landing lines. Suddenly the Hindenburg crashes and in engulfed in flames. Rescuers run to the burning ship. Heavy dense smoke rises. Firefighters pour water on the burning wreck. Navy officers and ground crews surround the wreck in efforts to help survivors. Commentator calls this the worst disaster in aviation history.
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