Opening slate reads “New Americans Celebrate their Citizenship.” Huge Crowd is gathered in New York City’s Central Park, on “I am an American Day,” which also includes newly naturalized American citizens (although they are not featured, as such, in the film). New York Mayor, Fiorello LaGuardia, presides and delivers a speech from a podium. New York clergymen are seated with one another on a front row seat where patriotic bunting is draped. Vice President Henry R. Wallace is also seen in that front row. Various views of U.S. military units parading along 5th Avenue in New York City. The units include huge columns of United States soldiers, including one large group of African American soldiers.
Crowd at New York Town Hall Theatre (123 W 43rd St, New York, NY 10036, United States) in New York City. People walk past the Town Hall theater. A crowd enters the theater. Billboard of Beethoven music show, its artists and time of the show and a "sold out by subscription" sign on it. Exterior of Carnegie Hall (881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019, United States) from across the road. Cars pass past the hall. A "Fifth Avenue Coach Company" bus halts at hall and people get off the bus and walk away. People stand and talk in front of the hall. People enter Carnegie Hall.
Posters for various concerts and shows and performances in New York City. Poster outside Carnegie Hall (881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019, United States) for The Philharmonic Symphony, Society of New York, with time of show and other information. Poster of "Music from The USSR. An All Soviet Union program" with other details. Poster for Ray Lev with photograph. Billboard for The Philharmonic Symphony with Marian Anderson." Billboards "Frits Kreisler, New York Philharmonic," and 'Yehudi Menuhin" with sold out stickers pasted on top. United States Navy sailors in uniform walk by the posters. Billboards of Arthur Rubinstein and Kreisler.
View of the St. Patrick's Day parade on wet streets of New York City. U.S. soldiers, bands, cavalry, Red Cross workers and Irish groups in the parade. Aerial view as they march past St Patrick’s Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). American flags hoisted on buildings. People gather in large numbers along the street. A World War II Red Cross float reads ' Red Cross War Fund of New York City'. Dignitaries seated on the dais review the parade. Children watching the parade. Majorettes and musicians with bagpipes marching on St. Patrick’s Day.
The launch of aircraft carrier Hornet at the Newport News Shipbuilding and Dry Dock Company, Newport News, Virginia. Aircraft carrier Hornet under construction at a shipyard. The bow of Hornet with the American flag. Scaffolding for construction. The christening of the aircraft carrier Hornet by Mrs. Frank Knox, wife of the Secretary of the Navy. The new aircraft carrier slides down the ways into the water. A crowd in the foreground. Several people holding umbrellas. Shipyard scaffolding in the background. The carrier anchored in the James River. Two tugs near the carrier.
The American Embassy in New Delhi, India. American ambassador to India Ellsworth Bunker and his wife greeting various Indian leaders including Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru and Defense Minister Krishna Menon. Dignitaries on the podium at the opening ceremony of the United States Embassy (Shantipath, Chanakyapuri New Delhi - 110021 India). Dignitaries including Nehru tour the new embassy which embodies the elements of Indian architecture.
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