Part of a documentary titled 'Zehn minuten in Amerika' (ten minutes in America This segment deals with the city of New York. It )shows renewal of housing in New York City, in the United States. Buildings and market area is seen as workers demolish buildings with a machine. Front hoe loader picks up the wreckage and takes it away. Workers with their caps on work at a multi storied construction site. A worker with his mask on does wielding work as others lay bricks. Women cook and decorate flowers in a vase as men draw engineering drawing, work as mechanic in garage and do household work in the kitchen.
A German documentary about ten-year-old piano prodigy Richard Korbel. He is shown as a typical young boy who enjoys ordinary activities and play. Korbel is seen at home. He is lying on the floor drawing and coloring at his home. He plays marbles outdoors. He roller skates. Posters advertising his Carnegie Hall concert are seen. He plays piano at Carnegie Hall (881 7th Ave, New York, NY 10019, United States) in Manhattan in New York. Once he finishes the audiences applauds in appreciation and he bows in response.
People line up in large number to enter Hotel Waldorf Astoria to view General Motor's auto show Motorama in New York City, United States. Sign reads “GM General Motors Motorama of 1953” at the entrance of the Waldorf Astoria Hotel (301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). Men form long lines on Park Avenue. Dancers perform a ballet in front of a large audience during the motor show.
Scenes from General Motor's Motorama event in New York's Waldorf-Astoria Hotel (301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States), in 1953. A couple stands next to a 1953 Pontiac Parisienne concept car displayed at GM's Motorama event. It was designed by GM's Harley Earl and team. The couple gets into the car as the man handles the steering. In the next scene, a young woman sitting in Oldsmobile Starfire is joined by another young woman. (Note: The Pontiac Parisienne is now part of the Bortz auto collection.)
A couple stands next to a Buick convertible being displayed at General Motors' Motorama at Hotel Waldorf Astoria (301 Park Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) in New York City, United States. They get into the car as the man handles the steering. Two women sit in a Cadillac convertible.
Titled 'Sons of Erin march in great parade to honor patron Saint' shows nearly twenty thousand people of Irish descent march through the streets in New York to honor their patron St. Patrick. An American flag flies atop the St. Patrick Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) as a Roman Catholic priest and several officials stand outside it looking at the parade. Policemen control huge crowds along the sidewalks. A dignitary passes by the crowds in a car.
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