View of Statue of Liberty in New York City as seen from a moving boat. View of Ellis Island buildings seen from a moving boat. A boat moving in foreground, with lower Manhattan island buildings and skyscrapers seen in background, shrouded in fog. World Trade Center Twin Tower buildings seen, with one tower top still under construction, but nearing completion.
The B-29 "Dave's Dream" returns to airfield in Marshall Islands, after dropping atomic bomb on Bikini Atoll, in Test Able of Operation Crossroads, on July 1st, 1946, during U.S. nuclear testing. The B-29 lands and taxis to a parking place on the ramp. The area around the aircraft is cordoned off and the crew is confined therein as they deplane. Navy photographers take photos. An interviewer talks to crew members. The crew walks away from the aircraft along a cordoned pathway between numerous military personnel on hand to greet them on this historic occasion. The aircraft, number 44-27354, was actually participating in its second atomic mission. It also served as a photographic platform for the mission to Nagasaki on August 9, 1945, when it was named "Big Stink.". Pilot for the Bikini mission was Major Woodrow Swancutt of Wisconsin Rapids, WI. The aircraft was renamed "Dave's Dream" in honor of Captain David Semple, a bombardier killed during the crash of another B-29 on March 7, 1946, near Albuquerque, New Mexico. (World War II period).
United States President Franklin D. Roosevelt with his wife Mrs Eleanor Roosevelt and newly appointed Cabinet aboard the USS Indianapolis (CA-35) to view U.S. Navy maneuvers. U.S. Navy battleships, the aircraft carrier USS Lexington (CV-2) and other ships in New York Harbor. Officials including U.S. War Secretary George Dern, Secretary of Navy Josephus Daniels, Admiral Standley, and others can be seen. Biplane airplanes of the United States Navy fleet in a flight formation pass New York City. Troops on Governor's Island offer a salute. Views of skyline of New York City in the background. Views of large warships passing by with Statue of Liberty in the background. Numerous views of skyline of New York City with tall skyscrapers on Manhattan Island, as seen from ships moving in harbor.
Robert Moses,controversial visionary urban planner of bridges, highways, and worlds fairs, inter alia, for New York City, from the 1920s through about the 1960s. He is seen at a desk in his office, wearing shirt and tie, but no jacket. A large map of Greater New York, including New Jersey and Long Island, is on the wall behind him. He makes and receives telephone calls. Scene shifts to another office, where he appears wearing a jacket. He reviews papers containing planning ideas including sketches. Mr. Moses annotates some of the documents.
Views from U.S. Navy C-class airship in flight over Manhattan Island, New York City. View from rear section of the open gondola of two crewmen in front section of the gondola. Views of the cables suspending it from the gas bag. View of the Airship's 125 hp French Hispano-Suiza engine. Many ships in New York harbor, many with three masts and one with four. The area is very smoky from chimneys of buildings heating during winter.Aerial view of New York buildings. Brief glimpse of a sister C-class airship. Brooklyn and Manhattan bridges over the East River. Steamship piers along Hudson River. Ferryboat. F.W. Woolworth building.
German Zeppelin Hindenburg (LZ-129) in flight over New York. Manhattan Island and New York City skyline seen below. Skyscrapers like Empire State Building visible. Hindenburg airship flies over New Jersey. Identification "D-LZ129" painted on its side. Swastika on tail of airship. Zeppelin arrives at U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst ,New Jersey. Zepelin discharges liquid ballast. Docking crew (primarily U.S. sailors) awaits on the ground. Landing lines are dropped. Large number of ground crew grab the lines. Hindenburg crashes engulfed in flames. Crew members rush to the burning zeppelin and help survivors emerging from the airship cabin. Smoke rises due to fire. Burning skeleton of zeppelin is seen.
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