A film about life in the village of Harlem, New York City. A sign reads 'Cotton Club'. People seated in the famed Cotton Club. A man sings and chorus girls dance in the famed jazz music club. African American band leader and trumpet section seen. People watch the band performance. Men play trumpet as women dance. People dine and watch the performance.
Clip opens with black and white scenes but then transitions to color scenes. Times Square neon signs and theaters in New York City. Theaters include the Waldorf Theater and Roxy Theater at 50th street and Sixth Avenue, the Astor Theater at 1537 Broadway, and the Paramount Theater at 43rd street and Broadway. Neon signs seen include 'Ripley Believe it or Not!' , 'Coca-Cola The Pause That Refreshes' , 'Chevrolet' , 'Old Overholt Straight Rye Whiskey' , 'Wilson That's All' , 'Sunkist Lemonade' , 'Bromo Seltzer' , 'Hygrade Frankfurters' , 'Wrigley's Spearmint' , 'Old Gold Cigarettes' , and 'Florsheim Shoes.' At the Astor Theater, the movie 'Goodbye Mr. Chips' starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson is advertised on the marquee, and the scrolling marquee is advertising the Wizard of Oz. At the Paramount Theater, the movie, 'Our Leading Citizen' starring Bob Burns is playing.
Rocket fuel fire fighting and rescue drills in the United States. Fire fighters wearing protective gear walk across a garden. A fire fighter wears his mask. Men hide behind piled up sacks. A fire fighter gives a signal. An official speaks into a microphone. A chemical is poured in a metal tray. Smoke and flames rise. A machine attached to a sling underneath a helicopter in flight. The helicopter lowers and places the fire fighting machine on the ground. The machine is unhooked. The helicopter lands. Fire fighters jump out of the helicopter. They pull out a hose from the machine. Firefighters rescue a man from a cylindrical vessel. Men carry the injured on a stretcher. An official observes the activity. The fire fighters spray water to extinguish a fire. Officials stand and observe.
Rocket fuel fire fighting and rescue drills in the United States. A scientist gives a sample of a fire fighting chemical to another scientist. The scientist sprays the chemical on a test table. Flames rise as the chemical burns. A fire fighter sprays water to extinguish a fire near the Apollo Command Module. Men carry an injured on a stretcher. A spacecraft on a launch pad.
Buildings and a market in Singapore after the war ( World War II). Cars parked in front of the buildings. Traffic on a road. Boats anchored at a dock. Damaged buildings due to the war. Clothes hanged out side houses in an apartment building. Children sit and eat. People eat. Women sit in cycle carts. Bananas in a shop. A man paints a tin container. Women buy clothes. Women check out shoes, flasks, hand bags, watches and clothes. Clothes displayed on dummies.
Disarmament of Japanese soldiers by Allied troops in the Pacific Theater after World War II. Japanese troops walk along a road. The troops pull a loaded cart. They stand near carts. Allied soldiers check supplies in the carts. Streetcars in the background.
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