A New York Port Authority helicopter with pontoons is seen as it takes off. Aerial views of the New York City skyline in the late 1950s, the Statue of Liberty, the George Washington Bridge over the Hudson River, tugboats in the water, the ocean liner SS United States, and view approaching the Greek freighter Isbrandtsen on a small boat, with a uniformed port worker or officer preparing a docking throw rope.
View of Empire State Building in New York City. Pedestrians on a street near a police car. Front of the New York State Supreme Courthouse in Foley Square (60 Centre Street, Manhattan). Words visible atop the Corinthian columns: "The true administration of justice is the firmest pillar of good government."
Cars, buses, taxi cabs, and other vehicles on Fifth Avenue, in New York City. Sign boards of show-rooms in the street. Several other buildings in the background. Pedestrians cross the street. Several pedestrians stand on the paved roads. United States flag on buildings. A man loads goods into a truck. Midtown Manhattan views, including New York Public library. Uniformed policemen directing traffic of various 1930's and 1940's cars and automobiles, from center of street.
Locomotives move on railroad tracks in railroad yard in Queens, New York City, United States. Smoke rises up from chimneys. Manhattan skyscrapers seen in distance. Views of crowded street in Times Square, New York City. Street cars and taxis move through streets filled with pedestrians. A truck carries goods. Advertisements and marquees at Times Square theaters include "My Darling Clementine" as well as Katherine Hepburn, Robert Taylor, and Robert Mitchum in "Undercurrent", Bette Davis, Paul Henreid, and Claude Rains in "Deception", and Rex Harrison and Lili Palmer in "Notorious Gentleman"
New Year's Eve, 1936, in Times Square, New York City. Crowds gathering to celebrate. Vehicles move cautiously in the area. The scene is illuminated by numerous neon signs advertising all kinds of places and things. The Loews State movie theater marquee advertises the film "Love on the Run" starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable, as well as a "girl review." The Criterion theater advertises a James Cagney film. The Times building displays a "Planters Peanuts" sign that shows peanuts pouring from a bag. Numerous other signs are seen.
People on the streets of Manhattan, New York City. Crowds throng Times Square in Midtown Manhattan. Buildings along the sides of street. 'Nazi planes raid Warsaw' flashing on signage from a building. People view the news on German leader Adolf Hitler and World War II in Europe before America's entry in the war. People buying newspapers.
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