Headlines in the New York Times. The headlines read 'New Space Conquest Van Now Be Foreseen'. The article is about the successful launching of a heavy earth satellite by Soviet scientists.
People assembled at temple in New York for celebration of Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New Year. Prayers are offered. Rabbi blows a Shofar.
Opening of New Yonkers racecourse at New York with the most modern amenities. Scenes of people moving in clubhouse. Crowd views the opening of the race course marked by horse race.
St Valentine's fancy runs to specially designed nosegays, clusters and neck less of dainty blossoms for Milady's wardrobe at a hotel New Yorker fashion show in New York. Models seated in room wearing accessories made by flowers. Model seated with flower bouquet. Models wear flower heart on their sleeves, shoes, hair, neck. Models smoke cigarette. Model seated wearing flower necklace.
From the Ford Motor Company produced film, "Scenes From the World of Tomorrow" documenting the 1939-1940 World's Fair in New York City. View of Ford Pavilions in the Ford Exposition. People stand outside the Ford Pavilion. Exterior of the building. Statues and flags in front of the building. Interior of the building. Visitors enter the building to gain knowledge about Ford and modern industry. They view historic Ford cars. Then they view the new 1940 cars: Ford, Ford Deluxe, Mercury, Lincoln Zephyr, and Lincoln. Visitors view Henry Ford's first gasoline engine. A giant moving mural by Henry Billings symbolizing the dependence of industry on pure science. The Industrial Hall, featuring a giant Ford Cycle of Production exhibit that traces the progress of 27 raw materials through their production cycle to a finished Ford vehicle. Demonstrations of manual, hand-production versus mechanized production and comparison of costs, with cost for a hand-produced car ringing in around 17,000 dollars.
A new amphibious sports car 'Amphicar' being tested at Long Island in New York. The car is navigated through a river. The Amphicar successfully crosses the river and reaches the shore.
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