Colonel Charles Augustus Lindbergh with American aviators Richard Evelyn Byrd and Clarence Chamberlain before his flight to Paris. Charles Lindbergh in cockpit of aircraft. After his successful nonstop transatlantic flight, Lindbergh is seen arriving at Mitchel field from Washington. Charles Lindbergh is whisked by car quickly to another waiting flying boat biplane aircraft and he boards the rear of two seats. Aerial view of many steam ships and smaller boats seen at harbor near New York City to welcome Lindbergh. Passenger ferry with name "Bear Mountain" is seen. Amphibious plane landing. Charles Lindbergh and officials aboard the Macom, the yacht of the Mayor of New York City. View from on board the Macom as the yacht, flanked by scores of other steam and sailing ships and ferries heads for the Battery at New York City. Aerial view of city near Battery of Manhattan, with areas filled with crowds. Crowd and ticker tape parade in streets of New York City to welcome him. Views of ticker tape parade from various heights and angles. Charles Lindbergh speaking into microphone at City Hall.
Scenes from Central Park in New York City, United States. Families with children are seen throughout the park. Families relax under shade in the park. A family seated in a garden. A pram (stroller, carriage) in the foreground. A child seated on his father's lap on a park bench. Children laugh and enjoy. A happy and smiling boy. Families take children to watch the animals in the Central Park Zoo. Chimpanzee climbs on a bar. A Panda bear eating a bamboo shoot. A sleepy looking hippopotamus with his head lying down. Elsewhere in New York City as evening approaches: Vehicles on the street and passing under the Washington Square Arch. Skyscrapers in view. Evening in New York City. The Brooklyn Bridge is seen from ground level. Lights on the buildings and skyscrapers of New York at night.
A war map at Times Square in New York City, United States. A huge crowd gathers and looks at the war map. Two women cross the road. Inserts of newspaper 'The New York Times'. A news reads "Churchill reported ready to announce his war cabinet". The crowd looks at the bulletin board. The people read war news.
Marquee of newly opened New York Theatre (1482 Broadway, New York, NY 10036, USA) during World War II. Marquee says "Holland Belgium Invaded by Nazis. What will Italy do?" Also seen is the marquee of the Embassy Newsreel Theatre at Times Square in New York City, United States, which reads, "Holland-Belgium Invaded. 'Information Please'." A crowd gathered on the street. People read news on Nazi German invasion of several European countries and buy newspapers. Car traffic on the street and buildings in the background. View of the neon lights of other nearby buildings flashing at night.
Pope Paul VI becomes the first Roman Catholic Pontiff to visit the United States. Aerial view of buildings and skyscrapers of New York City skyline. Brief external view of Saint Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). Pope Paul VI leads a prayer during a mass at Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Aerial view of United Nations Building (405 East 42nd Street, New York, NY, 10017, USA). Pope Paul VI addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York, calling the UN a man's last hope for peace.
A film titled 'While The City Sleeps' about the importance of trucking industry for the way of life of a large city like New York City. Automobile traffic on roads at night and neon lights lit up in Times Square, New York City. Neon lights scenes continue, superimposed with other images: People in various clubs and restaurants. People dance. A man plays a trumpet. Hands of a couple overlapped, holding hands. Superimposed images end. View of a bell hop who blows a whistle. A couple enters a taxi cab to go home. A waiter removes a table cloth and a salt shaker from a table. Bell hop takes off his uniform after the day's work. A musician puts a trumpet in a case. Lights are turned off at night. A security guard walks in front of quiet buildings. Trucking activities are shown continuing during the night. Sign for the Port Authority of New York Holland Tunnel entrance. Cars and trucks entering the Holland tunnel. Delivery of fruit, milk, gasoline, newspapers, coal, bread and many other things. Night view of traffic crossing the Queensboro Bridge also called the 59th Street Bridge. Building material is delivered. An Esso gasoline truck delivers fuel to a petrol or service station. Close up view of moving tires on a truck. Stacks of newspapers slide down a chute to a waiting truck. A Canal Coal Company truck delivers coal to a building. The coal trip bed is shown tipping and elevating to dump the coal. Bakery employees load bread into trucks of the Cushman's bakery. A truck dumps sand. Another truck picks up a plant from a nursery. A car carrier truck is shown carrying four new automobiles on a two level flatbed system. View of skyscrapers of Manhattan in early morning after dawn. A hand reaching for an alarm clock to shut it off in the morning. Two feet seen turning off of a bed and into a pair of waiting slippers. Man gets out of his bed.
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