Pilot sits in cockpit of a Piper L-4 airplane of the U.S. Army Air Corps 25th Liaison Squadron, parked on a grass field at Senai, New Guinea, during World War 2. An Indian Punjab soldier, recently freed from a Japanese prison camp, sits in the back seat of the airplane. Several soldiers watch as the airplane takes off. A local tribesman sits near an Australian officer and an American pilot, who have a map spread out in front of them. A local native approaches followed by another liberated Indian soldier, walking with help of a stick. The American pilot walks out to greet the Indian who shakes his hand and bows. Another Indian also walks out to greet him, salutes, and shakes his hand. Three Indian soldiers pose for the camera, with the U.S. pilot standing nearby. The one with the walking stick salutes. Then two of them shake hands. Several Australian soldiers pose for the camera. Closeup of a Piper L-4 airplane with "Guinea Short Lines," and image of kangaroo, painted on its fuselage.
U.S. medical corpsmen in Tontouta, New Caledonia during World War II. Emblem of U.S. 801 Medical Air Evacuation Squadron. A jeep is being driven on a road near army barracks. A class of medical corpsmen listen to a lecture on anatomy. The corpsmen take down notes.
Works Progress Administration (WPA) projects in New York City during the Great Depression. Skilled architects, draftsmen, and artists work for the WPA on a massive scale model of New York City, built in cooperation with New York University (this model predates the famous Panorama of New York City model built for the 1964 World's Fair). An artist is seen leaning over part of the model painting one of its features, which include detailed roads, bridges, buildings, and waterways. A hand lifts a building and measures its base with a ruler. Cartographic Survey WPA workers are seen creating a relief map of Staten Island for educational use. Men and women artists, including sculptors, are seen creating new sculptures funded by WPA. A man carves a bust in an art studio or class. Another man carves a relief stone commemorating Dewitt Clinton. A man stands in a Free Library and looks at books. Two women on a park bench look at books from the WPA Free Library holdings. A skilled artist is seen laying out and buildings stained glass windows for the United States Military Academy at Westpoint in New York. Stained glass panels depicting George Washington and soldiers are seen. A series of the George Washington stained glass windows is seen in place, with the artist applying final touches. Men work on the Federal Theater Project. Billboard signs advertising various WPA funded theatre productions in 1936 are shown, including Jefferson Davis, The World's Greatest Circus, Taking the Air, The Mikado, Macbeth, All American Minstrels, Battle Hymn, and Horse Eats Hat.
Funeral of Archbishop of New York Cardinal Patrick Joseph Hayes at St. Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) in New York, United States. Priests and dignitaries enter the Cathedral. New York residents walk in line to pay their last respects to the late cardinal. Catholic nuns praying inside the cathedral. Engraved writing inside the cathedral reads 'The Archbishops of New York'. An empty crypt inside the cathedral. Cardinal Hayes’ body lies in the state before burial in a special crypt.
Dedication of the William A. Shea Municipal Stadium (Shea Stadium) in New York. Aerial view of Shea Stadium (123–01 Roosevelt Avenue Flushing, Queens, New York) in Flushing Meadow, New York. Mayor Robert Wagner and New York Mets manager Casey Stengel dedicate the stadium. Journalists take photographs during the dedication event. Urban planner Robert Moses speaks in front of a podium. William Shea points out the features of the new stadium. A huge crowd cheers in the spectator's stand. Mayor Wagner along with other dignitaries poses for the camera.
United States President Lyndon B. Johnson attends funeral of Susan (Edwards) Wagner, wife of Mayor of New York City Robert F. Wagner. Scene is outside the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church (921 Madison Ave, New York, NY 10021, United States) in New York City. Roman Catholic Francis Joseph Cardinal Spellman attends the Presbyterian funeral service. President Johnson arrives by car at the church. The sidewalk is lined with New Yorkers paying their respects. The casket, completely covered in flowers, is carried into the church followed by Mrs. Susan Edwards, mother of the deceased, and Mayor Wagner and his two sons. After the funeral service, the casket is carried from the church as an honor guard of New York City policemen stand at attention. Mayor Wagner thanks President Johnson for attending and shakes his hand at the funeral. The funeral procession moves on.
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