Film begins showing allegorical statue of woman named "Brooklyn" by sculptor Daniel Chester French, on granite pedestal at Brooklyn side entrance to the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Scene shifts to Police directing traffic of motor vehicles and horse-drawn wagons on the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Barges and ships seen below the Manhattan bridge on which electrified train is running. Burns Brothers Coal loading facility on the river's edge. Point of view shot from first car of electrified railroad train traveling over the Manhattan bridge with dual tracks. Another train is approaching on the other track. A roadway is seen rising up parallel to the railway, on the right of the screen. Several cars on it are heading through the Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade. Side view of the Manhattan Bridge over the East River in New York City. Docks are seen at river edge, below. The Brooklyn Bridge is seen dimly in the background. Commercial traffic of horses and wagons, cars, and trucks along road beside East River piers. Many appear to be food purveyors. The Manhattan Bridge crosses the entire area in the background. Several pedestrians are seen strolling near the Manhattan bridge Arch and Colonnade. Top of Manhattan Bridge seen in closeup.
Prohibition agents take axes to beer barrels during Prohibition. Beer gushes out as agents destroy the bootlegged barrels. The "We Want Beer!" Parade in New York City demonstration against the 18th Amendment. Marchers carry signs that read "Taxation for Beer" View of the Statue of Liberty from below. Men look out windows in the head of the Statue of Liberty. Flood lights set to light up the Statue of Liberty. The Great Beer Parade in New York City at night. Aerial view of New York City in evening.
People attend a church service in upstate New York. Churchgoers enter a white church building in a rural area. A man leads a children’s choir. Choir singing inside Christian church. A river in New York. Aerial view of the river, hills, and farmlands in New York state. A boat is seen sailing on a river.
Models display designer travel bags aboard the Italian luxury cruise liner Andrea Doria in New York. Models with various travel bags by Josef. A model opens a bag, displays the interiors and takes out a booklet from the same. New York port in the background. The bags are made of the finest Italian leather. They are of varied sizes for all purposes. Models with bucket bags, hooded bags, and tortoise shell bags.
An autoclave at the Lenox Hill Hospital (100 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, United States) in New York, United States. An attendant supervises the functioning of an autoclave. He turns the wheel to the autoclave door. Various pressure gauge on the wall. He opens the door and removes bundles of linen from the autoclave. He slides the clothes onto a mobile stand and shuts the autoclave door.
A Christmas party for homeless children and orphans in New York. Francis Cardinal Spellman talks to the children of the New York Foundling Hospital. Cardinal Spellman sits on the base of a large Christmas tree surrounded by children. Santa Claus greets the cardinal and distributes presents. Santa Claus talks to orphans. Children open the presents. A boy blows a small trumpet. The Saint Vincent Parish Boys choir sings a Christmas carol. A toddler whining. A girl cries. Young children dance. A little girl snatches a toy from a boy.
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