Views of twenty-two story building, 445 Park Avenue, at East 57th Street, in Manhattan, New York City. Cars pass on the streets. Several cars parked in front of the buildings. A sign reads 'E 57 Street, No standing, No parking'. Vehicular traffic and pedestrians in the area.
Cars drive by American Airlines terminal at New York's Idlewild airport (later renamed John F. Kennedy International Airport). Views of Parkway and cars in front of passenger terminal. 'American' written on a wall. Boeing 707 passenger aircraft of American Airlines arrives, carrying passengers Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren who pose for pictures at aircraft door. They walk through airport terminal corridor. Other people walk behind them. Alfred Hitchcock and Tippi Hedren sit in a room. Animal trainer Ray Berwick positions a bird on Ms Hedren's shoulders (promoting film "The Birds"). Cameramen take photographs. Hitchcock and Hedren walk through the airport terminal and enter a car to leave followed by photographers. Animal trainer, Ray Berwick, leaves the airport, followed by Uniformed porters carrying containers of birds. He personally carries one large black bird on his left arm.
Aviatrix Elinor Smith escapes a plane crash in Mineola, New York. Her plane crashes in height flight trial. Elinor Smith is unhurt. A plane in the background. A man stands near her. Several men gathered around her. A man smokes. Elinor Smith wears her sun glasses.
The launch of United States nuclear submarine Thresher. Newly developed deeper nuclear submarine Thresher is launched by Fredrick B. Warder at a ceremony in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. Naval officers applaud at the launching. Thresher underway at sea.
Pedestrians on sidewalks and cars and trucks moving on one-way street, in older neighborhood of New York City. Trucks stop to load and unload, but, otherwise, there are no vehicles parked on the street. There appear to be moveable parking restriction signs placed near curb, on sidewalk. Brick and stone apartment buildings line the street. One has outdoor fire escape at front of building. A sign at one commercial establishment reads 'Ye Olde Coffee house restaurant'
Urban renewal in New York City, United States. Old wooden dwelling, still inhabited,with laundry hanging on clothes line, stands in midst of rubble from surrounding construction activity. Steel frame structure of a modern building under construction nearby. A huge mobile crane hoists a bucket of concrete to the top of a reinforced concrete building under construction. Temporary wooden posts support top story while concrete cures. Steel framework of modern buildings under construction. Two trees stand alone in rubble, surrounded by numerous high rise buildings under construction.
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