Exterior view of Madison Square Garden marquee at night. Boxing match at Madison Square Garden. Busy street level views of Times Square at night with lighted neon signs. One Times Square building electronic news ticker Motograph News Bulletin aka "the zipper" displays presidential electoral results. WMCA radio news announcer at microphone with control room in background. Closeup of announcer at microphone. Close up of clock with label reading "Naval Observatory Time Western Union" WMCA radio control room engineer on phone and at controls. Close up of transmitter controls as the engineer powers down the transmitter. Night view of WMCA building with neon sign.
Salvage operation of the ship SS Normandie at New York City harbor following fire and capsizing of the ship. Cameraman with motion picture cameras present to film the site. SS Normandie on her side in dock. Cameramen from various news and newsreel companies on dock. Side of one newsreel camera reads "Paramount News." Barges, docks and spectators on dock. Cameramen adjust camera.
American evangelist Billy Graham preaches to huge audience in New York City. Crowd assembled outside Madison Square Garden (4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001, United States) in New York City. Exterior view of marquee of Madison Square Garden. People arrive to watch Billy Graham. Crowds fill the whole Madison Square Garden arena. Reverend Billy Graham leads prayers with an audience of 18,500 at Madison Square Garden.
American B-25 aicraft bomb Japanese positions in New Guinea in advance of operations by American and Australian troops. Explosions seen on ground as bombs impact targets. Low altitude aerial view of destroyed Japanese troop transport ships and cargo ships near the shores of New Guinea. Naval bombardment of Lae is seen from aboard Allied invading ships. Australian soldiers go ashore. General MacArthur confers Lieutenant General George Kenney and other officers. U.S. paratroopers on ground at an airfield prepare equipment and ready for jump into enemy territory. Scene with close up of General MacArthur smiling. Paratrooper C-47 aircraft lined in rows. U.S. Army paratroopers loading into aircraft and C-47s taking off. Aerial view from inside a C-47 as equipment and men jump toward target area of Lae. Hundreds of parachutes seen in sky. A serviceman holding a motion picture film camera films the view of parachutes through the open aircraft door. View on ground 5 days later as Australian Army troops join up with American forces on a captured Japanese airfield. Close up views of faces of Australian soldiers. The soldiers cut tall grass at landing fields to prepare for arriving DC-3 aircraft. DC-3 landing with supplies unloaded by Australian troops for use in the drive into Lae and Salamaua New Guinea.
Oil and petroleum products being used for different purposes in the United States. Low flying aerial view of skyscrapers in New York City. The Statue of Liberty. Aerial view of skyscrapers of Manhattan Island, New York City, including the Woolworth Building and the New York Municipal Building. A part of a wing of an aircraft seen in the aerial shots. Various uses of petroleum for transportation: A black locomotive train which uses petroleum as fuel is seen approaching camera at high speed, pulling train cars. A natural gas storage tank. Steam comes out of a kettle atop a vintage 1920's stove and oven, depicting use of natural gas as a fuel in homes.
Championship college basketball game between City College of New York and Bradley College of Peoria in the National Invitation Tournament in New York, United States. Scenes of the game underway at Madison Square Garden in New York City. CCNY Beavers beat Bradley College to win the trophy. Winning team of the NIT with the trophy and their coach Nat Holman.
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