Cars driving at a rural highway in New York. Highway, roadside farmlands, telephone poles, and houses as seen from a moving car. Camera zooms closer to view rural houses and front yards. Haystacks in a farm. Hills and trees in rural upstate New York.
Pedestrians walking in front of a supermarket in New York. Bottles of beverages are seen from store windows. A blond woman and other shoppers inside a supermarket. Packaged and prepared grocery items such as Old London Melba toast, Campbell’s Soup, Knorr Beef Noodle Soup in the aisles of the supermarket. Woman takes cans of Campbell’s Soup from shelves. She also picks up a pack of paper napkins, kitchen sponges, Woolite, and dishwashing soap and puts them in her shopping cart. Shopper picks up a tray of Sara Lee Apricot Danish pie from the frozen food section. Various products at the frozen food freezer in the grocery store.
Luna Park in Coney Island, New York, opens to 5200 orphans from New York City. Children, many wearing white, walk in large groups on the park grounds. A vendor hands out ice cream cones at a counter. Children eat ice cream and other food. A large crowd sits in the stands of an arena, watching children on the dirt below attempt to ride a mule. One boy is knocked over by the animal, but another succeeds and climbs its back to ride. Boys and girls climb over a short fence. Scene changes to view from moving coaster known as the "Shoot the Chutes" as it speeds down an incline and splashes into water. Shots from and of a moving coaster as it goes up and down multiple hills. Older boys sit at the front. Man performing a human cannonball act climbs into the barrel of a large cannon, and a young boy licks an ice cream cone. Smoke puffs from the barrel of the cannon as the man is propelled from the cannon. He soars through the air, arms outstretched before tucking forward and landing on a taut net.
U.S. Army ski troops fasten rope and ice axes to backpacks, clip into skis. Close up of ski bindings. The soldiers ski in a column of twos, packs and rifles on their backs. Behind them, a larger group of troops walks on foot, also carrying backpacks and rifles. Close up shot as the column of soldiers moves up a slope on either side of the camera, faces visible. A few men smile. The soldiers on skis use a side step motion to climb a slope.
U.S. Army ski troops walk in single file up the slopes of Mount Rainer. Soldiers at the front use skis to create a switchback pathways for troops on foot, who follow behind. The soldiers carry packs and rifles. Close up shows the soldiers covered in snow as they ascend. A soldier walks past with food in hand. The troops struggle to gain footing in the deep snow. Side shot shows soldiers using their hands to assist the ascent up a steep slope, snow-covered Mount Rainer in the background. Elevated shot shows the men as they walk up a slope, view of pine trees and an alpine lake in the background. A group of soldiers on foot traverse a bare slope toward a high ridge line, pausing to allow time for ski troops in the front to clear a path. The group of soldiers climbs the final rocky face to the ridge.
U.S. Army ski troops pack equipment, eat, and drink with Mount Rainier in the background. Close up of a soldier as he laces his boots. A soldier begins ascending a rocky face while tethered by rope to a partner below. A line of soldiers connected by rope trudge up a steep face. Men at the top of the face pull the rope taut to give the soldiers below a handhold. Close up shot looking down at a soldier as he climbs with the rope, pack and rifle on his back, wearing gloves. A final group of soldiers in white caps ascend, bringing the rope up with them as they climb. Multiple shots with mountain vistas in background. At the top of ridge a few soldiers lose traction on slick ground, but the tethering system prevents them from falling.
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