The 13th Annual Academy Awards presentation and banquet at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles, California. Hollywood actors and actresses seated at various tables, including Myrna Loy, Bob Hope with wife Dolores Hope, Ronald Reagan, Tyrone Power, and others. Second take shot of the same group applauding and smiling. Host Walter Wanger presents Bob Hope with a Special Award in recognition of his unselfish services to the Motion Picture Industry. Oscar trophies are visible on a table.
New Yorkers celebrate Easter Sunday in different churches across the city. A woman GI presents 'By Request' for the Army Navy Screen Magazine' in the United States. Soldiers from New York request a glimpse of Easter in New York City. A large crowd lines the sidewalk, Roman Catholic churchgoers enter the St. Patrick's Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States). Civilians and women GIs among the crowd. Cars pass by on the road outside the St. John's Cathedral (1047 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10025, United States). Episcopalian U.S. Army soldiers enter the cathedral. Women GIs pose on the cathedral steps. A Gi kisses a woman GI. People emerge from the cathedral. Mount Olivet Baptist Church: Good Friday and Holy Week Service banners at the cathedral entrance. African American families emerge from the Mount Olivet Baptist Church (201 Malcolm X Blvd, New York, NY 10027, United States) in Harlem. An African American man with his two little girls. The Easter parade on 5th Avenue. Policemen keep vigil. Women in elaborate coats and hats. GIs and young boys in the parade. American industrialist Henry J Kaiser and his wife. Easter flowers on display. New York girls and children.
Benny Goodman Orchestra performs in New York City. Exterior of the Hotel New Yorker (481 8th Avenue, New York, NY 10001) at night. Hotel New Yorker marquee and a sign for the 'Benny Goodman Orchestra'. Terrace Room inside the Hotel. Benny Goodman and his Orchestra perform on stage. Benny Goodman leads the Orchestra and plays the clarinet. People seated in the room listen to the music. Soldiers, sailors, and civilians dance with their wives. Others seated at tables. (World War II period).
Benny Goodman Orchestra performs in a Jazz club at the Hotel New Yorker, New York City. Terrace Room inside the Hotel. American jazz musician Benny Goodman and his Orchestra perform on stage. Benny Goodman leads the Orchestra and plays the clarinet. Soldiers, sailors and civilians dance with their wives. The guests applaud after the performance. (World War II period).
Benny Goodman Orchestra performs in Hotel New Yorker, New York City. Terrace Room inside the Hotel. American jazz musician Benny Goodman and his Orchestra perform on stage of jazz club. Goodman plays the clarinet and leads the orchestra. Soldiers and civilian men dance with their wives. (World War II period).
Benny Goodman Orchestra performs in Hotel New Yorker, New York City. Terrace Room inside the Hotel. American jazz musician Benny Goodman and his Orchestra perform on jazz club stage. Goodman prepares for another performance. He begins the performance, leads the Orchestra and plays the clarinet. Musicians play various instruments including trumpets, saxophones and the double bass.
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