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Monroe New York USA 1950 stock footage and images
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Engineers, surgeons, nurses, carpenters and other workers at work in the United States.
Scenes of American people engaged in different occupations in the United States in the 1950s. African American surveyor looks through a survey transit instrument as they work on a construction project with Brooklyn Bridge of New York City in background. Men in suits examine blueprints at construction site of an interstate highway cloverleaf system. A man studies and works on the construction site of a bridge. Women nurses in a classroom take down notes. A redcap pulls baggage at a railway station. Men work on construction projects. Masons, carpenters work at construction site. Surgeons operate on patient in operating theater. Cowboys hold down a calf and brand it, A housewife prepares a meal. A man operates an automobile elevator parking lot and 1950's American automobiles are seen passing by his lift. A truck of the 'Sand and Gravel Corporation' at a construction site.
Areas of responsibility under NATO Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic. Navy views from 1950s and 1960s.
Closeup of a freighter steaming past the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. Sailors riding on a commercial bus near the entrance to the U.S. Naval Base, Norfolk, Virginia. Traffic at the road intersection. Entrance sign identifying the U.S. Navy base. Views of ships docked at the base. Flags flying outside the Headquarters of NATO's Supreme Allied Commander Atlantic (SACLANT). View of the great map room inside the headquarters. Officers from various NATO countries seated for a briefing conducted by A U.S. Navy Captain circa 1954. The most senior officers, including the first SACLANT, Admiral Lynde D. McCormick, step close to the map, where he speaks to the briefing officer. Closeup of the briefing officer moving images of aircraft over the map in the vicinity of the Portuguese Azore Islands. Closeup of straits of Gibraltar and then of Brest and Cherbourg on the coast of France; the Western approaches to the British Isles; the Norwegian coast; Iceland; Northern Labrador; the whole seaboard of Canada and the United States. View of waters of the Atlantic Ocean. Glimpse back to Admiral McCormick at the briefing map and then to a partially submerged submarine moving in water of the Atlantic. Narrator mentions subs of the 1960s. U.S. nuclear powered ballistic missile submarine launches a polaris missile. Final view of briefing map.
Importance of interstate highways in United States; Point of view shots of American highway system from a moving vehicle
Shining glass panels of a building on a road side. A road construction site. View of Interstate 91 (I-91) construction in Hartford Connecticut. Traffic moving on an interstate highway. A 36 story apartment in New York, above the Freeway leading from the George Washington Bridge. A highway with bridges. View of commuter bus terminal and George Washington bridge over the Hudson River in New York City. Many views of American highways as seen from a moving vehicle. Speaking about the new interstate highway system, narrator says, "Soon, traffic will flow smoothly, in, around, and between every major city and town in America. There will be no traffic tie-ups where the interstate goes. Driving time will become minutes for local trips, and city to city travel will be shorter by hours. The complete network will make it possible to drive coast to coast, city to city, without a stop light and without delays caused by heavy traffic." Many 1950s era cars and trucks are seen moving on the highway roads. View of interstate highway in Atlanta Georgia of southern United States, with exits to Interstate 75 and Interstate 85. Sign on interstate highway 580 near Hayward California. Traffic moving under a bridge. Road signs on highway for exit to Route 21 in North Carolina between Charlotte and Statesville. Cars moving on roads. Back of a truck moving on a highway. A restaurant on the side of a road. Children fishing in a body of water on the side of a road. A family sitting in shade enjoying a picnic during a road trip. People eating at a picnic table. Two young children drink from glasses.
Newly naturalized Americans recite the Pledge of Allegiance during the 1944 “I Am An American Day” (WWII)
More than a million people attend the “I Am An American Day” citizenship ceremony in Central Park in New York City, during World War 2. Over 150,000 people attended the ceremony as newly naturalized American citizens. Native American Indians in traditional dress and women and men in military uniform attend the ceremony. Flags of various nations are flown. Wounded Army soldiers and wounded Navy sailors arrive as guests of honor. New York City Mayor Fiorello LaGuardia shakes hands with servicemen, giving tribute to their heroism during World War II. Immigrants stand up to recite the Pledge of Allegiance to the United States of America as part of the naturalization ceremony. Speaker recites the Pledge of Allegiance, which predates the inclusion of "under God" which was added later in the 1950s.
City College ' Beavers' defeat Cougars in a basketball game in New York, United States.
Highlights of a basketball game on December 5, 1950, between City College ' Beavers' and ' Cougars ' of Brigham Young University at the Madison Square Garden in New York. Players of the two teams battle it out on the court. City College wins the game 71-69.
World Motor Sports car show at Madison Square Garden in New York City; also a modern futuristic kitchen
"Things to come" opens with scenes from the World Motor Sports car show at Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. Foreign imported and domestic American cars, including many concept cars and futuristic space age cars, are being displayed at the 1950s automobile show. Young women get into cars to get a closer look at the new automobiles. Next scene shows a housewife in a modern, futuristic kitchen with many gadgets. A push button kitchen with an automatic refrigerator and cabinet is seen. The woman homemaker presses a button to raise the counter top height in the kitchen of the future. Woman wearing apron consults a revolving picture board of menus and recipes above the stove. Woman puts toast in hidden toaster recessed in stove top. She waves her hand and a cabinet lowers down containing dishes. A cook presses a button and a rotisserie oven raises up, and its door opens to reveal meat roasting inside.
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