Gun camera scenes of U.S. fighter aircraft strafing shore installations and associated roads on Okinawa, during World War 2. Smoke is seen rising from several of the targets hit on the ground.
Burning of Standard Oil Company tanks at Bayonne in New Jersey. Fire triggered by a lightning strike during a thunder storm, which caused Naphtha tank No. 7 of Standard Oil Company's plant to explode. People on street in Bayonne, with sky darkened by the heavy smoke rising high above the town. People evacuate area threatened by the fire. Horse-drawn wagons carrying goods, follow wheel tracks in the street. Several men with bicycles. Two men pull a wagon loaded with bedding and furniture.
A film titled 'Panorama Water Front and Brooklyn Bridge from East River'. East River shoreline and piers of lower Manhattan seen. Several ocean-going sailing vessels are docked. Piers and docks are crowded with ships and boats of all kinds. Steam tugs, ships and ferries seen docked. Loaded wooden barrels can be seen. View of the water front. Sign on Pier 20 reads 'Mallory Line'. Brooklyn Bridge seen. River traffic of tugboats and barges passing under the Brooklyn Bridge. Brooklyn Heights visible.
A film titled 'Panorama of Blackwell's Island, N.Y.'. Shore of Blackwell's Island seen, from boat . The lighthouse, at extreme Southern end of the island. Smoke from the Island's power plant stacks is visible. Sea wall built by inmates. Insane Asylum, including octagonal Lunatic asylum for women; Large Workhouse. Piers for construction of the Queensboro (59th street) Bridge. The Penetentiary Warden's home nearby; and the Penetentiary, itself. Finally, we see the Charity Hospital.
A film titled ' Departure of Peary [and the] Roosevelt from New York '. A large steamship docked at pier in background. The schooner "Roosevelt" docked at a pier. Seemingly wealthy men in straw hats and women in long dresses and elaborate hats, consistent with late gilded age, board ship. Polar explorer Robert Peary seen on the gangway. Several other vessels seen in the river.
A film titled 'Move On'. View on New York City street of several pushcart vendors gathered to sell their goods (possibly lower east side of Manhattan). Fruit and vegetable carts in the foreground. Vendors congregate closely along sidewalks and interfere with traffic. Policemen approaches swinging his night stick to keep them moving. Elevated railroad train tracks seen in background. Lots of horse carriage and wagon traffic.
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