Launch of Mercury Atlas 8 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. 'United States' written on Space capsule. Mercury Atlas 8 creates thrust.
Aerial shot of New York's St. Patrick’s Cathedral (5th Ave, New York, NY 10022, United States) and cars driving on 5th Avenue in New York City. Lincoln- Mercury Coupe car displayed in new car showroom. Model displays features of new car including arm rest in back seat, large trunk, and electric windows. Front and back of car is displayed. Advertisement for Lincoln Mercury automobile.
Landmarks and aerial views in Los Angeles, California: Vehicles pass through highways and freeway system. Aerial view of city, highway, and downtown. Traffic on freeway in Cahuenga Pass area. Buildings and highway from Los Angeles City Hall (200 N Spring St, Los Angeles, CA 90012, United States). Elevated view of Wilshire Boulevard from downtown Los Angeles to the Pacific Ocean. Driver front seat POV point of view of cars, traffic, shops, and businesses driving on Wilshire Boulevard westward.
Hollywood, a district in the city of Los Angeles, California situated west-northwest of Downtown Los Angeles. 1940's and 1950 vehicle traffic seen from above and at street level at intersections of Hollywood and Vine and at Sunset and Vine. Landmarks seen include the Broadway Hollywood Plaza, NBC Studio, CBS Studio, Grauman's Chinese Theater (6925 Hollywood Blvd, Hollywood, CA 90028, United States) with some of the names of Hollywood celebrities and stars signed in the cement: Shirley Temple; Joe E Brown; Esther Williams; Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
Landmarks in Los Angeles, California. Parkgoers walk past the lake at Los Angeles Park. People gather at Pershing Square. Women with children at Griffith Park. Children play in the grounds of the park. An African American child smiles for the camera. Pageants, fiestas, and festivals in Griffith Park. Children and girls perform dances. The Griffith Observatory and planetarium (2800 E Observatory Rd, Los Angeles, CA 90027, United States). Horse racing at Santa Anita Park.
United States soldiers visit a Shinto Shrine during military occupation of Japan after WW2. A smiling Japanese woman. Two Americans enter a Japanese establishment where they attempt to follow Japanese customs, seated on the floor, sipping tea, and eating seafood with chopsticks. Japanese women look at sign advertising the movie, "Mother wore Tights" starring Betty Grable. The two Japanese women smile while viewing the sign. Scenes at U.S. Military sponsored Fair, called "Panoramic View of USA." where Japanese visitors tour smaller scale models and facsimiles of major American sites and landmarks, such as the White House, Pittsburgh "City of Steel", and famous American skyscrapers. Japanese parents and children are seen looking at Christmas displays in a local store, that includes a Santa Claus. Under the American occupation, Boy Scouts were revived in Japan. At an International Jamboree, scouts hold out a flag reading: " International Boy Scouts Troop 3, Yokohama, Japan." Japanese Boy Scouts pitch their tents and cook over campfires. American and Japanese Scoutmasters converse.
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