Instant Rehabilitation Project by Housing and Urban Department in New York City, especially lower east side. Hands holding a pamphlet entitled "Housing Act of 1961". Dilapidated and run down tenement buildings seen. Housing and Urban Department officials seen with contractors. Core units of the buildings seen and demonstration of prefabricated kitchens and baths lowered through the roof. Construction crew working. Kitchen and bathrooms seen in the renovated building. Families on a move are shown. Moving vans are seen.
A film titled 'Skyscrapers of New York City, from the North River'. Views from boat traveling South on the Hudson River toward the ocean. West shoreline and piers of lower Manhattan seen. Large modern ocean liner at pier. Docked boats seen. A tug with a "C" on the stack passes by. Several small steamboats come into view. The Pennsylvania Railroad piers and the Lehigh Valley Railroad piers seen with docked car floats. Several piers seen. Skyscrapers and shoreline seen. Trinity Church visible near Wall Street. Pennsylvania Railroad piers seen with barges docked. United Fruit Company occupies New Pier I. Views of New York City Aquarium and Castle Garden (Battery Park).
SPAD fighter planes of French Air unit fly over German lines at Chaux in France during World War I. A plane flying low near the ground. Formation of Spad biplanes in flight. Several men seen standing as a man in the basket of an observation balloon rises up. A French pilot getting into the cockpit of a SPAD fighter plane. Change to a different pilot seated in the cockpit posing for the camera.
American comedian Bob Hope for performances in United Service Organization (USO) shows in Vietnam. CH-47 Chinook helicopter land as directed. Members of Les Brown's Band Jack Jones and other troupe entertainers debark. Colonel Robert A. Ackerly Commander 3rd TFW (Tactical Fighter Wing) greets English comedian Bob Hope and Joey Heatherton getting into a car. Bob Hope talks to Captain Leonard Wilson 450 3rd TFS (Tactical Fighter squadron) beside F-5A fighter aircraft.
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) in Bien Hua in Vietnam. Bob Hope and his troupe of entertainers perform in a USO Show. Banners read 'USO Shows'. Song and dance performances by Kaye Stevens, Anita Bryant, John Bubbles, Jerry Colonna and Carroll Baker. Harold and Fayard Nicholas perform as a team. The troops watch the show and applaud. Bob Hope talks to Carroll Baker. (Vietnam War period).
American comedian Bob Hope performs for United Service Organization (USO) in Bien Hua in Vietnam. Bob Hope at air strip. Bob Hope and his troupe of entertainers in a USO Show. The U.S. Army troops watch the show and applaud. Bob Hope doing a stand up comedy with Miss USA Diana Lynn Batts. (Vietnam War period).
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