View of the Brooklyn Bridge in New York City. View of the George Washington Bridge, and automobiles at its toll plaza (e.g. 1948 Lincoln). Elevated views and aerial views as car traffic moves on New Jersey and Manhattan parkways. Street sign pointing to the 'Queens Midtown tunnel.' Trucks and cars headed toward the tunnel. Traffic entering and leaving the Lincoln Tunnel, including a Pabst Blue Ribbon beer truck. Manhattan commercial markets, where trucks deliver various food supplies. Men unloading the fresh food boxes on busy streets of New York City. Fresh fish is poured into baskets outside the Geo F. Fish market. The food items are supplied to central markets and the grocery stores.
The U.S. Army displays a folding bridge in Virginia. The bridge can be operated without requiring any personnel to expose themselves during an operation. A new traveling, folding bridge which is pushed by a tank is opened by massive gears. The tank passes through the bridge.
Geographical map depicts location of New Orleans between Lake Pontchartrain and the Mississippi River. Elevated or low aerial view of some buildings in City of New Orleans. View of Levees that protect the city. Trains are ferried across rivers. View of paddle wheel steamships moving and anchored at port. A paddle wheel steamship named "Uncle Oliver" underway in the Mississippi River. Railroad train locomotive riding on a ferry boat en route and arriving at another port. A train locomotive and its attached trains drive off the ferry.
'Wheels of Fortune' depicts how the inter-development of the automobile and the public road system (1897-1927) caused the growth of suburban areas. View of two men as they ride a tandem bicycle for two on a city street. A horse carriage approaches a house. A woman gets off and climbs the steps to a house. Women on bicycles in the countryside wearing late 1800's early 1900's fashions. They stop to look at blossoming trees by the roadside. Next scene shows workers seated outside a factory. They eat lunch from packed dinner pails. View of high density tenements and slums of New York City with laundry hanging on clotheslines and the Brooklyn Bridge can be seen in the distance. View of railroad tracks running immediately beside closely packed tenement buildings of New York City residents.
Habib Bourguiba, President of Tunisia in a car in motorcade from Broadway to City Hall in New York. A huge gathering at the sides of road. Bourguiba waves at people in front of Chock Full o’ Nuts Café on Broadway. Crowd cheers the President Habib Bourguiba, and President also greets them back. President is then received by Mayor Robert Wagner and wife Susan Edwards at City Hall, New York City. Wife of Bourguiba, Mrs. Moufida Bourguiba, is also present.
Newspaper distribution and people reading papers in New York City. Paper boys arriving on foot and on bicycle at a newspaper distribution truck. The newspaper boys collect their newspapers for delivery. Men and women visiting news stands and a view of a newsstand that specializes in newspapers from other cities. Closeup view of many newspapers at the newsstand. Sign Board at a shop reads 'Free Information here'. Newspapers placed on a rack. Man reads a newspaper. Women seated on bench reading newspaper. Various citizens reading newspapers.
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