Street sign shows 5th Avenue and East 51st Street, in Manhattan, New York City. Pedestrians walk on the sidewalk on the Fifth Avenue. Double-decker bus of 5th Avenue Coach Company on the street. Fashionable shops shown include Best & Co.and Black, Starr & Gorham. Mannequins dressed fashionably. Silver and china and fine glass articles on display in shops. A woman stands and looks at several items on display. A man and boy look at model sail boats in shop window. Flowers in a flower shop. Cars move along the street.
Scenes from the Harvest Moon Ball Amateur Dance Championship held in 1943 at Madison Square Garden, New York City. A Viennese Waltz performance is shown first, with dancing pairs waltzing. Audiences enjoy the different performances. A band plays music. Dancing couples in the Lindy Hop Division perform next. Many scenes of jazz and swing era Lindy hop dancing with acrobatic swings, dips and twists.
Greentree polo team wins polo title playing against Aurora, in Westbury, New York. Polo game in progress. Riders on horseback drive ball in opposite team's goal. Crowd in stands watches horses and players during the match. The quartet with famous back Jock Whitney (John Hay Whitney) sips champagne from the trophy cup after winning over Aurora by 7-6 score in the match that required a full extra period to determine the outcome.
The Landing Craft Tank Flotilla 29 at Ammunition Depot, New Orleans. The Landing Craft Tank Flotilla 29 tied at the Ammunition Depot on the dockyard. An electric train pulls up along the dock. A boxcar pulls up along the Landing Craft Tank. A Coast Guard officer speaks to a man on the train. The Coast Guards slide ammunition boxes on a platform from the train. The guards line up the cans on the ship deck. '20Mm Anti-Aircraft Ammunition' written on the boxes. The Landing Craft Tank Flotilla 29 at Ammunition Depot pulls away from dock.
A fashion show on a beach in New York City. Teenagers models wearing different costumes. The young girls model in floral mini dresses, evening dress with a coat. One of the models dances in her mini dress. Girl takes of a jumper to show the swimsuit she is wearing.
Clip opens with black and white scenes but then transitions to color scenes. Times Square neon signs and theaters in New York City. Theaters include the Waldorf Theater and Roxy Theater at 50th street and Sixth Avenue, the Astor Theater at 1537 Broadway, and the Paramount Theater at 43rd street and Broadway. Neon signs seen include 'Ripley Believe it or Not!' , 'Coca-Cola The Pause That Refreshes' , 'Chevrolet' , 'Old Overholt Straight Rye Whiskey' , 'Wilson That's All' , 'Sunkist Lemonade' , 'Bromo Seltzer' , 'Hygrade Frankfurters' , 'Wrigley's Spearmint' , 'Old Gold Cigarettes' , and 'Florsheim Shoes.' At the Astor Theater, the movie 'Goodbye Mr. Chips' starring Robert Donat and Greer Garson is advertised on the marquee, and the scrolling marquee is advertising the Wizard of Oz. At the Paramount Theater, the movie, 'Our Leading Citizen' starring Bob Burns is playing.
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