Civilians demonstrate on road with banners in the Dominican Republic. A man paints a board. Civilians jam the streets of town. People on buildings. Exteriors of the National Palace (Av. México, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) shows a military truck arriving. President Joaquin Balaguer walks out of room in presence of some officials. Balaguer speaks at mike.
A large number of civilians inducted into Army in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil in World War II. They take an oath of allegiance. At Army Day celebrations in Guatemala Foreign Minister of Mexico decorated with a medal as American and Guatemalan troops march.
Low, near street-level views of a young African American girl putting her hand inside her mouth while walking with her parent in New York City during World War II. The girl looking up. Aerial or elevated view of intersection of West 34th Street and 7th Ave. New York. Pedestrians crossing intersection with traffic. Rear view of women wearing fur coats and crossing 6th Ave at West 34th Street in New York City towards the Empire State building. Low, near street level views of traffic and pedestrians on busy streets of New York City A mannequin dressed in a fashionable ladies’ coat seen in department store window display, likely Macy's.
Scenes of New and New Jersey from New York harbor in vicinity of Ellis Island. At lower Manhattan, derricks and cranes can be seen and construction activity associated with the building of the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel. Among skyscrapers seen are the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building, both further uptown, in the background. Docks and piers are seen along the waterfront. B&O Railroad barge tied to a pier.
Joint Congressional Investigation of the Pearl Harbor attack in the United States. Officials gather in the court room. Officials seated at their desk and Retired U.S. Army Major General Walter Short addresses them about the Pearl Harbor attack. He states that no mention was ever made by the Japanese for the attack on Hawaii. The United States had no idea to be prepared for the Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor. On December 7th 1941. The United States Army was not notified about the attack even at that time. (World War II period).
View of Chelsea Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. A sign in lobby reads 'Welcome Congress of Industrial Organizations CIO'. Noted labor organizer Walter Philip Reuther, President of United Auto workers union, at the gathering.
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