The U.S. Army 442nd Regimental Combat Team, composed of Japanese-Americans, is welcomed back after three years of combat in Europe, during World War II. The Combat Team soldiers aboard their trooop ship entering New York Harbor. They display their logo and motto, "shoot the works," on the side of the ship. New York City skyline visible behind the ship. Family and friends gathered at a harbor to receive and welcome them. Since many of the soldiers are from Hawaii, their reception committee includes several hula dancers who also bedeck them with garlands (leis) of flowers as they disembark from the ship. The Combat Team assembles on the wharf and marches away.
Celebrities at 21 Club in New York City, New York. Mack Kreindler talks to guests in the foyer of 21 Club. Celebrities seated with the Kreindler Brothers. Peter Kreindler, Elliot Roosevelt, Mr. and Mrs. Faye Emerson, Orson Welles, Bob Kreindler and Jimmy Burns talk to each other.
A fashion parade in New York City, New York. Three models displaying summer dresses and matching hats during the fashion parade. Foot wear with a bow and another one with metallic beadings on black that goes with the dresses. Two models displaying dinner gowns. A display of matching black footwear for the gowns. A few models displaying dresses for holidays. One of them wearing a scarf over her head. View of matching striped footwear and another one with butterfly bows on the front. A display of footwear for the beach. A model smiling.
American Architect Richard Buckminster Fuller shows a model of his Dymaxion house design, in Ritz-Carlton Hotel (42 E 46th St, New York, NY 10017, USA), New York. Mr. Fuller explains that the house is suspended from a single stainless-steel mast, and the whole weighs only four tons. The guests listen and look at the model. A woman looks at the model house. A man removes the roof of the model to expose the interior of the house.
Miss America beauty contest in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Contestants of Miss America on floats as they pass along the streets of Atlantic City. The contestants wave at people. Veterans in wheelchairs watch the parade. The contestants standing and posing. They walk on a ramp. The winner of the 1945 Miss America pageant, Bess Myerson, wears the crown and cape. Bess Myerson, the first Jewish Miss America, comes from the Bronx, New York. Bess Myerson smiling.
Interior of Eddie Condon's Night Club in New York City. Men and women sit in the club. Band plays in the background. A man plays bass. Another man plays trombone. Clarinet player. Drummer plays the drum. People at tables. People listen to the jazz band at the club.
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