View of a street in New York City. Vehicular traffic in the street including cars, trucks, buses. A man attempts to cross street in heavy traffic. Shops and store fronts in the background. Pedestrians walk on the paved road. People cross the roads in heavy traffic.
View of a street in New York City. Pedestrians jam the streets. Traffic policeman directs traffic. Traffic signs on street read 'Stop', 'No pedestrian traffic', 'No right turn' and 'No left turn'. Children run on sidewalk. Men stand on roadside. A woman looks down from the window. People crowd near an ambulance. Wounded carried on stretcher into the ambulance. Vehicular traffic and pedestrians on street.
An anti-aircraft automobile is tested in Rahway, New Jersey. The automobile, designed by Preston Tucker, and known as the Tucker Armored Combat Car, is tested on a hilly terrain. It features a power operated gun turret known as the Tucker Turret. The vehicle carries three machine guns and a rapid-fire one pounder.
A mechanical sugar cane cutter is demonstrated in New Roads, Louisiana. Men and women work in sugar cane fields. African Americans work in the field. Men stand in a group. The mechanical sugar cane cutter moves in the field.
U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CVS-18) arrives in the City of Newport News, Virginia during World War II. Men carry their baggage and disembark from the USS Wasp. WACs (Women's Army Corps ) stand in the foreground. Several documents kept on a table. The troops disembark.
A crowd greeting and hailing General Charles De Gaulle in New York City. A crowd outside City Hall. Army officers and city officials wait outside the building on the steps.A few officers come down the steps and wait. General Charles De Gaulle comes out of City Hall accompanied by Mayor LaGuardia.. The General stands on top of the steps and raises his arms in a giant "V" to the crowd. The Mayor then guides him to a bank of microphones set up at the base of the steps. Mayor LaGuardia makes a few remarks and concludes raising his right arm and shouting: "Vive la France." General de Gaulle, then speaks into the microphones. The Mayor and the General shake hands.
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