Destruction caused by a pre-winter blizzard in New York City and in cities all along the Mid-Atlantic and Northeastern United States. Cars and streets covered with thick snow. A man clears the snow with a shovel. Bulldozer clears the snow on the streets. Buildings on either side of the street. People working to free stuck vehicles.
Trotting Championship in New York, United States. Large crowd of spectators gather. The Trotting Championship begins. Spectators cheer the riders as they ride through the race course.
The March of Dimes Fashion Show in New York, United States. Models walk on a ramp. The guests include Jean Marie MacArthur, wife of Douglas MacArthur, and famous personalities and journalists such as Dorothy Kilgallen and Elsa Maxwell. Gossip columnist and author Elsa Maxwell on the catwalk. Basil O'Connor, President of the National FoundationâMarch of Dimes, smokes while talking to celebrity guests. Models pose in evening gowns exhibiting Spring collections from American fashion designers. Spanish artist Salvador DalĂ is seen in attendance. 1957 Polio Poster Girl Marlene Olsen walks on the ramp.
French superliner 'Normandie' capsizes in the Hudson River in New York, United States. The ocean liner lies on its side at the harbor. Sailors view the passenger ship from a scaffold. Water is pumped out of the Normandie. A measuring scale measures the level of water from the bow of liner.
Former British Foreign Secretary Robert Anthony Eden on a goodwill trip to the United States. Eden with his wife Beatrice Beckett at the New York harbor. Eden addresses the press with his wife beside him. The couple board the SS Queen Mary. They wave to the crowd as the ship leaves the harbor. The gathered crowd waves and cheers as the ship leaves. Smoke from the ship stacks.
Food rationing in New York, United States, during World War 2. Interior of King Kullen Grocery store: A housewife buys rationed canned goods. A sign: 'Official Table of Point Values for Processed Foods'. A hand takes counts out ration stamps from a sheet of stamps. The housewife buys vegetables. A food market clerk places a bag of apples in a cart. The housewife talks to the clerk. Signs : 'Please Do Not Ask for Butter Today' and 'Sorry No More Pineapple'. A Federal Offense sign reads, "Let's share the food and help win the war! It is a federal offense to violate any provision of the Food Rationing Act." Additional signs read : 'All Rationed Foods Are Marked', and "We Are Temporarily Out Of Beef'. Exterior of King Kullen Grocery store shows people walking away with packages.
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