Driver's POV view from car traveling eastbound on Interstate 278 in Brooklyn. Start at crest of Bridge over the Gowanus Canal, good view of Lower Manhattan, pass through "The Trench" section in Carroll Gardens and Cobble Hill, cantilevered roadways beneath "The Promenade" in Brooklyn Heights, ending just short of the Brooklyn Bridge exit. Good views of original 1950's and 1960's freeway signing and highway lighting hardware.
Firefighters use water hoses on buildings in Atlantic City following a large fire that spanned 2 city blocks, destroying 4 hotels and 13 cottages. Scenes of demolished buildings. A sign for the Congress Hotel half burned and laying on the ground. View of the steps of the Congress Hotel which is all that remains of the completely destroyed building. Firemen working. Scenes of wreckage.
Views of conveyor system in use at Bell Aircraft Plant, Niagara Falls. War production workers inspecting and working with aircraft moving on belt. Bell P-39 Airacobra taking off. Views of Bell P-39 Airacobra in flight. (World War 2 era war production effort.)
Crowds fill streets celebrating Armistice ending World War 1. Street cars move through the crowds. Many people wave American flags. Mounted police maintain order. Crowd filling space in front of S.S. Kresge Company 5&10 cents Store. Large American flags hang from front of the Central Savings Bank, at 14th Street and 4th Avenue (Union Square). People gather around a large monument displaying many figures. A group of people realize they are being photographed and face the camera smiling. One man lifts up a small boy dressed in soldier uniform, holding a flag and saluting. Several men carry a wood slab with effigy of defeated Hun on it. Scene shifts to large open area, where crowd is gathered around a multistory copy of the Statue of Liberty. A group of women in white dresses (possibly nurses) stand in front of a seated Army brass band. Scene shifts back to Union Square, again with crowd around the large monument and American flags draped over windows of the Central Savings Bank. Trick photography creates ethereal image of statue of liberty in the scene. Next, lines of people with banners and flags move near area of trolley cars. Another group gathers near camera, as mounted policeman moves behind them. Trinity Church steeple can be seen in far background. Several men in blackface makeup carry a coffin containing detritus of war. View from building overlooking avenue filled with people. American flags fly from building window sills. A flag displaying "104" (104th Regiment?) and numerous stars, hangs from one window. (World War I; World War 1; WWI; WW1)
Traffic moves along on Grand Central Parkway through Kew Gardens Interchange. Cars move on parkway with stone arch bridges and wooden highway light poles. Views from westbound Union Turnpike Bridge, on parkway median looking west near 78th Avenue and on embankment near Park Drive East.
Dogs parade with their handlers at a youth week pet show in Asbury Park. Different variety of dogs at the show, paraded by girl and boy owners. Judges discuss. Winner dogs, Great Dane and Dachshund crowned.
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