U.S. Navy ships launched in the United States during World War II. Lieutenant Commander Mildred H. McAfee, USNR (US Navy Reserve), Director of the WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service) breaks a bottle of champagne on the bow of a carrier and christens USS Franklin (CV-13) in Newport News, Virginia on 14th October, 1943. A destroyer is launched at the Great Lakes. The destroyer is turned into an upright position. Shipyard workers cheer. A ship is launched sideways.
Roman Catholic followers celebrate the feast day of St. Christopher, the patron saint of transportation, in Baldwin, New York. Exterior of Saint Christopher’s Church (11 Gale Ave, Baldwin, NY 11510, United States). People gather outside the church. A statue of Saint Christopher carrying the infant Jesus. Children riding bicycles on the street. Motorists driving their vehicles. They receive blessings from Roman Catholic priests. A priest sprinkle holy water on the car.
A boxing bout held at Madison Square Garden in New York City, United States. People seated around the ring. Greek boxer Jim Londos and Italian boxer Garibaldi in the ring. People watch the bout. Londos wins.
Newsreel quote saying, “Lusty and glamorous was the Theater of Yesterday, when every actor worth his salt was a hardened trouper”. Dramatization of a late 19th century vaudeville group disembark from a train. Train porters unload a huge luggage. A 1894 poster of Bessie Bonehill, an English vaudeville singer who toured widely in the United States, saying, “Bessie Bonehill: And they never came back Playmates”. Actors sitting together near a ticketing booth in a New York train station. Close up view of an elderly vaudeville actor. Vaudeville actors talking with each other. “Haines & Vidocqs Metropolitan stars!!”. Curtains rise inside a theater. Poster of vaudeville stars, Jimmy and Florence Plunket, saying, “The Plunkets Jimmy Florence Broadway to you”. Vaudeville stars Jimmy and Florence Plunket, the former wears a top hat and the latter in a sequined A-line dress, perform a tap dance onstage.
Men and women cross a street in the financial district of Manhattan, New York City during World War II. Some couples are seen walking together. A group of United States Navy sailors and Army officers are seen. A truck and a taxi drive on the road. Pedestrians and cars at the intersection of Pine St. and Nassau St. with The Soldiers' Monument, or the Memorial for the Unknown Revolutionary War Heroes, visible in the Trinity Churchyard in the background.
A man planting flowers in New York City, United States. 1960s funk music plays in the background. Modern skyscraper buildings are seen nearby. Aerial view of busy streets of Manhattan. A moving car in a multistory parking garage building. A police officer in cold weather wearing white mittens and ear muffs directs traffic. Pedestrians walking past city store fronts.
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