United States President Franklin Roosevelt campaigns in New York City during 1940 presidential election. A large crowd gathered to greet him in Newark, New Jersey. He arrives in the Presidential motorcade. Views of the motorcade driving past the crowd, as seen from a moving vehicle. Roosevelt seated in car beside New York Governor Herbert Lehman, and New York City Mayor Fiorello La Guardia. Roosevelt addresses the people as the Presidential election campaign enters its final phase. Policemen control the large crowd. People seated to hear his speech. He addresses the gathering. The President officiates at the ground breaking for the $57,000,000 Brooklyn-Battery tunnel to connect Manhattan and Brooklyn.
A flag of United States waves on a flag pole in front of the Police Department County of Nassau County in New York. A woman police officer hands out diploma certificates in driving to a line of 8 year old boys and girls. The children are taught driving at the age of eight. Children get onto bicycles and small electric cars in the "Safety Village" established by the police force to teach children about driving. A young boy in an electric car buckles his seat belt. The children are seated in electric cars and are given instructions by the policeman to drive down the road of the village and make a right turn. Traffic signals in the background. The children drive the electric cars and follow the signals. They are taught to make the right moves at the right time. A signal reads 'Walk'. A woman police officer keeps instructing them. Children ride bicycles. All of the children are taught to use hand signals to signal their turns. Other children play the role of pedestrians in the Safety Village. A boy gives signal of right turn before the turn comes so that he can control the bicycle. A sign reads 'Stop'. The children stand in a line. The police officer gives instructions. Children ride bicycles and drive electric cars. A traffic signal.
Physician of the 1st United States Marine Corps Medical Battalion performs surgery on a wounded U.S. Marine in a tent at Bougainville, Papua New Guinea, within the Solomon Islands archipelago. Surgeon prepares instruments for operation. Patient is given anesthesia via inhalation. His back shows large cut swabbed with antiseptic. The patient is given intravenous injection. Surgeon performs a thoracotomy incision on patient's chest to remove shrapnel from his thoracic cavity. The lung is visible in the wound as a retractor is placed to expose the inside of the chest. The surgeon removes the shrapnel and places it on piece of cloth. Surgeon reapproximates the ribs using wire suture. Chest tube is inserted. Doctors dress the wound with gauze. Attending medical staff wipe face of patient and doctor with clean cloths. X-Ray of the patient shows pieces of shrapnel in his chest.
Delegates of Pan American Highway Commission relax in Atlantic City New Jersey near the end of a month long tour of the United States. Boardwalk and oceanside views and street views in Atlantic City. A woman stands on the boardwalk looking out at the beach and ocean, with a pier in the background. Group of young tourists in bathing suits gathered on the beach. Men launch a wooden rowboat from the beach out into the surf. A group of young people relax on the beach.
Busy traffic scene with many taxi cabs as they travel past Grand Central Terminal along Park Avenue in midtown Manhattan, New York City, United States. Scene North of Grand Central with cars heading North on Park Avenue and flags of the Waldorf Astoria hotel visible at East side of street. Clear view of the Chrysler Building.
United States Bobsleds team being picked up at Olympic trials in Lake Placid, New York. Team seated in bobsleds. They get down the tricky Mount Van Hoevenberg. Man takes pictures. Spectators seated in the stands. A man congratulate the winners after the race. People stand around the team.
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