Pedestrians walk on Brooklyn Queens Expressway overlooking a river. Two persons sit on the fixed chairs on the pavement. A lady pushes a pram. View of Manhattan skyline. A parked car.
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.
View from inside dirigible airship in flight in New York Harbor. Pilot and crew in cockpit of airship with view of ocean liner Queen Mary below. RMS Queen Mary returning to U.S. after end of World War 2 in Europe. Troops on the main deck of Queen Mary.
World War 2 war bond parade on Fifth Avenue, in New York City, United States. Soldier, in pith helmet, walks with a young boy in uniform.A float with beauty queens from South and Central American countries. A dinosaur-dragon float, representing the Axis powers. A float portraying the devastation and suffering at Bataan and Corregidor. A float showing George Washington rolling up his sleeves, and lined all around with soldiers, sailors,Marines, air raid wardens, and the like. An open car, surrounded by motorcycle policemen, carrying Parade Grand Marshal, Lieutenant General Hugh A. Drum, and a New York City official. A float of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, depicting Stalin on a white horse, and a sign saying: "Victory in 1942." A float with Soldiers,Sailors, Marines, American flags, and pretty women, with sign reading: " Sign Your War Bond Pledge June 14-24." United States flags fly on the buildings. A contingent of Norwegian Air Force, followed by Norwegian sailors and a large float of a ship, with sign reading: "Norway's Seamen, Norway's Front Line Soldiers, 3rd Largest Fleet in United Nations." A float of Belgium. Contingent of Greeks, led by one dressed as ancient Athenian warrior, followed by group carrying a small replica of the Parthenon.They are followed by Greek women in traditional costumes of Amalia and men in traditional uniforms of Evzone. A huge crowd gathered on the sidewalk. Marchers carry placards 'Destroy Hitlerism'.
Winston Churchill at bank of microphones with wife Clementine and other officials. Cameraman takes pictures. Churchill speaks at microphone and holds up V sign. Winston Churchill waves as he and Lady Churchill disembark from the Cunard ocean liner, RMS Queen Elizabeth, in New York City, to begin a postwar vacation in the United States.
Pedestrians walk in congested area on New York City sidewalks. Ambulance and policemen arrive to help an injured person among the crowd. Children play on the sidewalks, hang dangerously behind trucks and buses. Boys build and play with soapbox derby style homemade play cars. Children search trashcans on roads. Teenager boys dive ans swim from a moored tug boat or barge into New York waters. A dock worker chases them off the boat and into the water. Person enters a parked Queens Taxi Cab car. View of a parked car backing up and striking the bumper of another parked car. A boy playing stickball swings the bat and hits a ball through a nearby window glass pane, shattering it. and car glasses broken by throwing stones.
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