Coach Steve Owen in the last game of his 23 years as coach of the Giants. Players from the Lions and the Giants on the field at New York's Polo Grounds stadium. Game in progress. Crowd cheers. Detroit Lions defeat New York Giants by 27-16. Scenes include pass from Detroit Lions quarterback Bobby Lane to Leon Hart. Also a touchdown pass from New York Giants quarterback Charlie Conerly to Frank Gifford, and a Detroit Lions touchdown pass from Lane to Doak Walker followed by a 2nd touchdown run by Walker.
A film titled 'Skyscrapers of New York City, from the North River'. Views from boat traveling South on the Hudson River toward the ocean. West shoreline and piers of lower Manhattan seen. Large modern ocean liner at pier. Docked boats seen. A tug with a "C" on the stack passes by. Several small steamboats come into view. The Pennsylvania Railroad piers and the Lehigh Valley Railroad piers seen with docked car floats. Several piers seen. Skyscrapers and shoreline seen. Trinity Church visible near Wall Street. Pennsylvania Railroad piers seen with barges docked. United Fruit Company occupies New Pier I. Views of New York City Aquarium and Castle Garden (Battery Park).
A picket line in front of New York Public Library (476 5th Ave, New York, NY 10018, United States) at the Fifth Avenue in New York City with 'Hitler' signs during World War II. People pass along the street with signs. Various signs read 'Arm Britain And Prolong War', 'Lend Lease Lose Lives', 'Why Not Peace With Hitler' and 'Europe For Europeans America For Americans'.
An electric power generating plant in the United States. Various views of 1940s New York City: The city at dawn, with Manhattan skyscraper buildings and the sun rising in the background. River traffic moving under the Brooklyn Bridge and buildings in the background. Manhattan streets with no traffic because it is dawn. Lion in front of the New York Public Library on 5th avenue, in silhouette. East River with Manhattan skyline behind. Shows people in houses busy with their morning routine. A milkman delivering by horse and wagon, to homes. Morning newspaper on door step. Man using electric shaver. Children leaving for school. A commuter train arrives at a railroad station. Trams, trolleys, buses, traffic and pedestrians along a street of New York City. Elevated view of Times Square filled with morning traffic of cars, trucks, buses and pedestrians. Turbine deck of an electric power plant. Men in a control room. A ship in a river. A man operates a bascule bridge (draw bridge), allowing ship to pass without delay. Operators, at controls of electric power plant, increase output to meet extra demands. Numerous dials, needles and gauges. View of turbine generator in power plant.
Visitors arrive at the Bronx Zoo (2300 Southern Boulevard, Bronx Park, Bronx, New York 10460, U.S.) in New York City. The zookeeper opens the lions’ gate. Lions coming out of the gate. Lions laze around the enclosure of the zoo. A lion drinking from a puddle. A moat keeps them out of visitors' way. Zebras and springbok graze in the zoo. They have their own waterhole. Birds in the zoo. Inauguration of a new elephant house “Pachyderm House” of the Philadelphia Zoo (3400 W Girard Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19104, United States). The Pachyderm House was designed by architect Paul Philippe Cret. Officials cut the ribbon during its inauguration. An elephant walks with the United States flag. Elephants give a performance on stools. Monkeys come out from a barrel. Children watch elephants performing and a man touching the open mouth of a hippopotamus in the zoo.
District Attorney Elections in New York City, United States. Edward Corsi sits in his office. Several articles kept on the table. Map on the wall behind him. Books in the background. He talks about the racketeers and gangsters in the poorer section of New York City. He says that courageous Thomas E Dewey must be elected as the District Attorney of New York County.
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