A U.S. Army Reorientation film. Recreational facilities in New York City's Central Park. Aerial view of Central Park with skyscrapers of Manhattan and skyline of New York City seen flanking it. View of 59th street and park entrance. View of horse-drawn hansom cabs and the Seal Pool. People feeding pigeons. Children in park. Cart pony rides at the zoo. People watch zoo animals like chimpanzees. Various lakes in park. People on boats in lakes. People fishing including a boy standing on a rock fishing. View of Bethesda Fountain. Various statues. Weather station and Cleopatra's Needle. People enjoy concerts at Central Park Mall. President Harry S Truman makes an address in the park. People enjoy Square dancing with caller, dancing at the Tavern On The Green, playing tennis, softball game with young men or teenage boys, basketball game with teenage boys, football, horseback riding, winter sports including sleds in the snow and horse-drawn sleigh rides, kids making snowmen, warmer weather activities like pitching horseshoes, playing checkers, people laying on the ground and relaxing on benches and grass.
Upon arrival in New York City, by steamer from England, a British war bride Ethel (Barcham) Johnson with her child Carol Ann Johnson, is interviewed with her former American serviceman husband Herbert W. Johnson. She says she is on her way to Kansas City and feels nervous. Her husband says they are going to spend a few days in New York. The wife says she is looking forward to meeting her mother-in-law, whom she hopes will like her.
A boat underway in Hudson River, United States. Smoke rises up from the smokestack of the boat. View of buildings and skyscrapers in the Lower Manhattan, New York City, United States. Smoke rises up in the background. Ferry boat enters the slip between two piers on New York Bay. The ferry boat moves into the slip. People go ashore.
View of a street in New York City. Vehicular traffic in the Manhattan street. Truck stuck in traffic near New York Garment Center. Several pedestrians on the side of the street. Taxi cabs and cars stalled in heavy traffic. View of taximeters in cabs. Fares impatient in the heavy traffic. A man looks through roof of a cab. Passengers get impatient in the traffic. A man gets out of the taxicab and pays the driver.
National Chairman of the United Palestine Appeal, Doctor Abba Hillel Silver gives a speech in New York City, United States. He holds several documents in his hands. He talks about building a new hope for the Jews by upbringing of Palestine. He expresses hope that American Jewry will raise funds. United Palestine Appeal aims to aid in resettling of Jews in Palestine.
District Attorney Elections in New York City, United States. Rabbi Stephen S. Wise stands in his office. Books are lined in the cabinet. He talks about Thomas E Dewey and Fiorello Henry La Guardia. He says that La Guardia must be elected as the Mayor and Thomas E Dewey as the District Attorney of New York County as they are not corrupt.
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