Traffic in Brooklyn, New York City. View from Belt Parkway in Brooklyn, looking at the Verrazzano Bridge over The Narrows, the strait joining Upper New York Bay and Lower New York Bay. Vehicles moving on the Parkway and on the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge. Slow pan across the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge from the Brooklyn side to the Staten Island side.
Traffic on the Belt Parkway in Brooklyn, New York, near the exit to the Verrazzano Bridge across the Narrows in New York Bay. View of the bridge, extending over the highway. A work barge is tied up at one of the bridge piers. Pan across the bridge to Fort Wadsworth on the Staten Island side. A ship proceeds under the bridge towards New York harbor. Two trucks are seen crossing the upper deck towards Brooklyn. No vehicles are seen on the lower deck which is not yet open to traffic.
King Faisal ibn Abdul Aziz Al Saud of Saudi Arabia during a visit to New York. The King arrives by car at the United Nations headquarter in New York. Flags shown at front of building with focus on the flag of Saudi Arabia. The King steps from the car in front of the headquarter and is greeted by dignitaries. Men take pictures. King Faisal and the dignitaries walk into the headquarters. A spokesman, in Arabic, narrates a summary of the Kings visit to Washington and New York.. This is followed by brief scenes of highlights from the trip, including arrival by helicopter; the White House and welcome banner in English and Arabic; official trumpeters playing; the King and President Johnson; Army honor guard formation and cannons firing salutes; view of the White House; U.S. Marines and soldiers on parade;.The King and President Johnson on steps of the White House the evening of his formal reception; Military displays by the U.S. Army 3rd Infantry Regiment (The Old Guard); and fireworks.
A large crowd gathered at the railroad train station and spilling onto the tracks, watches as a steam locomotive, pulls President Woodrow Wilson's special Pullman rail car (the "Superb") into Princeton, New Jersey. He is arriving on September 28, 1916, to vote in the Democratic Primary elections, during his 1916 presidential reelection campaign. Closeup of the President stepping from his train car and being escorted by National Guard soldiers and local officials. Next, he is seen walking along a sidewalk, accompanied by New Jersey Governor, James Fairman Fielder. After voting in the primary election (unseen) the President is seen standing with his wife, Edith Galt Wilson, and the Governor, on an outdoor platform, wrapped in patriotic bunting. President Wilson appears to hold some speaking notes. Closeup of people gathered below the platform, including a Boy Scout, and members of the New Jersey Federation of Women’s Clubs. The President steps down from the platform and is given a spade that he uses to plant some trees along the Lincoln Highway. Mrs. Wilson watches along with others in the background.
The campaign of the Fusion party for the election of Mayor of the New York City at the Manhattan Opera Center, New York City. The chairperson gives an introductory note. There are banners supporting F.H. LaGuardia's candidature for the Mayorship of New York. 1934.
Documentary about geography and buildings of New York. The Central Park in the center of New York. A pond at Central Park with number of boats in it. Famous buildings of New York around the Central Park can also be seen at a distance. Man and woman looking at the pond watch boats and bridge on the pond. The Obelisk in Central Park gifted by Khedive of Egypt. People sitting on a stone below it. The tall tower of Obelisk.
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