An autoclave at the Lenox Hill Hospital (100 E 77th St, New York, NY 10075, United States) in New York, United States. An attendant supervises the functioning of an autoclave. He turns the wheel to the autoclave door. Various pressure gauge on the wall. He opens the door and removes bundles of linen from the autoclave. He slides the clothes onto a mobile stand and shuts the autoclave door.
A Christmas party for homeless children and orphans in New York. Francis Cardinal Spellman talks to the children of the New York Foundling Hospital. Cardinal Spellman sits on the base of a large Christmas tree surrounded by children. Santa Claus greets the cardinal and distributes presents. Santa Claus talks to orphans. Children open the presents. A boy blows a small trumpet. The Saint Vincent Parish Boys choir sings a Christmas carol. A toddler whining. A girl cries. Young children dance. A little girl snatches a toy from a boy.
Basket Ball season opens in New York. Match between City College of New York (CCNY) and Idaho. Spectators in the Madison Square Garden. Score by CCNY. Referee in the Court. Spectators cheer. CCNY wins the match by 46-35.
Disabled veterans of World War 2 are trained as watchmakers at a school in the Woodside suburb of Queens, New York City. Disabled veterans enter the Joseph Bulova School of Watchmaking (40-24 62nd St., Flushing, NY 11377). Doors with electric eye controls open school doors automatically for students in wheel chairs. The school also includes a wheelchair ramp. Disabled veterans in wheelchairs enter the school, followed by others walking. Faculty teach the men in a group. Some of the veterans were formerly employed as truck drivers, a chef and a music teacher. Veterans work on various equipment and manipulate small parts of watches. Veterans in a class receive training to receive new jobs as watch makers.
Headlines in the New York Times. The headline on the front page reads ' The News Of The Week In Review' on launching of the Soviet Sputnik. A picture of a rocket, explorer in the orbit and Soviet Sputnik launched.
Our own United States film 'Harbor Lights' pictures New York harbor. Ship Elizabeth and other vessels navigate into New York Harbor. Freighter passes by with Statue of Liberty in the background. Cunard sign.
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