Instant Rehabilitation Project by Housing and Urban Department in New York City, especially lower east side. Hands holding a pamphlet entitled "Housing Act of 1961". Dilapidated and run down tenement buildings seen. Housing and Urban Department officials seen with contractors. Core units of the buildings seen and demonstration of prefabricated kitchens and baths lowered through the roof. Construction crew working. Kitchen and bathrooms seen in the renovated building. Families on a move are shown. Moving vans are seen.
Instant Rehabilitation housing renovation project by Housing and Urban Department in the lower east side of Manhattan, New York City, working on a cluster of adjacent old-law tenements on East 5th Street (nos. 633–637) just south of Tompkins Square. Mayor John Lindsay in a ceremony. Construction workers stand on fire escapes and watch the ceremony. A man gives speech. Public gathered to watch the ceremony. Renovated buildings seen.
Instant Rehabilitation housing renovation and renewal project by Housing and Urban Department in New York City. Prefabricated kitchens and baths are lowered through the roof of old buildings on the lower east side. Paper reading 'Rehabilitation guide' seen. Housing and Urban Department officials discuss the construction project. Renovated building seen.
View of pedestrians and motorists in a street in New York City. The pedestrians exit the 'Department of Marine Aviation' in lower Manhattan.
View of Statue of Liberty in New York City as seen from a moving boat. View of Ellis Island buildings seen from a moving boat. A boat moving in foreground, with lower Manhattan island buildings and skyscrapers seen in background, shrouded in fog. World Trade Center Twin Tower buildings seen, with one tower top still under construction, but nearing completion.
View of a meat distribution warehouse in the New York City meat packing district. Workers offload meat from incoming delivery trucks and load meat slabs into others. One truck has sign painted on it's side reading: "Jos. Kenney & Co. Inc. Purveyers of Fine Meats 401 W 14th St." Men move the meat on hooks suspended from conveyor tracks.
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