Point of view (POV) street scenes from a moving automobile along 125th Street in crowded area of Harlem, New York City, between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue, and between Fifth Avenue and Lenox Avenue. Pedestrians along a crowded street. Store signs include "Windsor Drugs" (276 West 125th Street), "Record Shack" (272 West 125th Street), "Dilrich Provisions" (5 West 125th Street) and "Liggett-Rexall" (86 West 125th Street, on corner of 125th Street and Lenox Ave). Cars and trucks double-parked. Outdoor sidewalk fruit and vegetable stand, with signs above reading:" Checks cashed."
Burning of Standard Oil Company tanks at Bayonne in New Jersey. Fire triggered by a lightning strike during a thunder storm, which caused Naphtha tank No. 7 of Standard Oil Company's plant to explode. People on street in Bayonne, with sky darkened by the heavy smoke rising high above the town. People evacuate area threatened by the fire. Horse-drawn wagons carrying goods, follow wheel tracks in the street. Several men with bicycles. Two men pull a wagon loaded with bedding and furniture.
Huge crowd in New Orleans celebrate in the Mardi Gras Fete. The crowd marches and celebrates in Royal Street in the French Quarter during the Carnival. The floats in the parade are carried by mules. A man dressed like a king ride one of the grand floats. The floats are elaborately decorated. A couple with missing teeth laughing.
An angry property owner locks his automobile to a tree in an effort to halt a pipeline ditch in New York City. The ditch is being dug through his plot. The workmen burrow around his automobile. The owner is forced to abandon his blockade.
Window washers hang in the air by thread-like belts hundreds of feet above ground. They clean the panes of the huge Empire State Building (20 W 34th St., New York, NY 10001). Breeze whips the men as they cling to narrow perches. Men on the streets raise their heads to look at the window washers above.
A model car that drives itself is demonstrated at a research center at Princeton in New Jersey. Technicians raise the hood of the model automobile to show circuitry inside that guides the cars movement. A Charlie McCarthy doll with a cigarette in its mouth is in the drivers seat. The automobile automatically stops or passes other cars to avoid collisions by means of a wire guide installed below it. Another toy car is seen on the test track to demonstrate collision avoidance.
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