Scenes of New and New Jersey from New York harbor in vicinity of Ellis Island. At lower Manhattan, derricks and cranes can be seen and construction activity associated with the building of the Brooklyn-Battery tunnel. Among skyscrapers seen are the Empire State Building and the Chrysler Building, both further uptown, in the background. Docks and piers are seen along the waterfront. B&O Railroad barge tied to a pier.
The Army News Service in the United States. The New York City branch of the Army News Service news agency. A man enters the newroom office. Enlisted men seated at desks working on editing of news. Newspapers kept on a table. Men and women journalists, reporters, and editors work on the news as they receive news. They edit news with the help of typewriters. News articles being pasted on boards. Soldiers aboard trains. They buy newspapers to read. News articles on the boards. Soldiers reading the news. Men in a radio room. They receive news. Radio towers in a field. (World War II period).
Works Progress Administration (WPA) building projects during the New Deal effort of the Great Depression: Palisades Interstate Park along the Hudson River in Fort Lee, New Jersey. A group of teenage boys hiking in the park. Groups gathered at a picnic area. Boys and girls playing outside of a new bath house building beside the park beach. View of the Perkins Memorial Tower built in honor of the former chairman of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission, and a wide view of the Palisades Interstate Park Administration Building still under construction. Scene changes to Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale New York, as 1930's cars drive in front of a newly built club house to discharge passengers. A uniformed door man stands by. Women golfers and men golfers play on the new 18 hole golf course in the park which requires no membership.
New York City Hall (City Hall Park, New York, NY 10007, United States) in Lower Manhattan, between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street. View across City Hall Park to the City Hall. The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE, 11 Wall St, New York, NY 10005, United States) building with a flag flying on top is shown. The New York high rise buildings. 1942.
An ice hockey match between the New York Rangers and the New York Americans in New York. The match starts. Spectators seated in the stands watch the match. The New York Americans win the match by 2-1.
Howard Hughes sets a new record and arrives at Floyd Bennett Field, New York. Aircraft taxis and stops. Views of engine and parts of the aircraft. Howard Robard Hughes, Jr. , American aviator in cockpit . He sets a new record by flying from Miami to New York in 4 hours and 21 minutes. He gets off from the cockpit and poses.
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