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Prewar conditions of traffic, contrasted with wartime blackouts and use of ration booklets by consumers in New York City.

Traffic and other conditions in New York during World War II. Vehicular traffic on a street. Buildings along the sides of the street. Aerial view of the vehicular traffic. A poster outside a gas station reads: 'Sorry No Gas. Don't blame us. Blame Hitler'. Wide view of 5th Avenue in New York City with Flatiron Building (Fuller building) in distance. Cars are seen being prepared for long term storage, covered, and stored in garages because of gas shortage and few people using cars. A traffic policeman stands near a guard post near a tunnel entrance. A sign board reads: 'Lane Closed'. Very little traffic is seen anywhere. Neon lights on the Manhattan skyline skyscraper buildings including Times Square at night. Lights with World War 2 wartime blackout conditions. Aerial view of the buildings during a blackout with very few dim lights. Woman in grocery store market loading many soup cans into her basket before in a pre-war scene. Woman at cash register ringing up the purchase. Contrasting scene with a sign on a stack of food cans that says "Only one to a customer" during wartime food rationing. Consumers use ration books for food. Close-up view of ration book. Narrator explains ration book system, including Ration Book One and Ration Book Two. Women home makers in kitchens opening pantry and taking inventory of what items they have. Long line of people outside a building to get a ration book. People inside, mostly women and some young children, submitting paper work and receiving ration books. A young boy and then a woman are seen buying food items from a grocer shop using ration books or coupons. People buy vegetables at a market. Delivery boy at a residence door dropping off groceries and receiving ration stamps. A cartoon caricature of Axis leaders Mussolini, Hitler, and Hirohito with labels "Fatso, Ratso, and Japso" for the three leaders, respectively. Wooden cases loaded onto a ship in a harbor.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 18 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675062685
United States B-25 Bombers bombing on Hansa Bay and Wewak, Papua New Guinea.

United States Instructor teaches aerial techniques to other members. United States B-25 Bomber in flight. Bombing explosions on Hansa Bay and Wewak, Papua New Guinea. Fleet of B-25 Bombers flying overhead. Explosions on ground and in water. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 28 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022408
United States B-25 Bombers bombing on Rabaul, Papua New Guinea.

United States B-25 bombers bombing over Rabaul, Papua New Guinea. Bombers attack ground target. Fleet of B-25 Bombers in flight. Explosions with black smoke on ground. (World War II period).

Date: 1943
Duration: 1 min 31 sec
Sound: Yes
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Edited
Language: English
Clip: 65675022409
U.S. Paratroopers are briefed with sand table in Nadzab, New Guinea.

U.S. Paratroopers are briefed with sand table in Nadzab, New Guinea. Paratroopers prepare ammunition for machine guns. Equipment is checked. Men put on their chutes. Long convoy of trucks loaded with Paratroopers moves out of the area. Paratroopers at the airport put on their parachutes and equipment. They board planes.

Date: 1943
Duration: 4 min 11 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034911
Paratroopers seated for jump signal in Nadzab, New Guinea.

Planes in flight in Nadzab, New Guinea. Paratroopers seated for jump signal. They get up. Hook their static line and jump out of the door. Ground covered with paratroopers. Smoke seen in background.

Date: 1943
Duration: 2 min 8 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675034912
Strafing and bombing on ships and barges near a coastline by Australian planes in Hopoi, New Guinea.

Strafing and bombing on Hopoi, New Guinea. Three planes near a coast line. The ocean and coastline below. Planes in flight. Ships at sea. Barges with Australia's 9th Division. The coastline and landscape. Smoke in the background. Ships near the coast. Views of the landscape. (World War II period).

Date: 1943, September 4
Duration: 3 min 6 sec
Sound: No
Color: Monochrome
Clip Type: Unedited
Language: None
Clip: 65675044784