U.S. Army trucks moving along a paved mountain road in Volturno River valley region of Italy during World War 2. Sign at the road reads: "Road under direct observation and Artillery Fire. Keep 100 yds interval." U.S. troops gathered at roadside are passed by a jeep and a light truck with a protected anti-aircraft gun mounted in its back. Army signal corps soldiers installing telephone wires on an existing Italian pole. A peaceful valley pasture is disturbed by German artillery shells bursting in it. American army gunners firing a 105mm howitzers at German positions. A cluster of the shells bursting on a distant hillside. U.S. 155mm long tom guns being loaded and fired from camouflaged position in trees, and from under a camouflage netting. The shells exploding and raising white smoke along the base of hill overlooking the valley. Various views of the 155s firing. A wounded soldier being transported on a stretcher, down some mountainous terrain. U.S. infantry marching single file past a dead German soldier. Views of mountain roads blown away by retreating German forces. Combat engineers are challenged to build a bridge against a sheer cliff on the mountain. They employ jackhammers and manual tools and improvise support structures of heavy timbers. An engineer using a sledge hammer to drive a spike into the timbers. A team of men carry a heavy timber. Engineers creating a bridging structure, on the spot, to allow passage from one section of road to another. Finally, a jeep drives across the new bridge.
Models display dresses for Saint Valentine's Day at Hotel New Yorker in New York City. The models wear dresses of latest designs. Flowers and hearts are attached to the dresses or hats.
Composer Hanns Eisler and his wife at the New York City airport. He is moving to London by plane. He decides to leave voluntarily as he is facing Deportation charges. His brother Communist Gerhard Eisler and his wife bid them farewell at the airport. Aircraft in the background. Hanns Eisler and his wife board the aircraft. Plane taxis.
A view of the Lower Manhattan skyline in New York City. A view of the buildings, skyline, and skyscrapers on the coastline. Smoke rises in the background. Hudson River in the foreground.
A busy highway in New York jammed with civilian cars. Men fix flat tires of a car on the roadside. Total gridlock traffic with cars and trucks at a stand still. Frustrated drivers and people sit in cars and wait. Good close up views of many 1930s cars by Ford and other car makers. Produce stands beside the road selling fruits and drinks. Cars begin to move. A car stops. A truck driver shouts. People eat hot dogs in front of a hand cart. A family picnics on side of road.
Post prohibition views of West 52nd Street in New York City, which had been known for its Speakeasys. Heavy traffic on the street. Cars parked, bumper-to-bumper on either side of the street. Restaurants, clubs, and other buildings on the street. Pedestrians walk along the street. A sign reads 'Casino de Luxe'. Several muscians step out, briefly,and play music People patronizing restaurants and clubs. Sign on one reads 'Tony's,' and another, at address number 33, reads: 'Leon and Eddie'.
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