A ticker tape parade to welcome King Hassan II of Morocco in New York, United States. A ticker tape parade from lower Broadway to the city hall to welcome King Hassan. People along the streets as they welcome the King. The King walks the last few blocks as the crowds cheer him. He is being greeted by Mayor Robert Wagner.
Urban renewal after World War II. Improvement in housing facilities in postwar era in the United States. Dilapidated slum and tenement housing dwellings in poverty stricken areas of the United States. Poor housing conditions in slums as children play outside houses. A woman throws dishwater out into back yard. Clothes being hung on clothes lines. A boy entering an outhouse at a home where there is no indoor plumbing. A man pumps water outside his house. A woman with her child in the balcony of an older city house. Slums being razed. Workers using crowbars to break down brick walls. Worker lifts hopper allowing demolition debris from gutted building to slide into his dump truck. Slum dwellers move out of older homes with help of horse-drawn moving wagons, and they move into newly constructed multi-story apartment buildings. Trucks loaded with household belongings outside the apartments. People move into their new and better houses. Belongings being unloaded from the trucks as a group of young boys gather outside and watch.
'Homes for Growing America' about the importance and the manufacturing of component houses in the United States. The anchor, Frank Blair, speaks about how America produces economic and better homes. Henry Addison, editor of "Architectural Age" at a desk talks about fine architectural standards of homes in the United States. Different styles of houses in America including cape cones, contemporary and regional architectural styles of houses. Various homes in the suburbs outside of American cities are shown. Sketches of various components of a component home like air conditioner, wall panels and kitchen. Jack Lowe, in Lafayette, Indiana reports about the manufacturing of the components of home. Aerial view of Lafayette Indiana, and of the huge home factory there: National Homes Corporation, Lafayette, Indiana. Views inside the National Homes Corporation pre-fabricated home factory, as workers manufacture wall panels from lumber in a factory. Window and door sections being cut out in the panels with a machine. Manufactured panels being inspected for quality. The panels being loaded onto trucks for transportation to markets. Frigidaire appliance boxes are added to the load, along with cabinets from Youngstown Kitchens. A truck loaded with components for one home leaves the factory. A sign on a truck reads 'National Homes'. Another reporter Tom Hadely reports about the fitting procedure of the component houses on site in the field. Men unload the panels. Nails being hammered to erect the wall panels of a new home in the suburbs. The panels being affixed to the pre-poured foundation and nailed. A roof being laid out. Frank Blair in a studio. Bill Moody reports about the component house of James and Margaret Bryan. Mr. And Mrs. Bryan in their well made house. A bedroom and a bathroom of the house. Vintage late 1950s styles in home and fashions are seen. Guests arrive at their house and they show them around the house. Teenage or early 20s couple on the back porch is seen dancing a Lindy Hop swing dance together. Housewife and a woman guest in the kitchen using refrigerator, built-in oven, and counter top spaces. Food being served to the guests. Guests seated in the living room. View of the separate dining room in the house. Blair talks about how component houses allow individuality in construction and in decoration of houses.
Hurricane Doria, Beulah and Chloe in North Atlantic. Hurricane Doria lashes the eastern Seaboard. Water filled streets. People evacuate the city and drive off in cars. Hurricane Beulah plows through the Carribean and Hurricane Chloe batters North Atlantic shipping. Vehicles drive on water filled roads. Man sits outside a bar and seafood restaurant.
Israelis offer prayers of joy and thanks during the Jewish New Year (Rosh Hashanah), in the holy city of Jerusalem, a few months after the Six Day War. Jewish men and women touch the Western Wall (Suq El Qatanin St, Jerusalem), also known as the Wailing Wall, and offer prayers. Huge crowd gathered to celebrate the Jewish New Year. Jewish men wearing prayer shawls (Tallit) read from the holy books and pray. Jewish women wearing head coverings over modern clothes stand in front of the Western Wall. Women offering prayers in the Western Wall. Some rubble visible from the demolition of the Moroccan Quarter for the Western Wall Plaza.
Sweeping wide view of the Kathmandu city with houses, shops, and Dharahara Tower in the distance. A group of Western Hippies dance outside Swayambhunath Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal (Swayambhu Mahachaitya, BHAGANPAU 44600, Nepal). Man plays tabla drums and others clap and sing. Nepalese onlookers watch the Hippies dance.
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