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.
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