ROCKEFELLER PLAZA AND RCA BUILDING WITH BIG TREE...ASSORTED SHOTS UP AND DOWN FIFTH AVENUE, THE FAMOUS SHOPPING STREET OF NEW YORK, AND SEVERAL SHOTS OF DECORATIONS. FOLLOWED BY NIGHT SHOTS SHOWING FIFTH AVENUE WITH LIGHTING DECORATIONS.




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Background: NEW YORK CITY DOES ITS ANNUAL CHRISTMAS DRESSUP COMPLETE WITH LIGHTS, TINSEL AND OTHER CHRISTMAS INSIGNIA SELLING OUT THE YULETIDE SEASON. THIS IS THE CHRISTMAS SHOPPERS LAST CHANCE TO BUY GIFTS FOR FRIENDS AND FAMILY.

THIS YEAR, TOO, DUE TO THE NEWSPAPER STRIKE IN NEW YORK CITY, THE SHOPPER HAS TO WANDER THE STREETS TO FIND HIS PRESENTS. MORE OF THEM THAN EVER ARE OUT ON THEIR LAST BUYING SPREE. ALL THE WELL KNOWN LANDMARKS, ESPECIALLY ROCKEFELLER PLAZA WITH ITS GIANT TREE, ARE DECKED OUT FOR THE HOLIDAY. IT'S A LOVELY SIGHT, IT'S FULL OF GOOD CHEER... AND IT'S GOING TO LEAVE US ALL POVERTY STRICKEN WHEN IT'S ALL OVER.