WWII - Rockefller Center United Nations’ Flags & Ice Rink; Radio Studio w/ Leonard Ware Trio Singing, 1943

WWII - Rockefeller Center United Nations’ Flags & Ice Rink; Radio Studio w/ Leonard Ware Trio Singing, 1943 United Nations’ flags outside Rockefeller Center Ice Rink in the sunshine; people walking past. MCU sign: The United Nations. Flags blowing in breeze. CU USSR flag. 06:00:41 View from above looking toward Fifth Avenue, pedestrians thru shopping passage, flags in foreground. 06:00:58 View of ice rink w/ skaters beneath flags. View past statue of people watching skaters. MCU flags of China, Australia, Brazil, USA, France & others. MCU people watching. CU of statue. MS people watching. 06:02:43 Steps to ice rink w/ building behind. Shots from behind people watching skaters. Flags. 06:03:35 CU Coat of Arms & names: Norway; USSR; Great Britain; Fighting France; United States; Brazil; China; Mexico. 06:04:30 People walking past posters of various countries. Seals above lower floors & coats of arms. 06:04:58 CU posters for America & war effort; China, Norway; Mexico. 06:05:23 MS ice skaters practicing. 06:05:36 Ext. entrance to ?? w/ CU Banner “House”. 06:06:04 Ext. entrance to WQXR, 730 Fifth Avenue, pedestrians past. 06:06:13 Int. glass doors no. 609 Interstate Broadcasting Co. Inc. Station WQXR. 06:06:23 Int. Leonard Ware Trio w/ radio studio announcer & view of control booth w/ engineer. “Now a song that Leonard Ware has especially written for the nation’s Food For Victory campaign.” Trio begins playing & singing jazz riff on reveille. Several takes. Various lenses. WQXR on microphone. GOOD. 06:11:47 CU of announcer at WQXR microphone introducing song as above. CU booth engineer giving signal to begin. WW2 Homefront Effort; WW2; Black Jazz Musicians; 1940s; 1943; 1942; NYC; New York City Daily Life; Victory Song; Singing; Vocalists; NOTE: Leonard Ware on guitar; Probably Luther Henderson on piano.