Crowds fill Fifth Avenue in New York City for 1954 Easter parade

Title card: "New York" superimposed over LS dense crowd on Fifth Avenue in New York City / aerial Saint Patrick's Cathedral, showing cruciform layout of building; tilt down EXT of cathedral to crowd in front of it / aerial people emerge from cathedral to join horde of people on Fifth Avenue / ground WS entrance, with crowd in front and people exiting cathedral / people stand on street, dressed in suits or dresses / montage densely packed crowd in street/ little girl wearing Easter bonnet rides on man's shoulders as he slowly makes his way through the crowd / two women approach camera, holding on to their hats / gossip columnist Hedda Hopper, wearing Easter bonnet, approaches, waving and smiling as people behind her turn to look and smile; another woman in an Easter bonnet stands nearby / man walks away from camera, carrying a sleeping little girl with her head on his shoulder / montage densely packed crowds