[Woman watching flying trapeze artist and feeding hot dog to man at same time, Madison Square Garden, New York]

Time is Running Out

[Man climbs 85-foot ladder to secure torch on the plastic Statue of Liberty erected at Times Square for the Sixth War Loan Drive, New York]

[Richard L. Lawrence, chairman of the New York War Fund, speaking at exhibit to raise money for US and Allied war services, Times Square, New York]

[There was Dancing in the Streets of New York]

[Booth lighting shows LIFE photographer Yale Joel on the other side of trick one-way mirror, shooting photographs of unsuspecting public in lobby of Broadway movie theater, Times Square, New York]

[Musicians playing on a stage in a public square, Paris, France]