The Pan American Congress of Journalists visit Kodak in Rochester, New York to see cotton used in the production of nitrocellulose camera film. Views of women picking cotton. Cotton is baled and the bales are sent on conveyor to railroad yard. Bales are loaded onto a Southern railroad box car. Steam locomotive pulls train out of terminal yard. Map shows flow of cotton from the South to New York. At Eastman Kodak, view of cotton being processed into nitrocellulose film, also known as nitrate film for use in motion picture film cameras. View of perforation machine cutting perfs into motion picture film. Film is wound into rolls. Woman worker wraps each film roll in black paper for shipment. Pan American Congress members board a Mack 'Shock Insulated' bus for further travel.
British aviator Jim Mollison lands his aircraft at Roosevelt field in New York. Ground officers escort the aircraft and the aviator. Thousands of people cheer and welcome him. Aviator Mollison sit over the cab and passes through the crowd.
Scene of German Zeppelin Hindenburg burning at U.S. Naval Air Station, Lakehurst, New Jersey, United States. Men stand besides it. View of Hindenburg in flight. over Lakehurst Naval Air Station, passing by a water tower and a Zeppelin hangar.. Hindenburg discharges water ballast. cinematographer seen shooting motion pictures of the Hindenburg from below as it starts landing. Hindenburg crashes and burns. As it settles in flames, ground crew runs to assist survivors. Fire fighters pour water over the burning airship. Survivors walk away from it.
Stuffing of popcorn in packages at a plant in New York. The popcorn pops out of a machine at the factory. A man with a small container puts the popcorn in a package. Lamps on a table and hanging in the factory. Men put popcorn in the lamps to prevent the breakage of fragile and delicate lamps. Packed lamps on a table. A man puts popcorn in a package.
Billy Cannon of Louisiana State University gets the Heisman Trophy in New York. During the presentation ceremony U.S. Vice President Richard Nixon is seated at a podium. People seated in the hall include his parents and wife. Vice President Nixon speaks into a microphone and presents the trophy to America's top collegiate football player of the year. People applaud. Scenes recall one of the seasons most spectacular plays. Nixon shakes hand with Billy. Billy on the stage holding the trophy.
People eat donuts during the Donut Dunking Week in New York. Men seated around a table dip donuts in coffee and eat. A man grabs and eats a doughnut. Another man eats donuts with both hands. One man tries to eat his donut suspended from a string like a tea bag. Another man comically guards his donut from prying hands and eyes as he eats it.
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