Newsreel titled 'King Cotton Holds Court' depicting a spectacular night parade by the civilians in Memphis, Tennessee. The civilians enjoy the ripening of their staple crop -- Cotton. Floats depict King Cotton and his Queen. The spectators hail the King. Several floats carry fancily dressed participants of the parade. One float catches fire and is engulfed in flames. Men point fire hoses at the fire.
An aircraft crashes in Memphis, Tennessee. The aircraft takes off from a field and in flight. It comes in for a landing. It crashes while trick landing in a field. People rush towards the aircraft and gather around it. The aircraft after being stripped by souvenir hunters.
Views of fireworks during night time in Memphis, Tennessee. Different kinds of fireworks over the river can be seen. A large crowd is gathered to view the fire show at the bank of river. Gathering turns out to pay tribute to Cotton.
Soft ball teams doing their training in Memphis, Tennessee. The girls of a soft ball team stand together. They practice in a field. A car parked in the background. A girl throws a ball and another one hits it. A board reads 'Hodges Field'. A girl catches the ball. A girl applies compact powder on her face and starts playing.
An air crash in Memphis, Tennessee. The wrecked aircraft, a Douglas DC-3 (USAF C-47B 44-76366), along the hillside where the plane struck. The damaged wheel of the plane. United States soldiers look at scattered wreckage of the plane on a tree. Soldiers survey the damage caused to the aircraft. Various parts of the wrecked aircraft lay all over the 200-yard area.
Stunt driver Lucky Teeter and his fellow daredevils amaze and thrill the crowds during a Memphis, Tennessee show. Teeter leapfrogs over a line-up of automobiles in his car, does a flip and bursts through a ring of fire. Instant rewind of several of the stunts. April 1938.
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