French civilians, on a boulevard in Paris, France, look on as a pilot boards a British Avro Rota autogyro (Cierva C.30A, British Civil Registration number G-ACWH). The autogyro, one of a dozen built for the British Royal Air Force, by Cierva Autogiro Co Ltd of Hanworth, UK, makes a demonstration takeoff and landing on the boulevard.
New York University beats the University of Notre Dame in a game of basketball played in Madison Square Garden in New York. The game in progress. New York University beats the University of Notre Dame with a score of 25-18.
Dogs trained for a stage in Boston, Massachusetts. The dogs as they raise their front limbs and sit on their haunches. A trainer instructs the dogs. A dog does repeated back flips. A dog jumps for a jump rope and then for a tandem jump rope. A dog sits on a rope: The dog balances four paws on a single suspended rope and then raises his front two paws in the air while still balancing on the rear legs.
"Polar Bear" swimmers of varying ages swim in the icy waters of Lake Michigan in Chicago, Illinois. Men and women go into the frozen Lake Michigan. They use ice picks to dig holes through snow and ice into the frigid lake water. They laugh and splash water on each other while swimming
Floods strain the Panama Canal dams in Gatun, Panama. Water flows through the spillways of the dams. Various views of water rushing through the spillways.
U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. He attends memorial services for unknown soldiers at the cemetery. The President with his wife and other officials. Soldiers standing in formation. The President, his wife and the officials pay homage to the soldiers who died in war and place wreaths on a memorial.