Documentary by Harmon Foundation titled "If a boy needs a friend". Shows efforts by a teacher and the Young Men's Christian Association to fight antisemitism and children's hatred and discrimination against Jews. Shows Sixth-grade boys in New Haven, CT refuse to play with a Jewish boy. Group of boys on playground climb hands up a stick to see who picks team members first for a baseball game. Captains of each team choose teams, selecting boys one at a time. One boy, a Jewish boy, is not picked. He asks a captain if he can be on that boy's team. The boy says no because he is Jewish. The boys begin pushing the Jewish boy to chase him away, and he turns and leaves sadly. Scene changes back to school administration office. Teacher provides a list of the offending boys from the Willard School. She asks help from male secretary of the New Haven YMCA. Secretary promises teacher to send a qualified leader from a club.1940. (World War II period).
Shower baths introduced for trains in New Haven, Connecticut. A train moves on a rail track and comes to a halt. Water sprayed on the train from both sides from the new kind of spray shower fitted on the sides of the track. The new system cleans large locomotives in seconds.
A football game between Columbia Lions and Yale in New Haven, Connecticut. A large crowd gathers at a stadium to witness the football game. Both the teams battle it out in the field. Columbia Lions defeats Yale 12-6 to win the game. After the game New York undergraduates enter the field and take away the goal post.
Yale University beats Princeton University in a football match in New Haven, Connecticut. The football match between the Yale University Bulldogs and the Princeton University Tigers. A large crowd of spectators cheer the teams. Yale player Tom Singleton sets a new record. The Bulldogs win the match over the Tigers by a score of 43-22.
A football match between Military Academy, West Point and Yale Eleven at Blue Bowl in New Haven, Connecticut. A large crowd of 40000 people watch the match. West Point wins over Yale Eleven by 20-0.
Footballs match of Hanover (Indians) with the Eli (Bulldog) in New Haven, Connecticut. 70 000 football fans come to watch the game. Hanover Indians win the match against Bulldog with a score of 24-6. Captain MacLeod stars for the Big Green.
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