The U.S. Olympic Figure Skating Team show their skating skills at Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York City. Olympic pair skaters, Yvonne Sherman and Robert Swenning, of the New York Figure Skating Club, demonstrate a pair lift and side-by-side spirals. Spectators watch them performing. Richard Button of the Philadelphia Skating Club and Humane Society performs 2 axels, and a flying camel spin into a back sit spin, changing into a forward scratch spin. (These are shown in slow motion to better show his movements.) New Yorker Eileen Seigh performs 4 split jumps, 3 axels and a forward sit spin into a final scratch spin. (Note: Eileen and Dick trained with Gus Lussi in Lake Placid. The pairs team, Yvonne Sherman and Robert Swenning were pupils of Pierre Brunet, a former French National champion, who , with his wife Andree, were World pair champions ).
Nimitz Day in Washington DC. Aircraft in formation over Washington DC. A large stage decorated to look like the deck of a battleship in the foreground. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz's car pulls into the Washington Monument grounds. Nimitz riding in a car waves at the gathered crowd. Policemen on motorcycles in front of the car. People in the background. Other officials arrive in a car. The battleship stage in the background. People crowd near the stage. The Admiral waves to the crowd.
Nimitz Day in Washington DC. The soldiers parade. Men in the foreground take pictures. A band plays music and parade on Washington Monument ground. People in the background. The Midshipmen parade. The Midshipmen marching. The Midshipmen parade in front of a Battleship float on the Monument ground. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz reviews the parade. (World War II period).
Nimitz Day in Washington DC. U.S. Marine officers pass reviewing stand. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz reviews the parade. A U.S. Marine band pass reviewing stand. U.S. Marine Corps parade on Washington Monument grounds. People stand in the background. A U.S. Marines flag and U.S. flag pass Battleship float on parade ground. U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service ) officers salute reviewing stand. A band plays music. The soldiers parade. They pass through reviewing stand. (Immediate post-World War II period).
Nimitz Day in Washington DC. Parade of women in U.S. Navy WAVES (Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service ). People stand in the background. WAVES band on parade grounds. Enlisted WAVES pass reviewing stand. The women soldiers parade. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz reviews the parade. They pass a reviewing stand. U.S. Fleet Admiral Chester William Nimitz reviews the parade. WAVES band on parade grounds. The women marines parade. Canine Corps pass reviewing stand. (Soon after end of World War II).
Slate mentions "banned water." Scene is of fire engulfing the Miralago ballroom on Sheridan Road in the unincorporated area called "No Mans Land", between Kenilworth and Wilmette in Chicago, Illinois. "Villa Demetre" appears on a sign near the burning establishment. The fire is seen spreading. The windows of the Miralago ballroom burn and the intensity of the blaze increases. Firemen use a hose to direct water on the fire. On the following morning, the burnt and ice-covered ruins can be seen (The cold weather caused water from firefighting to freeze.) Cars being driven past the ice-covered ruins. View of the burnt ballrooom and damage caused by the fire. The burnt out windows covered with ice. (Note: The comment about "banned water" in the initial slate, refers to disapproval of neighboring communities, regarding No Man's Land, to the extent that Wilmette and Winnetka refused to respond when the fire was initially reported. Wilmette had previously withdrawn fire protection from this neighborhood and shut off their water supply. Evanston responded and had just controlled the fire when Kenilworth police turned off the water to the hydrant being tapped. Consequently, the fire intensified and engulfed the area. Kenilworth relented and turned the water back on and Wilmette and Winnetka joined the effort, but too late to save the Miralago.)
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