Rookie Boston Red Sox pitcher Billy Rohr comes within one out of throwing a no-hitter against the New York Yankees in baseball game at Yankee Stadium, April 1967. Rohr faces the last batter as scoreboard (in background) shows the Red Sox' 3-0 lead and zero hits for Yankees. Yankee catcher Elston Howard lines a single into right field, breaking up the no-hitter. Rohr gets final out and crowd cheers and teammates congratulate him. Final shot is Rohr standing at top step of dugout, chewing gum, contemplating how close he came to the rare baseball feat.
Arrival of U.S. Army 104th Infantry Division soldiers home to the United States at the end of their deployment in Europe during World War 2. Happy U.S. Army troops smile as they leave ship pier with transport duffel bags and boarding a waiting railroad train. Close-up views of Timberwolf patches on shoulder of uniforms. Transport ship docking at pier. Large sign on side of transport reads "104th Timberwolves" (the U.S. Army 104th Infantry Division) and troops seen aboard transport ship. Major General Allen (Terry de la Mesa Allen Sr.) comes down gangplank. General is greeted by his wife (Mary Frances Robinson Allen) and teenage son (Terry Allen Jr., who, later, as a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army, was killed during the Vietnam War Battle of Ong Thanh in 1967). Troops with bags walk up stairs. (World War II period)
Little pocket billiard player Jean Balukas in New York. Jean strikes balls with stick. Her dad stands and watches. She pots balls one by one and finishes the game. Jean stands with cue stick and smiles.
Ringling Brothers Circus Show in Bellevue Hospital, New York. An elephant and a dog perform and work together, the ringmaster with them. Patients watch. Elephant lifts its trunk and stands on stool with its hind legs. Clowns in audience, they walk on wall of ring. Masked clowns. Dwarf clowns perform an act in ring. Audience watches.
Italian figure skater Anna Galmarini practice skating in New York, United States. Galmarini made her debut at an ice show in New York. Galmarini performs at an ice rink, demonstrating her skill in figure skating. Galmarini spins on ice.
Amateur clowns participate in a circus 'Biggest Big Show' competition to win a one week stint with the Ringling Brothers Barnum and Bailey circus at Madison Square garden in New York. A woman and the men and boys of a family dressed as clowns participate in an open audition for clown formation. The judges at work. People wait for the result. The judges with two other people dressed as clowns stand on stage. Mrs. Claire Manley being declared as the winner. She comes on the stage and receives the prize.