First armored division, the 'Panzer' unit of the United States army display war maneuvers at Fort Knox, Kentucky. Twenty visiting South American Army heads and their mistresses saluted by a parade procession. They watch from stands the tanks and armored division during the military exercise. Soldiers on jeeps fire mortars and display other war equipment.
Wendell Willkie, the Republican candidate for 1940 Presidential elections in United States, during a campaign rally at Buffalo, New York. Members of 'Willkie Youth Club' raise a banner. Supporters raise various banners during the rally on jammed streets. Huge crowd of supporters at the Buffalo cheer for him at the new memorial stadium. Mr and Mrs Willkie wave at the crowd.
The Dionne Quintuplets receive a message of hope and cheer from Princess Elizabeth (Queen Elizabeth II) on their family’s radio, in Callander, Ontario. The identical five sisters play inside their house. A Dionne quintuplet girl shows a photograph of King George VI’s family and points to Princess Elizabeth. One of them instructs others to be quiet and listen to the message of Princess Elizabeth on their radio sets. Girls listen to the message standing close to the radio set.
A football match between Navy Midshipmen and Tigers at Princeton, New Jersey. A ceremony marks the beginning of the game. Supporters cheer as the match starts. Players run with a ball during the match. Navy defeats the Tigers 12-6 after scoring twice in the third period. Supporters cheer for the winner team after the victory
First annual National Picking Jamboree underway at cotton fields in BlytheVille, Arkansas. People stand along fields and watch the competing 132 cotton pickers from all over the South. A small child on cloth sheet in the field picks cotton. The winner 'Harry Mason' aged 15 from Missouri awarded prize money $ 1000 by the guests.
People in quaint costumes during a public procession at Santa-Cali-Gon Fete celebrations in Independence, Missouri. A huge crowd on both the sides of streets watches as natives at a procession in quaint costumes re-enact old stories and impersonate characters of old days. Couples and men in quaint dresses. Man in soldier's dress sitting on a horse, smokes cigar. (World War II period).
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