Cariba Dam in Africa. Men in motorboat run on water. African men hunt animals in water. Men set up net. Hunted animals put into motorboat and transported.
Buildings blaze at Chicago's Union Stockyard, in Chicago Illinois. Firemen at work. Raging flames consume buildings. Large crowd gather to put off fire. Smoke pours out of buildings. Buildings ruined and people walking about in aftermath of devastating fire.
Wedell-Williams Model 44 airplane makes a landing at New York. Colonel Roscoe Turner with his signature mustache looks out from the cockpit of the aircraft at the end of his flight. Then plane has a number 57 on it, representing his marketing partnership with "Heinz 57" food company. He set a new speed record, covering the distance between Detroit and Brooklyn New York in 1 hour and 47 minutes, at an average of 308 miles per hour.
People watch Jimmy McLarnin skip rope, dance, and practice footwork in Atlantic City as he trains for his May 28, 1934, boxing match with Barney Ross. Ocean in the background on shore of Atlantic City. Closeup of Mclarnin in boxing gear practicing punches. Next scene shows his challenger, Barney Ross, practicing in the ring with a punching bag as people look on, at Grossinger's Resort in upstate New York. Clip ends with view of Barney Ross in a suit smiling for camera.
Wellesley College girls boat, an eight-oar shell, is seen running on the water as the Wellesley women's team practices for competitive crew racing in 1934.
Waiters start a tray-carry race from the beaches of Nassau and pass through the streets of town. Winner's face covered with a cake or pie that is pushed into his face.
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