Film opens showing fans filling the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas. Next. opposing college football teams are lined up on the line of scrimmage. A running play gains some yardage before ball carrier is tackled. Referees mark the location and the teams set up on another line of scrimmage. Closeup of a Texas fan wearing a beat up cowboy hat and ill-fitting eye glasses. More views of play on the field. Final view shows crowd (of 45,507) in the stands. The game was a cliffhanger, with final score: Texas 13 and Fordham 12
1940 Gridiron Football "Sugar Bowl" college football game at Tulane Stadium in New Orleans, Louisiana. Players of Texas A&M Aggies and Tulane Green Wave play the match. Crowd of spectators in stands watch the game and cheer. Players on the field and several plays shown. Fans gather on the field and shake the goal post, beginning to tear it down.
Security Council meeting on South Africa crisis at United Nations headquarters in New York, United States. Dignitary speaks during the council meeting. Name plates in front of him read 'President' and 'United States'. Dignitaries and personnel present at the meeting. The Security Council places South Africa's apartheid crisis on its agenda, over South Africa protests. Meanwhile in South Africa, the native work stoppage continues and thousands march in protest against government policies. Factories near sea. People stand in a line at a shop. Native black South African residents protest and carry caskets as they demonstrate on road.
Flood in North eastern Brazil. Rain brings heavy flood damage. A huge earth dam gives way, flooding a rich 140 mile valley. Waterways through the valley. Buildings submerged in water.
Flood in Midwest United States. Rain brings heavy flood damage. Five Mid Western States ravaged by floods. Buildings surrounded with flood water. Flooded areas of Iowa, Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska and South Dakota. Water touches surface of a bridge as a man looks on. Ground flooded with water as people look on.
Fire at a Whiskey warehouse in Glasgow, Scotland. A warehouse filled with 28 million dollars worth of scotch whiskey burns and explodes. Flames rise from the warehouse. Water being sprayed on fire by fire fighters during Cheapside Street whisky bond warehouse fire. Firemen stand on roof. They spray water from fire hoses on the blaze. Flames soar as whisky alcohol ignites. More than 19 fire fighters die and 40 more are injured fighting the fire.
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