The funeral of Philip Kerr, the 11th Marquess of Lothian, and British Ambassador to the United States, from 1939 until his death in 1940. Spectators stand on the sidewalk across from the British Embassy in Washington, DC. British flag flying over the Embassy. Leaving the front gates of the Embassy is a coffin draped with the British flag resting on a caisson, drawn by a team of matched white horses. High-ranking British military officers walk behind followed by civilian mourners. A squad of cavalry on horseback escort the funeral procession. View of the Washington National Cathedral, still under construction, with derrick and scaffolding visible. A crucifer heads about 30 clergy in white robes, leading the funeral cortege up the front steps of the Washington National Cathedral. Military pallbearers in uniform carry the coffin up the steps. U.S. first lady, Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt arrives and steps from a black limousine. Brief view inside the Cathedral sanctuary. Pallbearers carry the coffin down the steps. Official mourners follow. A large group of mourners stand on upper steps of Cathedral as the immediate funeral party departs.
Launch of USS Hornet (CV-8) at Newport News Shipyard, Virginia. The flag of the U.S. flag hangs from the hull of the ship. U.S. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox's wife, Mrs. Annie Reid Knox, at the christening. Women stand holding umbrellas. The Aircraft Carrer ship slides into the water.
A prototype B-26 with plexiglass nose and top turret is tested at Martin Aircraft company in Baltimore, Maryland. The aircraft at an airstrip. Officers talk. A man sits inside the transparent nose section. The aircraft takes off on test flight.
U.S. Army troops training at Fort Knox, Kentucky.Trucks and tanks cross a river at The troops run towards a shore, get on boats and cross the river. An army truck taken across the river on a pontoon boat. The soldiers push a boat to get it from land to water while their shoes fill with mud. Tanks are brought across the river on flat boats. Mud covered soldiers lay pontoons over boats. The tanks cross the pontoon bridge.
Members meet at the Friday 13th Club in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Members of the club, all men, mock various superstitions. They walk under a ladder before entering the club. The name of the club written at the entrance. A skeleton hung in the background. Members sit at a table. A black cat walks across their dining table. A chimpanzee enters with an open umbrella. It walks on the table with the open umbrella. A clock shows time as 10 minutes past 12. The men smash a mirror; one man puts the empty frame over his neck and they laugh. Two men light cigarettes beside the chimpanzee who has a pipe in its mouth.
Excerpts from the 1940 National Invitation Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal game already underway between Oklahoma Aggies and DePaul at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Numerous scoring scenes are shown in the course of the film, many of them involving long set shots. (Oklahoma won 23 to 22 and advanced to the Semifinals.)
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