Scenes of the Miami Open Golf tournament in Miami, Florida. Men at a table filled with ten thousand silver dollars. Players tee off. Spectators watch. player putts the ball. Winner was Byron Nelson. Officials pour silver dollars into his golf bag.
Maneuvers of the British Army in England. British troops come at a sea shore. They climb up a hill. A sea in the background. The troops climb down. They ride motorbikes. Water on a road splashes as a soldier drives through it. The soldiers park their bikes beside the road. They take their guns and lay down in prone positions. Trucks go across barbed wire barriers. (World War II period).
Hollywood actress Gloria Jean helps to collect fund on Christmas in Toronto, Canada. Actress Gloria Jean in a newspaper office. She talks to a person seated in a chair. A man brings a bundle of news papers and gives to Gloria. She sits at table and marks her autograph on the front page of the paper. A man stands on a sidewalk selling those newspapers. A man comes and buys a paper. He is surprised to see Gloria Jean's autograph.
Wife of British RAF (Royal Air Force) pilot who was awarded the Victoria Cross for shooting down an enemy aircraft while his own aircraft was burning. She lifts her baby from a pram in front of her house. She displays her husband's burned shoe and flight gear. She then reads formal letters about award of the Victoria Cross. Her husband pilot is seen with two other RAF fliers relaxing amongst other service personnel at a medical recuperation facility. They sit at a small table and smoke cigarettes. (World War II period).
Some 1940 U.S. football highlights. Scenes of a long touchdown run and an interception and touchdown run from the 1940 National Football League Championship Game that the Chicago Bears won 73-0, on December 8, 1940. Scenes from the Dartmouth-Cornell "Fifth-Down" game of November 16, 1940, with Cornell quarterback "Pop" Scholl throwing a "winning" touchdown pass to William Murphy.
Professional Golfer's Association (PGA) Championship at Hershey, Pennsylvania. Byron Nelson wins the Championship. Golfer plays the match. Audiences walk across the golf course. They cross a small bridge in the course. Golfer strokes the ball with a club. Byron Nelson poses with winner's trophy.
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