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.
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.
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.
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.
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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