An Eastern Air Lines DC-3-201B (NC21727) crashes in marshes southwest of Vero Beach, Florida. Another airplane is in flight over the area. Aerial view of crash scene from overflying aircraft. Men make their way in boat towards the crash. Views of the extensive damage from crash.
Rescue of crew members from Russian freighter at Cape Disappointment in Washington. The Russian freighter Vazlav Vorofsky at sea. Coast guardsmen remove the seamen. Small boats near the ship. Men on the boats. A man waves a flag at the sea shore. Men lift cases on the ship.
Children practice baseball in New York. A man guides them. As he squats his pants show a humorous rip in the fabric. The boys exercise and warm up before playing an early spring game. Many of the boys wear oversized baseball uniforms, including many Chicago White Sox uniforms. Building in the background. Cars parked in the background. Baseball bats on the ground. Children take the bats. Elevated view of boys playing sandlot baseball game in Hell's Kitchen. Closeup view of tther children watching the game. A boy makes a hit and rounds the bases, sliding into home base.
United States 501st Parachute Battalion in Fort Benning, Georgia. Airplanes on the air base. Paratroopers march. They board the planes. The airplanes in formation. Paratroopers jump from the planes in flight. They open their parachutes. They land.
A huge crowd gathered in Madison Square Garden. An unseen speaker (likely Theologian Reinhold Niebuhr) criticizes the efforts of Prime Minister Chamberlain, of Britain, to appease Hitler. Featured Speaker, Dr. Paul Tillich, of Union Theological Seminary, addresses the crowd. He talks about the forced emigration of German Jews because of their religious and political beliefs. Cameramen record the event. An orchestra is seated on stage behind the speaker as if ready to perform. Professor Tillich discusses the attack on Jewish people in Germany and equates it to attacks on Christians. The crowd applauds.
A mass gathering of concerned Americans in Madison Square Garden, New York City, following news of the Kristallnacht attacks on Jews in Germany a few weeks prior. Dr. Harry F. Ward of Union Theological Seminary, and chairman of the American League Against War and Fascism, addresses a huge crowd. He speaks about the emigration of the German Jewish citizens. He states that efforts should be made for the resettlement of the German Jews and the cost should be born by the Nazi German Government. The Government should make some arrangements in this regard. He proposes a boycott of all German International commerce. The crowd applauds.
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