A log-rolling championship at Port Townsend in Washington. Participants balance wooden logs in a river. People gather at the bank of the river to watch the championship. Buildings in the background. A man skips a rope on a wooden log. Two men stand on a log and balance it. Jack Swanson wins the championship. A man shakes hands with the winner.
Painters exhibit their paintings along a side walk in New York. People gather to view the paintings of various artists. Paintings on walls along the side of a street. People look at the paintings. Cars parked along the other side of the street.
Glider champion Don Stevens flies his glider in San Fernando, California. Men stand with other people near a glider. Stevens boards the glider. The glider is hitched with a car. The car moves on a street. The glider in flight. Mountains and trees in the background.
Japanese air raid on Pearl Harbor in Hawaii, United States during World War II. A Japanese aircraft carrier underway at sea. Japanese officials aboard the aircraft carrier discuss amongst themselves. An airplane takes off from the aircraft carrier ship for attack. Japanese sailors watch the airplane. Airplanes fly in formation overhead.
Boston Red Sox get ready to practice at baseball spring training, March 1950. Players on field with future Hall of Fame manager Joe McCarthy in center. Close up of McCarthy. Players warm up throwing arms. Close up shots of pitchers Mickey McDermott (#19) and Ellis Kinder (#16). Shot of backup outfielder Tom Wright (#28). Future Hall of Fame second baseman Bobby Doerr (#1) hits a single and runs to first. Baseball legend Ted Williams quickly steps into batters box, waits for a pitch, hits the ball and smiles. (Note: There is no indication where film is taken, but Red Sox at the time trained in Sarasota Florida.)
Baseball's Pittsburgh Pirates do calisthenics at spring training, 1950. Team manager Billy Myer confers with players, coaches. Tall trees in background. Shot of infielders including future Pirates manager and two-time World Series winner Danny Murtaugh in middle. Shots of Hall of Fame slugger Ralph Kiner. Shot of pitcher Cliff Chambers, who would throw a no-hitter for Pirates in 1951, throwing to Kiner. Mountains in background. Shot of spring training game.
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