Xavier University's athletic program brings African American students into contact with other schools and also develops physical skill and high ideals of sportsmanship in New Orleans, Louisiana. The student athletes leap over obstacles. They run on a racing track. One of the students does physical exercise. Ralph Metcalfe, a track coach and a former Olympic star, at the university. He guides the students sitting on the ground. Some students run while others sit. A student tries to leap across a string strung across two poles and succeeds in the second attempt.
African American student life at the Xavier University of Louisiana (1 Drexel Dr, New Orleans, LA 70125, United States), a Catholic university for African Americans in New Orleans, Louisiana. Tuition and fees are nominal: a female black student deposits her fees and gets a receipt. The cashier hands over a receipt to the student. Students climb downstairs at the entrance of the college building. A student goes towards a bicycle. Student rides a bicycle. Black students pray inside a Catholic chapel inside the campus. A statue of the Virgin Mary holding the Infant Jesus is seen. A female student praying with a rosary.
At Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City, scenes from an American College football game between the gallant U.S. Army 'Eleven' from West Point and Notre Dame's 'Fighting Irish'. U.S. Army cadets and other fans in the stadium. A West Point cadet with the Army team mascot, a mule. Two Notre Dame students with its mascot dog, an Irish Terrier. Spectators cheer for players. Football game underway on the field. Ambient sound and cheering from the stadium is hear. The Army cadets seated in the stands cheer for their team. The Fighting Irish from Notre Dame win the game 19 to 7.
Aerial and street level views of the CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) recording studios in New York City in 1946. 1940's vehicles parked outside the CBS Studio building. Cars and a taxi pass by. Promotion for a Chiquita Banana benefit program on the World Food Problem. CBS lobby towards a street as a crowd exits. People at an information desk in CBS Studio. A girl in an information booth. A man gets information on where the Chiquita Banana show is within the building. Views of people getting information from the young woman in the information booth.
From the CBS (Columbia Broadcasting System) Studio in New York, a program on the World Food Problem. The audience enters the recording studio for the Chiquita Banana program. Other audience listen. Chiquita Banana program proceeds. Actors, band and singers on stage. Miss Chiquita sings (Elsa Miranda, not related to Carmen Miranda). The announcer makes announcements about Chiquita's song. A sign: 'Chiquita Banana, The Banana Song'. Chiquita sings a plea for food to the music of her banana song, but with different words than the regular Chiquita banana song.
Orville Wright and U.S. Army aviator Frank Purdy Lahm, the first army passenger, test the "Wright Flyer" at Fort Myer, Virginia. A small group stands at the door of a hangar. A crowd gathers around the hangar. The doors of the hangar are opened. Dignitaries greet each other. Notable dignitaries present include U.S. President William Howard Taft and Mrs. Taft, U.S. Army Major General George O. Squier, U.S. Army Major Charles McKinley Saltzman. U.S. Army soldiers open the doors from the hangar. They push the Wright Flyer sideways out of the hangar.
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