A pillow fight in Harrisonburg, Virginia. Turkeys in a garden. Girls run behind the turkeys. They fight with pillows full of turkey feathers. A girl on the ground with turkey feathers all over her face. (World War II period).
Coveted Professional Golfers' Association (PGA) championship trophy in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Byron Nelson and Sam Snead play. A player hits the ball. People cross a small bridge over a small stream in the golf course. A player putts the ball. He leaves his club in the garden. The players measure the distance from the ball to the hole. They shake hands. Nelson poses with the trophy.
Al Rogers wins a car race on Pikes Peak in Colorado. Pikes Peak mountain and it peak. A race car drives on a mountain road. Dust rises due to the speedy car running on the road. People stand beside the road to watch the race. A man clicks pictures from the road. People stand at the finishing end. Rogers poses sitting in his car.
Labor Day celebration in Mount Carmel, Illinois. A floral float passes in a parade. People stand beside a road and watch the parade. Men walk in the parade. A float depicts work of washer-men. Peace written on one of the floats. An old man watches the parade. Ford carriers company float. A woman dressed as the Statue of Liberty stands on a float. A man addresses. 'God bless America' written on the podium.
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.
Launch of USS Hornet (CV-8) at Newport News Shipyard, Virginia. The flag of the U.S. flag hangs from the hull of the ship. U.S. Secretary of Navy Frank Knox's wife, Mrs. Annie Reid Knox, at the christening. Women stand holding umbrellas. The Aircraft Carrer ship slides into the water.
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