The Blackwell Cup race in New York, United States. Several teams compete. Men row boats on the Harlem River. Buildings in the background. Aerial view of the race. People stand under umbrellas and watch the race as it is raining in the area. Columbia oarsmen win the race.
The May Day Parade in New York, United States. A large crowd parades. They hold boards and banners. Buildings in the background. Aerial view of the crowd gathered for the parade.
After a radio play in New York terrifies the nation. Thousands of radio listeners throughout the U.S. are frightened into mass hysteria by a dramatization of H. G. Wells' old thriller 'The War of the Worlds' as staged by Orson Welles, a young actor-manager. Orson Welles speaks at a press conference about the event. Media persons take notes during the press conference.
New methods of farming in the United States. Mechanical pea harvesters used at Seabrook Farms in New Jersey. A fleet of crop dusting biplane airplanes on the ground. An airplane taxis on the farm. Aerial spraying of insecticides by the airplanes. A cannery. The cannery in operation: Men and women workers prepare to can the food. A worker at a machine in the cannery. Vegetables are dehydrated and frozen.
Soviet Fliers are greeted in New York. Men pose for a camera with three Russian aviators who spanned the North Pole in a flight from Moscow to the U.S. The three aviators. They receive official reception at the City Hall by New York Mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia. A large crowd at the City Hall to welcome the three aviators.
Assorted jungle animals arrive in New York on floating zoo. A man feeds a giraffe. A zebra, a leopard, deer and a lynx are patted by people aboard a ship. (Woman seen is possibly Ruth Harkness).
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