A huge ticker tape parade welcomes Earhart back to New York. Thousands of New Yorkers gather on streets and join the parade. Ticket tapes being showered on the parade. Earhart with New York Mayor Jimmy Walker. Holding flowers she christens a car.
Steeplechase Park stages its annual bathing Beauty contest for grandmothers at Coney Island in New York. Grandmothers in swimsuits participate in the contests. Judges mark the contestants. Mrs. Theresa Caffrey, aged 81, wins the contest.
Shows the Suburban Handicap derby event being held in New York City. Spectators cheer from their stands. Seven year old horse Kalso loses to Iron Peg by inches. Shows another derby event at Hollywood park in California. South African horse Colorado King wins the event.
Italian figure skater Anna Galmarini practice skating in New York, United States. Galmarini made her debut at an ice show in New York. Galmarini performs at an ice rink, demonstrating her skill in figure skating. Galmarini spins on ice.
1928 Democratic National Convention in Texas. Governor Alfred E. Smith tips his hat. Al Smith persuading Franklin to run for Governor of New York. Street scene in Albany, New York with Capitol in background. Newly elected Governor Franklin Roosevelt at his desk in office in Albany. Newly elected Governor Franklin Roosevelt, seated next to Mrs. Edith (Atschul) Lehman,as they converse, at the inaugural ball. Roosevelt's son-in-law, Curtis Dall; his daughter, Mrs. Curtis Bean Dall (Eleanor Anna E. Roosevelt) ; his wife, Eleanor; his mother, Mrs. Sara Delano Roosevelt; and Herbert H. Lehman, are standing behind them. Governor Roosevelt, riding in an open car with his mother, at the New York State Fair in Syracuse, New York. Governor Roosevelt lunching in an open pavilion at the Fair.
Us prepares for World War II. United States engineers and war production workers building warships in Brooklyn, New York. Americans prepare for defense as war accelerates in Europe. View of US King (DD-242) sand USS Rodgers (DD-254) at a harbor. War workers entering the shipyard. Engineers work on equipment at Brooklyn Navy yard. Women sew American flags.
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