An American Motorcyclist Association speed contest motorcycle race in Daytona Beach, Florida. People gather to watch the race. The motorbike race in progress on sand and dirt course. A man falls while riding his motorcycle. A motorcycle on fire. People cheer. Injured riders are loaded in an ambulance.
The finals of the Eastern Golden Gloves Championship at Madison Square Garden in New York, United States. A large crowd seated around a boxing ring. People cheer and applaud. Amateur boxers fight in the ring. Floyd Patterson defeats John Gibson of Syracuse, New York in the middleweight division. Michael May versus Don Lee in the heavyweight division. May defeats Lee.
Aircraft carrier USS Boxer (CV-21) returns to California, United States from Korean War service. People gather at a harbor to welcome sailors. The sailors aboard the ship. Wives of the sailors carrying their infants wait at the harbor. The sailors meet their babies and wives.
The Palmer Raids in the United States during the so-called "Red Scare" period. Police in New York City arrest men and women, suspected of being anarchists and radicals. Police wielding clubs raid their homes, arrest them and place them in police vans. The arrested suspects are taken to Ellis Island by ferry for deportation.
Ku Klux Klan (KKK) members rally in a forest near Stone Mountain, Georgia, in the United States. Members of the KKK group dressed in white robes and hoods gather in the forest. They perform formal ceremonies there. One robed member is a child and is greeted by other members. One member waves the flag of the United States. They bow while standing in a circle. A member wears a mask. He bows in front of the U.S. flag. Stone Mountain in Stone Mountain Georgia is seen in the background in final shot.
The flags of United States and United Kingdom fly from a launch. The British Battleship Cruiser ship, Renown, carrying Edward VIII, Prince of Wales, on his second Empire Cruise, is anchored nearby. The Prince of Wales, in military uniform, arrives by launch. He is accompanied by officials. As he steps from the dock, he is saluted by an American soldier. Accompanying him are British military and naval officers and U.S.civilian officials (in top hats). Lord Louis Mountbatten is a member of the Prince's party. Officials in the group include Air Commodore L.E.O. Charlton, the British Air Attache in the United States and Robert Wood Bliss, Chief of Western European Affairs in the U.S. State Department. Both were dispatched by the British and American governments, respectively, from Washington, DC. The Prince is greeted enthusiastically by a welcoming crowd. The Prince of Wales acknowledges the crowd. He enters an open car and is joined by U.S. State Department representative, Robert Wood Bliss.
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