A group of people standing underneath a tree and looking up. A cat is stuck in the branches of a tree. A young man climbs up the thorny branches to rescue t cat and brings it down. The cat was stuck for 120 hrs in isolation. People are happy to have their pictures clicked with the cat.
Paper print. Early motion picture documentary. A horse race at Sheepshead Bay Race Track in Brooklyn,New York,United States in the year 1897. Thoroughbred horses racing at the track. Spectators seated in the stands. Jockeys pet their horses after the race.
As film begins, an officer of the Swedish ship M.S. Gripsholm, is seen in the ship's frozen food storage area directing the placement of food provisions for their forthcoming voyage to Japan. Armed U.S. Navy sailors stand guard on the pier alongside the ship. Supplies are loaded through a side door of the ship. The captain and another ship's officer review some papers on deck. The Swedish flag flies from the railing behind them. View of the ship's port side from a boat (unseen) in the water. American flag on camera ship is seen as it motors away from the Gripsolm. Closer port side view of the ship. Sign on starboard stern railing reads: "Beware of propellers." View from camera boat approaching the Gripsolm's stern.
As film begins, two Red Cross women in uniforms are seen conversing with two separate women passengers in their cabins, below decks on the Swedish ship M.S. Gripsholm, as it prepares to depart on a voyage from New Jersey, to repatriate Japanese Nationals and Issei to Japan during World War 2. A worker climbs a stack of bags of grain and carries one away. Views of ship's stores of provisions, including many cases of drinks, fresh fruit, and vegetables. View from ship's deck of armed U.S. Navy sailors, lined at intervals the entire length of the ship. Armed Customs officers thoroughly examining luggage of passengers who will be boarding the ship and stacking those that passed inspection. Another view of the Customs officers screening baggage.
Billboard announces program of free outdoor concerts by New York Philharmonic, including Beethoven's Symphony No. 3 (Eroica), and Stravinsky's Le Sacre Du Printemps (The Rite of Spring), conducted by Leonard Bernstein, in Prospect Park, New York. . Crowd gathered for the free outdoor concert. Families sit in the park. Several people carry chairs and carpets to sit. The orchestra plays on a stage. Microphones on the stage. The crowd cheers and applauds.
Nineteen year old aviatrix Elinor Smith prepares for a flight at Roosevelt Field in New York. The aircraft takes off. View of land below. Woman pilot sets a new altitude record for a female flyer. Aviator Elinor Smith breaks woman's altitude record by reaching height of 32,000 feet in airplane.
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