View of a busy streets of New York City in 1905. Horse drawn carriages ride by. Pedestrians walking. Streetcars or trolleys pass at the upcoming intersection. Brief cut to 1940s aerial view of Saint Patricks Cathedral, and street view in front of cathedral. Then return to 1905 footage. Women and men in turn of century clothing, early 20th century fashions. Variety of different hats, top hats, derby hats, ornate hats on wealthy women in late gilded age period. Overcoats, suits, and long dresses.
A view of the White House in Washington DC. U.S. President John F Kennedy with other members of the Congress. President Kennedy honors Bob Hope for providing entertainment to servicemen. The President makes a speech to thank Bob Hope for his service tours that made servicemen laugh. The President awards the special authorized gold medal to Bob Hope. Bob Hope, also known as ' The Clown Prince' receives the medal and thanks the President and Congress for the honor. He gives his speech and makes the gathering laugh with his jokes.
Following World War I, surrendered German ships received from the Allied Board as part of war reparations, are towed by the U.S. Navy. The dreadnaught battleship SMS Ostfriesland, damaged in the Jutland battle, is seen. The Scout Cruiser Frankfurt sunk at Scapa Flow seen under tow. Disabled due to negligence, Frankfurt towed across the water. Surrendered destroyers towed by naval tugs.
Several scenes from the 1920 Baseball World Series between the Cleveland Indians and the Brooklyn Robins (also known as the Brooklyn Dodgers). Opening scene shows ballpark and players meeting at home plate, including Wilbert Robinson and Zack Wheat of Brooklyn and probably Tris Speaker of Cleveland seen partially behind an umpire ( and wearing a black armband out of respect for the recent death of Cleveland shortstop, Ray Chapman). Some questions have been raised about the captions appearing in this clip. For example, the first game action scene, is entitled "Jimmie Johnson scores for the Dodgers." Johnson did score for Brooklyn, from third base, on a hit. But in the clip, it appears the scoring runner may be rounding third base, rather than starting from there. Also, the scoring team clearly has dark colored hats--as the Indians wore--and the fielding team has white--the Robins. It is believed the play is actually Joe Wood scoring for Cleveland on a double by Steve O'Neill in the 4th inning of game 1. The second action scene is captioned,"Grimes scores on Griffith's double." But a close look shows the batter running only straight over first base, with no turn towards second. It is believed this may actually show Myers hitting into a 5-2-3-2 double play in the third inning of Game 2 ( with the final throw from the Cleveland first baseman to the catcher edited out.)
The Pan American Congress of Journalists visit Kodak in Rochester, New York to see cotton used in the production of nitrocellulose camera film. Views of women picking cotton. Cotton is baled and the bales are sent on conveyor to railroad yard. Bales are loaded onto a Southern railroad box car. Steam locomotive pulls train out of terminal yard. Map shows flow of cotton from the South to New York. At Eastman Kodak, view of cotton being processed into nitrocellulose film, also known as nitrate film for use in motion picture film cameras. View of perforation machine cutting perfs into motion picture film. Film is wound into rolls. Woman worker wraps each film roll in black paper for shipment. Pan American Congress members board a Mack 'Shock Insulated' bus for further travel.
British aviator Jim Mollison lands his aircraft at Roosevelt field in New York. Ground officers escort the aircraft and the aviator. Thousands of people cheer and welcome him. Aviator Mollison sit over the cab and passes through the crowd.
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