Several highlights from the 1967 Senior Bowl football game. A crowd fills the sold-out Ladd Peebles Stadium, in Mobile Alabama, for the Senior Bowl game, matching all star football players from the North and the South. Oregon State's Bob Grim is seen running the ball to pick up 25 yards. North's Quarterback hits Iowa State's Eppie Barney for a touchdown, with 1:13 remaining in the 3rd period. South quarterback Terry Southal, of Baylor, passes to Louisiana State's Dick Redding for a touchdown at the 13:12 mark of the 4th quarter. North's Bob Grim takes handoff and runs from the 40 yard line until pushed out of bounds at the South's 15 yard line. Nebraska's Harry Wilson runs the ball for a touchdown in the 4th Quarter. North beats the South 35 to 15. (Note:The final North tally came at the very end of the game with a pass from BYU's Virgil Carter to Nebraska's Pete Tatman. Bubba Smith of Mich. State was a monster on Defense and won the MVP award.)
Italian American competitive eater, Tony di Laurentis, eats a large dinner at Palumbo’s (a nightclub and restaurant owned by restauranteur Frank Palumbo) in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Restaurant waiters serve di Laurentis with trays of food. Di Laurentis eats four founds of spaghetti served in a large plate. A waiter serves a whole tray of meats before di Laurentis takes off his napkin and coat. Di Laurentis eating twelve broilers, two steaks and a meal roast. Live performance by a pair of dancers at Palumbo’s. After the meal Tony washes down the twenty-pound meal with a gallon of red wine and another of beer. A woman performs acrobatics. Tony di Laurentis finishes a whole gallon of red wine drank straight from the bottle.
An anti-war parade is dispersed in Chicago, Illinois. Police descend on an unauthorized demonstration by Whites and African Americans against conflict in Ethiopia. Leaders of the movement are put into a patrol wagon. One of the police officers is African American. A sign on a building in the background reads, 'Calumet Loans'
A rodeo show in Ellensburg, Washington. Huge crowd gathered to watch the Thirteenth Annual Rodeo show. Rider and the bull perform stunts in the arena. Rider gets wounded and is carried by a group of men in stretcher.
International horse racing at Laurel in Maryland. Huge crowd gathered to watch the race. Men eat food in the grandstand area. Entrants from seven nations participate in The International race for prize money of $100, 000. Front runner Tudor Era of the United States and Sailor's Guide of Australia run on the turf track. Sailor's Guide of Australia reaches the winning post first and wins the race.
Jobless, destitute miners in Uniontown Pennsylvania during the Great Depression. Miners and their families make their homes in idle, empty coal (coke) ovens. Children sit outside dwelling caves. Men eat food inside a coke oven cave. In second sequence: Men and women prepare new series of 'Baby Bonds' for lower wage earners rolling off Government presses. President Franklin D Roosevelt buys the first Baby Bond from postmaster-General Farley. From a February 11, 1960 Newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
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