Lottery winners in New York City. People on the street. The winner of the sweeps ($ 150,000) with her husband. An old lady talks to her grandchildren. A dog on the lap of a boy. People crowd outside the shops. A man and a woman hold roses in their hands at a crockery shop. View of a motion picture camera as pictures are taken of a winning family. A family looks out from a window of their house. A winning bartender draws a draft beer from tap for himself and drinks in front of the cameras. An African American woman speaks after winning $ 150,000 in sweepstakes, declaring herself to be "the happiest girl in Harlem."
U.S. President Franklin D Roosevelt at a Foundation in Warm Spring, Georgia. The President seated with other members of the Foundation. President Roosevelt speaks over the microphones about the sanitarium's humane achievements and expresses hope for a nation wide Thanksgiving. President Roosevelt and paralysis patients eat turkey.
The unseasonal blizzard in New York. A freighter 'Falmouth' is blown aground on Long Island. People on streets of snow covered New York City. Snow and sleet on either side of the road. Traffic on roads due to the storm. Men removing snow from streets with shovels. A man cleans a car covered with snow. People on the streets of the city. Buildings in the background. The storm. Birds on tree limbs. People enjoy the snow and sleet. They play and ski.
Newsreel showing segments of Duke's 7-0 victory over University of Pittsburgh in a football game at Durham, North Carolina, in November, 1938. Football teams Duke 'Blue Devils' and Pittsburgh 'Panthers' on the field. There is a light covering of snow on the field. Several scenes from the game are shown including punts As the game progresses, the snowfall increases, and some players slip and slide on the field.
Dr. Jonas Salk at a press conference in Ann Arbor Michigan, United States. Cars parked outside The Horace H. Rackham School of Graduate Studies at the University of Michigan. People stand outside the school building. Dr. Jonas Salk and another physician in the conference hall. Dr. Jonas Salk and the other researcher pose. Journalists and other people seated in a conference hall. The doctors who produced the polio vaccine on the stage. Men take pictures. The vaccine is rolled out of the drug house. Cartons of the vaccine taken out and kept on the trolley. A man with a clipboard. A man puts labels on the boxes. Dr. Jonas Salk speaks about the polio vaccine during a press conference (this latter part of the clip contains audio).
U.S. President Dwight D Eisenhower in Charleston, South Carolina. The cadets of the military academy salute the President. Dignitaries and people crowd on the road. President receives an honorary degree from General Mark Clark, President of South Carolina Military College. Cadets march with rifles on their shoulders. President Eisenhower and the General salute.
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