People have fireworks in hand during night parade at Mardi Gras celebrations in New Orleans, Louisiana. King Hermes on a big float. Various other floats follow one after other carry people in different costumes. King and Queen of Hermes at Hermes ball. People dance at gala.
Motorcade of U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt arrives at Tampa De Soto Exposition in Key West, Florida. Secret service men walk behind President's car and a man opens a door for President Roosevelt. Navy officials gathered on docks of harbor. President Roosevelt speaks into microphones at the event, commenting on United States values and positions and saying: "We seek no territorial expansion. We are not covetous of our neighbor's goods. We shall cooperate in every proposal honestly put forward to limit armaments. We abhor the appeal to physical force, except to repulse aggression. He continues, "...the institutions of democracy, government with the consent of the governed, must and shall be maintained." A small Navy boat tender with the President and Navy personnel on board. (Event was several months before invasion of European countries by Germany in World War 2.)
Airplanes in a line. Brazilian Army Chief inspecting planes and United States military personnel explain about the plane in Langley Field, Viginia. A plane takes off and army chief sees it fly. Planes fly by as army officials watch.
12th Annual Rhododendron Fete proceeds in Asheville, North Carolina. Float Parade with floats showing different names on them follow one after other. A float with a man and a girl sitting on chairs. Float with the letter 'K,' i the entry of the Kiwanis Club, has three girls holding umbrellas and a man sitting in a big shoe. Float with the word 'Peace' across the front. Float named 'BPOE,' the entry of the Elks Club (Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks). has a girl sitting before a big clock holding the U.S. flag. A float with a spider web is the entry of Ivey's Department Store, which is the grand prize winner in the Floral Parade. Children are seen, representing different nursery rhymes. The float of Belks Department Store is seen at the end .
Players rowing boats and people standing and sitting on rocks on the Thames. Harvard Crew defeats Yale at 77th Annual 4 mile Varsity Rowing Classic on the Thames in New London, Connecticut. Scene of bridge and a train passing. Other mechanized boats passing under a bridge.
People pushing a flight to the track as the 10th Annual Soaring Contest gets underway in Elmira, New York. The motorless flight takes off. Flights tied with wire. Two flights flying in the sky. United States flag waves and a flight passing by.
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