Cotton Carnival in Memphis. A series of parties staged at Carnival. Current year's selected King, Queen and Royal Court of carnival. Presentations and parade by all cotton producing states. Decorated floats go by in a night time parade as crowd cheers. Floats have elaborate artwork and kings and queens. Flags of cotton producing states seen on many floats, including Georgia 1956 flag incorporating the Confederate battle flag on the Georgia float.
Buildings of the Chicago University, Chicago. Metallurgical Laboratory in the university campus. Eckhart Hall in the foreground. Ryerson Hall Physical Laboratory in the background. A man comes out from the entrance to Ekhart Hall. Lettering 'Eckhart Hall' above the entrance.
The Washington's Monument in Washington DC. The Equestrian Statue in the foreground. Tourists stand at the base of the monument. They enter an elevator at the base of the monument.
African American woman wearing a cloth bandana around her head talks in front of the camera, in Calhoun, Alabama.
A dramatized documentary about immigrants in Cummington. Scenes of a meeting inside a meeting hall. The speaker addresses the attendees. Men speak and present their views. Men, women and children exit a bus. They walk down a road carrying their belongings. Natives at a shop and a gas pump watch. Men, women and children do several activities inside their rooms at night. Mother sings lullaby for her infant. Film narrated in Hungarian. Music by Aaron Copland
Shows a woman sweeping the backyard of her house in Cummington. View of a parking lot at a fun-fair or carnival venue. People ride on a ferris wheel, including point of view shot from moving ferris wheel. Children ride on a merry-go-round or carousel. Large crowd gathered at the fair. People do shopping, visit art exhibition and visit a tent where canned goods including fruits and vegetables are on display. Oxen in pairs compete in a weight pulling contest. Boys compete in a throwing game and a strength contest to swing a mallet. People watch a horse-cart racing or chariot racing event. A man and woman order hot dogs or frankfurters at a tent. A child eats cotton candy. Family poses for group picture. A photographer sets up his large box still camera and photographs the family, as children stand nearby the photographer to watch. Scene inside a meeting hall. Men speak up. Aerial views of a canal or narrow river and countryside. A bus leaves. Film narrated in Hungarian. Music by Aaron Copland
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