An American football match played between the U.S. Army and Notre Dame at Yankee Stadium in New York. U.S. cadets march and enter the stadium. General Henry H Arnold inspects the troops. Spectators at the Yankee Stadium. Man on a horse. Policeman controls the crowd. The match begins. The cadets score repeatedly. Soldiers and spectators clap and cheer. Army beats Notre Dame by 59-0. (World War II period).
Crowds watching the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade with many big helium-inflated balloon floats in New York City. A panda balloon float passes by. A pilgrim balloon float besides a Camel billboard. View of crowd and parade floats in Times Square. Young girls wearing frilly dresses waving from an eagle shaped float. Girls watching the parade. Animated lion with his master in a boat. People in costume dance and a big ice cream shaped float goes by. Other floats include a Pilgrim, a baseball player (modified Bobo the Hobo), a Panda bear, and a candy cane. People watch the parade and cheer. Santa Claus wave from a decorative float.
The Swedish American ship Gripsholm arrives at New York harbor carrying American soldiers and others exchanged for German prisoners in World War II. 160 were internees at Vittel. Others included American diplomats from Vichy who were being held at Baden-Baden. Soldiers stand on deck and wave as ship is docked at Pier F in Jersey City. The soldiers disembark the ship. The Wounded soldiers. Diplomats and war correspondents talk about the conditions of Germany as it is losing the war. Douglas MacArthur (nephew of General Douglas MacArthur) is seen with a dog as he arrives. Ralph E. Heinzen of the United Press describes conditions in Germany and stresses that Germany is losing the war.
200 set of twins aged between 9 months to 90 years compete in 'Doubles tourney' in Albany, New York. Number of twin children, women, old men, toddlers, young girls and boys dressed alike for the competition. All the twins vie for prizes. Various twins are shown together posing for the camera. Two elderly men are among them, one of whom wears what appears to be a Civil War veteran's medal on his lapel.
Fleet of motor-less glider aircraft in flight at Elmira in New York. Frank Hawks starts the show. The glider pilots gathered around a glider on ground. Glider catapults from a mountain to begin its flight. Formation of five gliders soaring in flight. Various gliders catapult. Gliders land on ground. Jack O'Meara with his Baker McMillen Cadet II.
Abandoned and wrecked cars loaded on a truck in New York City, United States. Crane lifts a car and places it into a smokeless furnace having a special chamber to eliminate air pollution. Car in flames.
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