Snow scenes in New York City and Washington DC. Skyscrapers and snow covered streets in New York City. New Yorkers clear roads and 7 inches of snow off cars.Pedestrians walk on snow covered roads. Heavier snow of 12 inches in Washington DC leaves the city roads impassable. Cars buried under snow. Two men try to remove snow from a car. Views of the White House, the Washington Monument and the U.S. Capitol Building all covered in snow. High winds blow snow as a few pedestrians walk by. A United States flag on the Capitol building. Automobiles destroyed due to accidents in the wake of the storm.
United States Navy Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd's Antarctic Expedition. Sled dogs in view. The radio operator receives the message about the arrival of the sailing ship named "City Of New York". They receive the news about the vessel being stuck in the ice pack. The 'City Of New York' anchors at the barrier ice. Admiral Byrd's dog 'Igloo' sits on the snow. The men take their belongings and board the vessel. Smoke rises up from the smokestack of the vessel. The men leave the camp area named 'Little America'. A penguin in view. The men take a last look at the camp area as they leave after the expedition is over.
Newsreel clip showing St. Louis Cardinals, Detroit Tigers and New York Giants at spring training before the 1935 baseball season. Cardinal players come on to the field. Manager Frankie Frisch hits ground balls in practice. Shots of star pitchers Paul Dean and Dizzy Dean warming up in front of ramshackle-looking stands and wooden building. Clip shifts to Tigers' camp. Manager Mickey Cochrane talks to pitcher Lynwood "Schoolboy" Rowe, who predicts he will have a better year than 1934. Shots of Rowe throwing pitches to catcher Ray Hayworth. Clip shifts to New York Giants training camp. Pitchers including #12 Freddy Fitzsimmons and #18 Roy Parmalee take part in warmup drill in front of fans. Palm trees in background. Manager Bill Terry hits ground balls in practice. Shortstop Dick Bartell fields a ball. Giant players perform ball tricks. A serious Terry says the addition of new players has improved the club and predicts the Giants will win the National League pennant. (Note: Giants finished third.)
The Army News Service in the United States. The working of Yank Magazine staff. A sign board reads: 'Army Service Forces Morale Services Division New York Branch Yank the army weekly branch headquarters'. Interior of the New York office. Enlisted men work for the magazine. Men seated at their desks working on articles and pictures to be published. Men discussing amongst themselves. Sergeants talking about edition of the magazine. Editions being loaded in an airplane. The airplane takes off.
Credits for the documentary titled 'Creative Hands' about mountain handicrafts in North Carolina. Background info about earlier handicrafts as an important part of civilization. Hands of a woman working on a wooden hand loom. An artisan sculpting a swan in clay. A person working clay on a potter's wheel. Scene change to New York City and busy areas of Manhattan, with pedestrians outside the Rockefeller Center in New York watching ice skaters. Women do window shopping. Crowd of people in a line outside a broadcast studio entrance in the RCA building. Marquee on the building advertises "Invasion Preview" and "Robert Benchley". Scene change again to farming areas in the mountains of southwest North Carolina. Animated map of United States. Wide views of farmland and a house in Brasstown North Carolina. Men cut a tree for lumber using a two man saw. Teacher at John C Campbell Folk School in Brasstown helps farmer to develop creative ideas using local materials. A sign reads "John C Campbell Folk School Handcrafts." Farmers walk with their materials and are seen seated at a table of the school showing some of their handicrafts. They are taught creative ideas by the teacher.
Orrick Missouri: Damage due to sudden tornado. School building destroyed. Roof falls on ground. Broken lights lay on ground. Ruins of house. Men go in a damaged house. New York: People in 1960s fashions at restaurant, women on a small bridge in Central Park. People sit and enjoy spring-like temperatures in New York City. People in Central Park enjoy a horse drawn carriage ride and a woman rides a bicycle in park. Rio De Janeiro, Brazil: A car in water. Broken boat on sea shore. Cars go through water. Damaged buses. People besides damaged buses. Dead bodies on platform in river. A turned over car lay on ground. Ruins and litter on road. Trucks and cars go on road. People stand on road and watch.
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