Olympic divers at an annual meet in Los Angeles, California. The Olympic divers at high and low diving board. They dive in a swimming pool and exhibit various dive techniques. Spectators seated in a stand. Marjorie Gestring is among the divers. Young Norman Sper Jr. is seen on a diving board and as he dives. The divers one after the other dive in the pool exhibiting their skill. Spectators watch the divers.
War Admiral defeats Snark at Aqueduct Racetrack (11000 Rockaway Blvd, Jamaica, NY 11420, United States) in New York, United States. Spectators in a stand to watch the horse race. War Admiral and other horses on racetrack. Spectators stand and cheer. The race starts. Spectators watch the race. War Admiral and Snark compete. War Admiral wins the race.
In 1938 American distance runner and athlete Glenn V. Cunningham wins the race in Princeton, New Jersey. Cunningham and U.S. athlete Archie San Romani during the last lap of the race. The spectators seated in a stand as they cheer. Cunningham wins the race.
Narrator notes that in June 1938, American heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis knocked out German boxer Max Schmeling in a boxing match at Yankee Stadium (1 E 161 St, Bronx, NY 10451, United States) in New York, United States. Louis and Schmeling in the center of press event before the boxing match. Photographers take pictures. Boxer Joe Louis in his robe.
Damage caused due to hurricanes on the East Coast of the United States in 1936. The roads flooded with water. Damaged electric poles. Cameramen stand in a line taking pictures in the rain. A car stuck in water. Dramatic scene of a boy and a policeman riding their bicycles in very high water. wind damaged and flood damaged buildings and houses. Men walk near the rubble and look at a damaged house. In Texas, views of flooding from rivers. A damaged railway track. A wrecked car. Men at the railway station board a train. American industrialist and billionaire John D. Rockefeller makes his annual trip to the South. He gets out of a car and boards the train. At age 97, John Rockefeller is escorted by his personnel.
Group of kids in Downing California playing on a "Slip N Slide". Boys and girls run forward toward the slip and slide plastic sheeting and then slide across it. People in bathing suits sliding on the wet plastic. The girls getting wet as a boy sprays water onto them and onto the Slip 'N Slide mats. Boys and girls slip and slide one after the other ,some doing stunts like tumbling, going headfirst, or standing and surfing. Two men with movie cameras. People slide on the plastic sheet. Few people seated on the garden as they watch the other people enjoying. A young boy slides. People stand in the background. The young children slip and slide on the wet plastic sheet.
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