Eight National Soaring Contest in Elmira, New York. More than fifty aircraft take part in the contest. People seated to watch gliders take off. The gliders on a field. A mechanical launching device being demonstrated as a glider takes off. A roller with strings rotates as the glider takes off. The glider in flight and lands.
People enjoy Hi Li game or Paddle Ball (wooden paddle hitting rubber ball attached to elastic string) in New York City. Group of young girls hit a ball with their paddles on a sidewalk. A doorman at a hotel or apartment plays the paddle ball game that is trendy and popular with all ages. A man exits a car and uses his paddleball toy. A man entering a building enjoys paddle ball. The girls play the game. A man crosses a street while playing paddle ball.
Blasts occur at an office below the German consulate and Communist headquarters in New York City, United States. Officers enter a building. A sign in German. Shattered glasses at the office below the Nazi consulate. Broken pieces of glass scattered around a desk. Broken pieces of glass spread around a window. The officers exit the building. A shattered display window at the Communist headquarters. A bust of Stalin with books in the background.
Daniel Beard addresses a gathering in New York, United States. A large number of Scouts from the Boy Scouts of America gathered at the World's Fair Festival in honor of the 90th birthday of Daniel Beard, who helped found the Boy Scouts. Daniel Carter Beard addresses the crowd. The boy scouts cheer and wave.
Scenes from the Harvest Moon Ball Amateur Dance Championship held in 1943 at Madison Square Garden, New York City. A Viennese Waltz performance is shown first, with dancing pairs waltzing. Audiences enjoy the different performances. A band plays music. Dancing couples in the Lindy Hop Division perform next. Many scenes of jazz and swing era Lindy hop dancing with acrobatic swings, dips and twists.
7th War Bond drive opens at Times Square in New York City, during World War 2. A large number of people gathered at the occasion. Crowd gathered around a statue of the flag raising on Mount Suribachi in Iwo Jima, Japan. (This is the original plaster edition created by sculptor Dr. Felix W. de Weldon, which served as the model for the future Marine Corps War Memorial in Arlington Virginia). Soldiers seated as they look at the flag raising statue. Three survivors of the flag raising raise the American flag at the ceremony to promote the sale of bonds during the 7th War Bond drive: Pfc. Rene A. Gagnon, Pfc. Ira Hayes and PhM 2/c John H. Bradley, USN.
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