Models display designer Gladys Parker's fashionable clothing creations at a restaurant in New York, United States. Men and women drink cocktails at the bar and enjoy the show.
Thousands of mummers stage a traditional New Year's Day parade in their colorful costumes in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Many performers are men in drag (men dressed as women). Ornate floats pass by in the parade, including an "invasion from Mars" scene and a ship being tossed on the ocean. A car weighed down by a heavy cart attached to it drives with its front wheels up in the air. Crowd of Mummers parade participants dancing in street, including some in blackface.
A news reporter summarizes the events of the closing session of the National Women's Conference held in Houston, Texas. She sits in an empty meeting hall and delivers her report. Scenes showing women holding hands and in high spirits after conclusion of the conference focused on equal rights for women, women's issues, and ratification of the Equal Rights Amendment.
Exteriors of the Department of Justice building in Washington DC at 600 Pennsylvania Avenue and Constitution Avenue, NW, (now the Robert F. Kennedy Department of Justice building). Large crowd gathered outside during the dedication ceremony for the new Department of Justice building in Classical Revival style. President Franklin Roosevelt and Attorney General Cummings (Homer Stille Cummings) present during the event.
Girls demonstrate a new canvas undressing room at Walla Walla in Washington. The girls get in their swimsuits inside the mobile undressing room.
Linea Aeropostal Venezolana Lockheed L-1049E-55 Super Constellation plane (registration: YV-C-AMS) en route to Caracas, Venezuela crashes in the Atlantic Ocean, south of New York. Search and rescue boats and planes arrive at the crash site. Belongings of the victims taken out of the water.
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