View of large crowd dispersing after a large outdoor event in a stadium setting in which many individual wooden chairs are arranged for the spectators. One woman is a particular focus of attention. She approaches the camera through the thinning crowd and steps up on a raised platform of some kind, while the cinematographer records. She then steps down and to the side. Women wear long dresses and elegant hats. Many women carry parasols.Two men wear large white kerchiefs, under their straw hats, that drape down their necks, for protection from the sun. They walk past the camera and look back.
Panorama of hurricane damage to waterfront in Galveston in Texas, United States. A large schooner lies on its side in the harbor. Several boats seen in water. Black smoke from a smokestack of a boat. Several men standing on the docks. Erected tents seen.
A large number of passengers aboard the ocean liner SS Manhattan (later USS Wakefield) in the United States. Scene from January 10,1938 as the USS Manhattan returns from her Europe trip. A large number of passengers aboard the ship. U.S. Ambassador to Nazi Germany, William E. Dodd, is interviewed by media persons about his Europe trip. He declares that living in Europe at the time is discouraging and there is crisis in Europe as German Nazism and Fascism are gaining ground everywhere. In next shot, from 1939, the ship is underway and arriving at New York Harbor on September 30, 1939, carrying 1837 persons, its largest passenger count ever. The passengers include many Americans from overseas fleeing war-torn Europe early in World War 2. A sign on the ship: 'Manhattan United States Lines'. The passengers in mass numbers at a harbor. The Statue of Liberty in the background.
View of Union Square in New York City. Traffic of cars, trucks and horse carriages on busy street. People walk on street. Tram drives past people on street. Bus on which is written 'Broadway' drives on street in Union Square.
Major Phillipe who flew from Villacoubay to Eastchurch, England in three stops. De Moulinet who flew 1450 kilometers. Pegoud, pilot for the Bleriot firm, shown making flight tests with arresting gear. Scenes of first live parachute jump over France made by Adolphe Pegoud. Aerial maneuvers piloted by Pegoud in 1913. Views of jubilant crowd who watched the flight and race to meet Pegoud after landing, then carry him on shoulders and celebrate.
Hawaiian surfer young man dances on beach in his own hula imitation style, and jokes around for the camera, while his fellow surf riders stand with surf boards in the background. Group of surfers enter water and paddle surfboards away from shore. Surf rider throws himself on the board and rides waves. Surfers surf together on waves. Footage of early surfing taken from a boat paddled out into the water and from the beach.