A football match between Georgia and Columbia in New York. A large crowd gathers in a stadium to watch the match. The match in progress. People watch the match. Players discuss with the referee. Georgia wins the match by 7-3.
Young African American women models compete in Harlem Beauty Crown Contest in New York City. Contestants in swim suits stand in front of the judges. Two of the judges are in "blackface" makeup, with canes, top hats, and white gloves. Girls pose in swim suits while their waists are measured. A girl is presented the beauty contest award. A model poses.
People participate in aqua sports in New York. People gather at a beach. Two men perform water skiing. Women watch them and wave towards them.
The world premier of Universal's musical 'Thoroughly Modern Millie' in New York at Times Square. Many stars and celebrities arrive at the premier. The celebrities include Beatrice Lillie, Mary Tyler Moore, Carol Channing and James Fox. The lead actress of the film Julie Andrews being appraised for the film.
The life and career of U.S. Army General Dwight D. Eisenhower up to the time of his appointment as the Supreme Commander of the NATO ( North Atlantic Treaty Organization). General Eisenhower with his wife after his retirement from the U.S. Army. He is chosen as the President of Columbia University. People gather outside the building of the university for the ceremony. The General arrives at a building. He gets off his car. Photographers click his photographs. He enters the building. He is appointed as the chief of the NATO forces in Europe.
American aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York after completing his solo flight around the world in a just under 8 days. People gather in a large number to welcome him. They gather around his aircraft. Scene shifts to streets of New York City where Wiley Post is honored with a ticker tape parade for his Around The World achievement. The aviator seated aboard a jeep passing by. People celebrate and greet him. He is bestowed with the Medal of Valor by New York City Mayor John P. O'Brien. Next segment shows plane of American aviator Roscoe Turner landing, after his record-setting flight from New York to Los Angeles in 10 hours and 5 minutes flying his Wedell-Williams Model 44 (WW-44) aircraft. This won him the 1933 Bendix Trophy. Close view of Roscoe Turner smiling from the cockpit of his aircraft. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
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