Colorful blossoms at the International Flower Show in the New York Coliseum (present day site of Time Warner Center. 10 Columbus Cir, New York, NY 10019, United States) in New York City. Thirty-five fully landscaped gardens in the show. Innumerable potted plants preened to perfection for blue ribbon competition.
Championship college basketball game between City College of New York and Bradley College of Peoria in the National Invitation Tournament in New York, United States. Scenes of the game underway at Madison Square Garden in New York City. CCNY Beavers beat Bradley College to win the trophy. Winning team of the NIT with the trophy and their coach Nat Holman.
A film about youth in the United States producing food for war during World War 2, to aid the war effort. High school students seated in an auditorium. They are briefed by a man. A student talks to a teacher about a summer garden job . Students are taught to operate a tractor. A college girl operates a corn picking machine. A college girl drives a tractor. Tractor trolley loaded with corn. Women take out the corn from the tractor trolley. High school students pick orchard crops from trees in California. The students put the crops in crates.
Scenes from the "The American Queen of Beauty ' pageant in New York City, United States, in October 1934. (The "Miss America" pageant was not held in 1934 due to Great Depression financial troubles that affected the pageant in 1933. This "American Queen of Beauty" pageant was sponsored by Madison Square Garden, and held only this one time, in 1934). Contestants in swim suits move around the judges. The judges consisting of experts are seated on the center of the stage. Helen Mack, who was Miss New York State, is seen being given the title of American Queen of Beauty after she defeated 3,000 girls from 30 states. She holds the silver winner's cup.
"City Pastorale" shows citizens of New York City hurrying about their business during workday on a street in New York City. Vehicular traffic and pedestrians. People riding on the subway. Views of workaday foot traffic along New York sidewalk in midtown Manhattan. Macy's department store. Racks of clothes being wheeled along the streets and sidewalks. Scenes of New Yorkers in hectic activity. In contrast, are shown peaceful scenic views of New York City. Penthouse gardens. Clothes drying on a rooftop line. People entering a number of different churches in Manhattan, New York. A woman in a garden. A man and a boy sit and read newspapers in the garden. The young boy looks at the "funny papers" (comic strips). A man walks with a child on a sidewalk. Cars parked. People chatting on the sidewalk of a New York city street. The Chrysler Building and nearby skyscrapers. People taking pictures with handheld cameras at a playground. Families with babies. Children playing in a park. Quiet streets. Car drives beneath an elevated train. Men walk on a ramp. People relax on beaches. Older women gathered together on the beach talking, while boys play in the sand at the edge of the surf. A huge crowd seated in a baseball stadium and watching a game between the New York Giants and the Brooklyn Dodgers, including a shot of Giants pitcher, #36 ( Mickey McGowan ?), throwing from the mound and, in another scene, Giants #23 (Clint Hartung ?) batting and striking out. Views of the fans watching the baseball game, including some men in suits and boys sitting together in the bleachers watching the game and eating ice cream on a stick. Visitors stroll through the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
A horse show in New York City, United States. A large number of people gathered at the Madison Square Garden for the National Horse Show Association's annual horse show of 1935. Horse riders make their horses jump over obstacles during the equestrian show's jumping event. The riders exhibit beautiful formations during the show.
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