Cadets stand in formation in the far background. French Ambassador Paul Claudel shakes hands with other two officials.
At the end of the harness racing season in Yonkers Raceway, a moving car carries mobile starting gate with harness racers aligned across the track behind it. The gate folds up and the starter car speeds away allowing the race to get underway. Spectators in the stands are seen dressed warmly on this cold, damp December day. The horses, and drivers in sulkies,race around the water-covered track. Narrator comments that horses were meant to run, not swim.
Young women models wear corsets, showing latest fashions. A girl is helped by a woman to zip up the corset. A woman looks at a variety of corsets.
Views of unemployed African American men on the streets of East Harlem. A group of African American men seated on a bench by a roadside. A man seated on the stairs of a building. A sign on a building reads, 'JOIN Luis Munoz Rivera Job Preparation Center' Men and women learn to make dentures as part of their dental technician training.
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.
A documentary film depicts life of cadets at West Point Military Academy in the United States. The man arrives at the academy. He stands at attention in front of an officer. Cadets get hair cut. An officer instructs the cadets. They receive basic military training. They march and drill. The statue of Brigadier General Sylvanus Thayer who was an early superintendent of the West Point Military Academy. The cadets watch the statue. The man reads a letter and watches photographs. The cadets are called plebes in the first year. The plebes stand in formation. They march holding rifles. They attend classes as the academic year starts. An officer instructs the plebes. Every plebe is given individual attention during the training period.
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