Women's A.A.U. Swimming Championship at Tyler in Texas. Shelley Mann of Washington sets a new world record in 100 meter butterfly race. Karen Cone sets a new U.S. mark in the 100 meter backstroke. Crowd gathered to watch the competition.
Fashion piracy in Germany. Fashion pirates employ tricks like observing through a periscope to copy exclusive new designs. Models display new fashion creations in a room including fur coats and dresses. A pirate trying to steal dress designs looks through a keyhole in the room. Man reveals a hidden camera under his coat lapel, used to capture designs of famous designers. A woman shows a hidden camera attached to her leg. Another woman traces a design on a man's back and then it is shown that he had carbon paper under his coat to capture an image of the stolen design.
French fashion preview in Paris, France. Fashion show models display 1953's "New Look" in winter and evening fashions. Fashion models wear winter dresses and coats designed by leading French postwar haute couture designers such as Jacques Fath and Jacques Griffe. A model poses near a canal, wearing a minimalistic “New Look” dress inspired from the Medieval Ages by French designer Jacques Griffe. A model showing off a fur coat. Models in elegant white evening dresses. Models pose at various Paris locations, including at the Arc de Triomphe.
Capitol Building and Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002) at Washington D.C. U.S. Military Academy cadets marching at West Point. Scene then blends to close up view of U.S. Army troops marching, wearing helmets and shouldering rifles with fixed bayonets, in World War I. Scene then blends again to U.S. Naval Academy midshipmen marching at Annapolis. Visitors walking the grounds of Mount Vernon. Statue of George Washington at 1939 New York World’s Fair. Re-enactment of the Crossing of the Delaware. Lincoln's Statue at the Lincoln Memorial. An actor portrays Abraham Lincoln in a theatrical film. A view of a New York City victory parade for American soldiers returning World War I in February 1919.
The U.S. Aircraft Carrier, USS Langley (CV-1) going through the Gaillard Cut of the Panama Canal with many aircraft parked on her deck. In different sequence, aircraft are seen taking off and landing on the deck of the Langley. Complete change of scene shows launching of the USS Saratoga (CV-3) at the New York Shipbuilding Corporation shipyard in Camden, New Jersey. The USS Saratoga is christened with a bottle of champagne and slides down the ways into the river. Views from the deck of the Saratoga as she proceeds down the ways.
U.S. Army soldiers surround aviators and their aircraft at Wheeler field in Hawaii. U.S. Army aviators Lieutenant Lester J Maitland and Lieutenant Albert F Hegenberger wear Hawaiian flower Leis, presented upon their arrival in Hawaii after flying from Oakland, California. The aviators completed the first flight from mainland U.S. to Hawaii, some 2400 miles, setting a new record. Their airplane, a Fokker Trimotor, named Bird of Paradise, is seen in background. They hold a news conference.
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