Baseball heroes Babe Ruth and TY Cobb square off in golfing match in Flushing New York as a charity endeavor for war effort. Two hold a golf-club and pose for camera before start of match. Hundreds of fans gather to see the two compete. Cobb plays a tea shot while Ruth waits for his turn. A World War II (WW2) Banner saying "USO deserves support of every single individual citizen" seen in background. Both players putt several holes and Ruth emerges winner. Starting form left shots of Ruth and Cobb.
Ben Hogan wins the Goodall Palm Beach Round-Robin Tournament at the Fresh Meadows Club in Flushing, New York. Players make the strokes. Ben Hogan and Sam Snead stroke the ball during the match. An audience watches the game. Ben Hogan gets the championship trophy. He poses.
View, from inside the mouth of a rough earthen tunnel, showing Actor Lee Marvin speaking about Clifford Milburn Holland, who was Chief Engineer on the project to build a tunnel under the Hudson River, linking New York and New Jersey. View inside construction work area. The project's chief designing engineer, Ole Singstad, explains the problem of ventilating the exhaust fumes from cars traversing the tunnel. Scenes of workers down in the tunnel during construction. Governors Arthur H. Moore, of New Jersey, and James Walker, of New York, shake hands at the boundary of their two states, inside the Holland Tunnel,under the Hudson River, during a project completion ceremony. Interestingly, they stand on each other's side of the boundary as they shake hands. Motorcycle policemen escort some of the first cars through the tunnel at its opening. View from rear of a car traversing the tunnel, of other cars following. Engineer Singstad speaking more about the tunnel ventilation.
News conference on New Draft Plan at White House in Washington DC. President Richard Nixon and Secretary of Defense, Melvin R Laird enter the conference room. President Nixon makes a short statement on the New Draft Plan and leaves the conference room. Melvin R Laird speaks to the reporters. Photographers take pictures and reporters take notes.
News conference on New Draft Plan at White House, Washington DC. Secretary of Defense, Melvin R Laird makes a short statement on the New Draft Plan. Photographers take pictures and reporters take notes. Melvin R Laird leaves the room after the conference. Reporters disperse as the conference ends.
LZ 129 Hindenburg airship in flight over New York City, United States. Nazi German swastika emblem on tail fins on Hindenburg as seen from a biplane in flight. Aerial view, of coastal area of New Jersey, seen from biplane. Hindenburg in flight below biplane. Hindenburg in flight over open field in New Jersey.
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