United States Air Force Colonel Joseph Kittinger makes the longest jump during Project Excelsior in New Mexico. Colonel Kittinger puts on a suit for the jump and enters a balloon gondola. Men help him. The balloon rises from New Mexico. An automatic camera in the gondola records the whole event. The colonel jumps out of the gondola and descends towards the land. People watch the colonel descending. He is helped out of the suit as he lands.
People gather for the Theater Owners Convention in New York. Actor Cary Grant is awarded the 'Star of the Year' award in the function. People discuss amongst themselves. Photographers click pictures of the celebrities. Actress Angie Dickinson is awarded the 'Most Exciting New Star' title. Both of them pose with their trophies in front of the cameramen.
The State Housing Rent Commission in New York, United States. Exteriors of a building. A sign reads: 'State of New York Temporary State Housing Rent Commission'. A woman seated at a desk and working. She looks at a booklet. She gives the booklets to men and women. A man reading the booklet. Two officials seated at a desk. They look at the booklets placed on the table.
African American women take dance lessons at the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA). in New York. A woman writes a letter to her mother. The woman writes about the dance classes offered at the YWCA in Harlem, New York. Women practicing classical dance in a class. An African American girl in a long black dress beats a small drum. A young woman teaches little girls how to dance. Little girls dancing in class.
Young African American women learn handicrafts the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in New York. A woman writes a letter to her mother. The woman writes about the craft classes offered at the YWCA in Harlem, New York. Two African American girls seated at a table. Girls making brooches made of yarn. African American girls make flower brooches made of yarn. A girl wears a flower brooch made of yarn.
African American men and women socialize together at the Young Women's Christian Association (YWCA) in New York, United States. A woman writes a letter to her mother. She writes about the recreation activities offered at the YWCA in Harlem, New York. An African American girl reads a magazine while seated in a chair inside a room. A black couple enters the room. A young black man enters and meets the woman seated in the chair. The woman gets up from the chair and talks to him. African American man greets his girlfriend. The black man and his girlfriend flirt on each other as they sit on chairs inside a room. The woman ends her letter.
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