A horse race at Sheepshead Bay Race Track, Coney Island, New York. Nine horses are seen running on the track. After the race, jockeys ride to an area where they dismount and weigh out. (The race was won by a horse named "Famous Clifford" ridden by a jockey named Sloane.)
Opening scene shows lake formed upriver of the Elephant Butte Dam on the Rio Grande River in New Mexico. Camera focuses on hilly islands in the lake. Views from upstream, of the dam, with water levels fairly low. A touring car drives on the roadway above the dam and passes a lone pedestrian walking across the dam. Next, swirling waters are seen in the river below the dam. Some form a whirlpool, of sorts. Others are seen simply flowing in rough waves. View of several dam-related buildings on high ground beside the river. The dam looms above them. Closeup of water surging from dam discharge. Brief view of a dam (unidentified) with water overflowing it.
Kindergarten at Ellis Island in New York, United States, part of the Baggage and Dormitory building. Small class of foreign immigrant children reciting in English. American flag in the background. Children as they listen and recite after the teacher.
Views from one of two U.S. Navy Class C airships in flight over Bedloe's Island, New York City. Statue of Liberty on Bedloe's Island. Airships pass over the Statue of Liberty.
U.S. Council representative, Austin R. Warren, arriving by car at entrance to the UN meeting building, Flushing Meadows, New York. Gladwyn Jebb, representative of the United Kingdom, arriving. Council President for the month, J.C. Muniz, at the table. Jebb and Warren at the table. Warren picks up his headset. Delegates making notes before the start of meeting. Premier Mosaddegh of Iran settles at a seat, opens his brief case and prepares to speak. After several others speak, Mosaddegh addresses the Council. Flag of Iran displayed on flag pole outside the building. Flags of other nations displayed. View of meeting building at Flushing Meadows, with cars driving past on Cross Island Parkway.
Japanese pilots run to their aircraft before a mission to Hong Kong, a British Crown Colony, during the Battle of Hong Kong in World War II. Aerial view of Hong Kong. Smoke rises from bombing. Japanese crew loads and fires old type artillery piece. Imperial Japanese Army (IJA) troops marches into the New Territories and Kowloon peninsula. Captured British soldiers, including Sikh Indian troops, are marched to the compound by Japanese soldiers. Japanese soldiers drive a tracked truck along Tai Po Road. Crowds on the streets of Kowloon after Japanese occupation. Japanese soldiers carry huge banner that reads 'Peace Mission'. Japanese troops in Japanese Navy ships sailing to Hong Kong. Naval artillery and bombers bombards Hong Kong Island. British prisoners of war in Hong Kong Island after Japanese capture. A British prisoner of war drinks from a can. Japanese military officials in Hong Kong. Japanese troops march into Victoria and streets of Hong Kong Island.
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