Horses run along a track during the Brooklyn Handicap at Aqueduct Racetrack in New York, United States. A large crowd gathered to witness the race. Whirlaway wins the race.
U.S. Ambassador to Britain Joseph P Kennedy returns to report to President Franklin Roosevelt. Ambassador Kennedy arrives on the Queen Mary in New York. Reporters interview the Ambassador aboard the ship. He addresses the press on arrival. He gives statements regarding the economic chaos and war in Europe.
Former British Foreign Secretary Robert Anthony Eden on a goodwill trip to the United States. Eden with his wife Beatrice Beckett at the New York harbor. Eden addresses the press with his wife beside him. The couple board the SS Queen Mary. They wave to the crowd as the ship leaves the harbor. The gathered crowd waves and cheers as the ship leaves. Smoke from the ship stacks.
The National baby Show in Asbury Park, New Jersey. Entrants from all parts of the globe vie for honors in the 40th annual pageant of infants. 150,000 spectators gathered on either side of the main street view the procession of decorative and humorous floats. Babies on the decorative floats. A girl pulls babies in a toy cart. A baby in an aircraft model atop a float. Another baby in a U.S. Navy model barrage balloon. Babies on model horses, in Native American Indian floats, a float titled 'Vanity', and a boy atop a pole on a float.
Merchant Marine Officer candidates learn seamanship at the United States Merchant Marine Academy ( USMMA ) at Kings Point in New York, United States. Merchant Marine Officer candidates practice signaling using signal flags. An officer teaches how to operate an equipment in a class. The candidates learn to find places on a globe. They work in an engine room. They use hand tools. They learn the fundamentals of electric engineering in a class. They learn to load and fire guns. The candidates exercise for physical fitness. (World War II period).
Merchant Marine Officer candidates learn seamanship at the United States Merchant Marine Academy ( USMMA ) at Kings Point in New York, United States. Training vessels and sailboats at sea. Merchant Marine Officer candidates operate equipment aboard a ship and readings are noted down in the ship's log. An officer turns a wheel on the bridge of the ship. An officer handles ropes. An officer signals another ship with signal flags. An officer works in a radio room. An engineer works in an engine room. An engineer manning an engine control system. Engineers check machinery aboard the ship. Readings are recorded. An engineer checks switchboards. Marine officers learn to load and fire 50 caliber anti aircraft guns. (World War II period).
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