Passenger liner S.S. Chicago, of the French line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique CGT, leaves New York harbor. Men aboard the ship. The ship getting underway toward the ocean. Other ships in the background.
Charles Lindbergh arrives in New York. He arrives to present his views on the aerial armadas of European Nations to the Congress. Men walking along with him. Cameramen taking photographs. Barbara Hutton arrives on the SS Aquitania. She arrives to reclaim her American citizenship. Men interviewing her.
Kids participating in boxing championship in New York. People gather to watch the boxers compete in championship. Boys of various ages vying for honors in Police Athletic League bouts at the World's fair. Boys fighting in the ring. Referee controlling them. Close up views of coaches on sidelines encouraging their boxers. View of boys watching as spectators in audience. View of young boys boxing and teenage boys boxing, including one African American boy.
A football match between Georgia and Columbia in New York. A large crowd gathers in a stadium to watch the match. The match in progress. People watch the match. Players discuss with the referee. Georgia wins the match by 7-3.
American aviator Wiley Post returns to Floyd Bennett Field in New York after completing his solo flight around the world in a just under 8 days. People gather in a large number to welcome him. They gather around his aircraft. Scene shifts to streets of New York City where Wiley Post is honored with a ticker tape parade for his Around The World achievement. The aviator seated aboard a jeep passing by. People celebrate and greet him. He is bestowed with the Medal of Valor by New York City Mayor John P. O'Brien. Next segment shows plane of American aviator Roscoe Turner landing, after his record-setting flight from New York to Los Angeles in 10 hours and 5 minutes flying his Wedell-Williams Model 44 (WW-44) aircraft. This won him the 1933 Bendix Trophy. Close view of Roscoe Turner smiling from the cockpit of his aircraft. From a November 10, 1958 newsreel recounting events 25 years earlier.
Film begins showing allegorical statue of woman named "Brooklyn" by sculptor Daniel Chester French, on granite pedestal at Brooklyn side entrance to the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Scene shifts to Police directing traffic of motor vehicles and horse-drawn wagons on the Manhattan Bridge in New York City. Barges and ships seen below the Manhattan bridge on which electrified train is running. Burns Brothers Coal loading facility on the river's edge. Point of view shot from first car of electrified railroad train traveling over the Manhattan bridge with dual tracks. Another train is approaching on the other track. A roadway is seen rising up parallel to the railway, on the right of the screen. Several cars on it are heading through the Manhattan Bridge Arch and Colonnade. Side view of the Manhattan Bridge over the East River in New York City. Docks are seen at river edge, below. The Brooklyn Bridge is seen dimly in the background. Commercial traffic of horses and wagons, cars, and trucks along road beside East River piers. Many appear to be food purveyors. The Manhattan Bridge crosses the entire area in the background. Several pedestrians are seen strolling near the Manhattan bridge Arch and Colonnade. Top of Manhattan Bridge seen in closeup.
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