Contenders participate in Miss America pageant at the Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Girls parade. Contenders dressed like peacocks sit on a float. A contender dressed like a butterfly holding a harness stands on a float. The contestants wave from the floats. Girls stand on the floats. The audience sit at a roadside and watch. An insignia of the United States on a float. The girls stand near it. Contenders in swimsuits stand and pose.
Girls show 'back to school' fashion designed by Audrey Jane in New York. Two girls come out of a building wearing new designer dresses. Two models sit on stairs. The girls stand near a pillar while others exhibit new designer clothes in a garden area. Models show footwear, purses and coats.
Excerpts from the 1940 National Invitation Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal game already underway between Oklahoma Aggies and DePaul at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Numerous scoring scenes are shown in the course of the film, many of them involving long set shots. (Oklahoma won 23 to 22 and advanced to the Semifinals.)
The Poughkeepsie Regatta in the New York, United States. Students of different Universities compete in the crew boat race. Two boats make advance. People watch the race from stands with the help of binoculars. Boats being rowed under a bridge across Hudson river. University of Washington Husky team beats Cornell University for the first position.
Film opens showing fans filling the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas. Next. opposing teams are lined up on the line of scrimmage. A running play gains some yardage before ball carrier is tackled. Referees mark the location and the teams set up on another line of scrimmage. Closeup of a Texas fan wearing a beat up cowboy hat and ill-fitting eye glasses. More views of play on the field. Final view shows crowd (of 45,507) in the stands. The game was a cliffhanger, with final score: Texas 13 and Fordham 12
Wounded American soldiers land at La Guardia airport in New York from Europe during World War II. Wounded soldiers lay on stretchers in a plane. Wounded being brought on stretchers and placed in a plane. Plane in flight. Relatives wait at the airport. Wounded being brought to ground. Relatives meet and embrace soldiers.
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