Heavyweight boxing champion Joe Louis and Chilean boxer Arturo Godoy in New York. Views of the two boxers posing for press photographers. Each boxer takes a turn standing on a podium for the media. Joe Louis and Godoy stand together and shake handh. A close up of Joe Louis. A close up of Arturo Godoy and he smiles. Photographers take pictures. Scene changes to after the fight. A man looks into the bruised eyes of the boxer. Godoy, wearing a suit, is seated on a sofa with his wife, Leda Urbinati, and an interviewer. He has a swollen cheek and eye. Godoy talks to the man and his wife, Leda. He comments on the skill of Joe Louis, speaking in English and then in Spanish. He expresses his desire to box with Louis again. His wife, Leda, also speaks briefly in Spanish.
In Belmont Park, Elmont, New York, a large crowd is on hand to watch the running of the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel in Racing's Triple Crown. Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower and his wife, Mamie Eisenhower arrive with other persons. Horses race on track. Former President Eisenhower laughs with a man. Race horse Sherluck wins Belmont Stakes race defeating favorite Carry Back. Long shot Sherluck paid out $132.10 for a two dollar wager -- the biggest payout in the history of the Belmont Stakes.
African American men and women picket the premises protesting against Jim Crow racial segregation practices in the United States Army, at the 59th Street Haaren High School in New York City. Young white woman seen with the civil rights demonstrators passing out handbills protesting the draft.
The B-29, "Dave's Dream," taking off from Roswell Air Base, New Mexico, for the Marshall Islands, to participate in Operations Crossroads. Major Woodrow P. Swancutt, pilot of the B-29 Superfortress bomber, "Dave's Dream," leads his crew as they all don their parachutes and survival gear prior to boarding the aircraft for takeoff. They then enter the aircraft via a crew ladder in the nose wheel well area.
Text on slates warns about dangers of marijuana or "reefer" and says it is "now rivaling alcohol for popularity among thrill-seeking youth." Shows a marijuana cigarette in a ash tray, smoke comes out of the joint. Slate indicates that marijuana use can "inspire vicious crimes and leads to moral collapse." Newspaper headline is shown that reads "Youth confesses slaying of girl". Words circled in article mention "stranger gave him a 'doped' cigarette." Close-up view of a hand holding a joint. Cutting of "New York Times" newspaper article "Sales of marijuana fought by arrests." Some lines of the newspaper article are underlined including "...200 persons suspected of selling or using the narcotic weed, including several high school boys and girls."
Newsreel titled 'America's pledge of Allegiance'. A huge crowd of about 500,000 citizens of the United States assemble at Central Park in New York. Among the crowd dignitaries, sailors, military and police officials can also be seen. A person addresses the assembly. U.S. National Flag is hoisted. A speaker at the podium recites the Pledge of Allegiance and the crowd repeats after him.
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