New life raft is introduced during National Boat Safety Week in New York. Two men standing on a boat. They throw a life raft bundle into the water beside the boat and it opens. The self inflating life raft is made of synthetic rubber-coated nylon and can hold 10 people and equipment. It has an integrated sun canopy. A man jumps onto the life raft and enters into the raft. Two men row life raft.
A lake in Upstate New York. Man walks in a dock on the lake. Snow covers the lake shore. New York City skyscrapers at night. A ship sailing past the Statue of Liberty. Smoke rises from funnel of ship.
New York Harbor in New York, United States. Film starts showing two women on the deck of a ship using binoculars to view the traffic of ships and tugboats working in New York harbor. A variety of commercial vessels, mostly freighters are seen. One ocean liner, the General W.C. Gorgas is seen, with no visible passengers. (USS General W. C. Gorgas (ID-1365) was a a German ship seized by the US Shipping Board in World War I and used as a Navy troop ship. We see her as she departs New York on 25 April 1919 to embark Army troops and load cargo at Bordeaux, France.) Other scenes of interest include one closeup of a tugboat emitting a plume of black smoke.
Young boxers of New York Boy's Clubs participate in exhibition boxing matches at Madison Square Boys Club. A man supervises as the boys are weighed. They weigh in around 50 pounds. The 50 pound mini weight category match begins. Referee in the ring with the two boxers. The match underway. Spectators watch and cheer. The bell at the end of the match. Officials in the ring. The match is a draw. A second match begins. The match underway. Spectators cheer. The match ends. Officials announce and congratulate the winner.
View of New York City skyline in the United States. Statue of Liberty situated on Liberty Island. Cruise ships, ferry boats and sail boats are seen moving near the statue and near lower Manhattan. Some of the scenes appear to be dawn or dusk with the city skyline more dark.
An ace glider ace breaks a record for flight in Manhattan area in New York. Wolf Hirth, German expert and partner of American soaring champion Hawley Bowlius in a glider. Vehicles move on a road in the foreground. The glider takes off. The pilot soars above Riverside and the unfinished Hudson Bridge for 50 minutes. People see the glider during the flight. The glider lands after getting orders by the police so that traffic could be released. People move towards the glider after the landing. The pilot comes out from the glider. Several officials talk to Wolf Hirth.
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