Entertainment in Coney Island, New York. Amusment park ride "The Top" is seen in operation: A large round tilting and revolving structure with cars moving along its outside track. Wide and close-up views of the ride. An elephant moving in the foreground. People enter the cars. The ride in operation.
Entertainment and amusement park rides in Coney Island, New York. Airplane ride featuring cars swinging from long cables. The cars (or planes) being swung around corners. "The Whip" ride in operation. People enjoy riding.
Vintage footage from the 1890s of two women playing tennis on a grass court while spectators look on. The women players are wearing white ankle length dresses customary for the time. Next scene shows famous French woman tennis star Suzann Lenglen playing tennis in the 1920s wearing a shorter skirt. Next scene is indoors, showing a woman altering the skirt length of tennis star Gussie Moran. Scene changes to a designer studio in London in the 1960s. Designer Ted Tinling assists models with new mini skirts and other tennis fashions that he designed. Models in designer Teddy Tingling's creations. Girls in various tennis outfits including short skirts, shorts, stockings and trousers. Close up views of the various women's tennis fashions.
Governor Horner and Mayor Kelly along with other dignitaries present at a function on the opening of a new zoological garden at Brookfield in Chicago, Illinois. Thousands of people present at the eve. Animals in the zoo such as lions, elephant, bears and crocodiles. A zoo-keeper with a bird in his hands.
View of 2 long parallel lines of American men in civilian clothing, carrying suitcases, and arriving at a U.S. Army training camp in the United States during World War 1. The new recruits or draftees heading into camp. Next scene shows a large field area filled with newly uniformed American soldiers. An officer stands on a platform above the soldiers. The soldiers all take seats on the ground for an address. The officer addresses the soldiers. The soldiers stand again at the end of the address.
Adolf Hitler becomes Chancellor in Germany. German SA stormtrooper soldiers marching during a parade when Adolf Hitler becomes German Chancellor. Adolf Hitler standing on a platform on the side of a road and presiding over victory celebrations. Military officers beside the Chancellor. German soldiers march holding swastika flags. Adolf Hitler speaking on the formation of a coalition government, in a forceful, animated way. A few officers standing behind the Chancellor. A large crowd cheering. A large group of men marching in protest against Hitler in New York and Philadelphia in the United States. The protestors moving through city streets. From an August 11, 1958 newsreel depicting events 25 years earlier.
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