West Point cadets face ouster from the academy in New York. Exterior of the buildings of the United States Military Academy. 90 cadets, including football players, face ouster from the academy. They had violated the honor code and cheated in the exams. The cadets gather. Officials discuss amongst themselves. The football stadium of the academy. An official speaks into a microphone regarding the ouster of the cadets.
Commander-in-Chief of Allied Forces in Europe General Dwight D. Eisenhower arrives in Holland. General Eisenhower stands with other officials at an air base. Transfer of American airplanes to Dutch Air Forces. A U.S. airplane parked on the air base. Pilots and officials stand near the airplane. General Eisenhower meets Dutch pilots and shakes hands with them. He watches the demonstrations of United States Air Force ( USAF ) Thunderjets flying in formation.
The Gildner or Giltner family of Pueblo Colorado looks at a massive leopard skin rug, constructed from the skins of 48 leopards. The fur rug had been purchased by their son, an American soldier in the Korean War, and shipped by him back to the United States. The seated family and some officials look at the leopard fur rug. The family exits a fur storage facility. A sign board outside the building reads: 'Cold Fur Storage'. A U.S. government official loads the fur rug into a car after the Korean government requested its return.
Gold seekers in Dahlonega, Georgia. Tourists arrive at a stream and are given pans and shovels from the back of a truck. They dig in the stream, panning to find gold. Women give small bags filled with gold to R.D. Hogue, the owner of the land and the nearby Josephine Mine. R.D. Hogue weighs the gold on a scale.
The World Series of Motorboating, the Gold Cup Race, held in Seattle, Washington. Men seated in a motor boat. The motorboat gets underway and moves through water. People watch the race. The motorboat 'Quicksilver' submerges in water and the racers die in the accident.
William 'Red' Hill rides the Niagara Falls in Canada. Hill and other men look at a barrel. Hill seated on the ground and pets a dog. People stand nearby. The barrel is towed down to the river. Hill in the barrel underway toward Niagara Falls. The barrel underway in the river. The barrel moves down into the water and Hill dies in the accident going over the falls. Hill's family members cry.
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