Horse Pot O Luck wins the Arlington Classic race in Chicago, Illinois. Horses walk on a track. A woman looks through binocular from a stand. Horses stand at the starting point. Horses start run around the track. Spectators watch from stands. Calumet Farm's horse 'Pot O Luck' wins the race.
Celebration of the 38th anniversary of the U.S. Army Air Forces, dating back to establishment of the Aeronautical Section of the U.S. Army Signal Corps, in 1907. Airmen of the Army Air Forces march in formation on the flight line at Wright Field in Dayton,Ohio. Aviation pioneer, Orville Wright, is seen in the reviewing stand. A color guard marches past the the reviewing stand. A 4-engine German Junkers JU-290 transport aircraft is seen parked on the field. (It arrived on July 31, 1945, after being flown to Wright Field from Europe, by U.S. Air Forces Colonel Harold E. Watson and co-pilot Captain Fred McIntosh,who were delivering it to Air Technical Intelligence Headquarters.) The crew of the JU-290 (named "Alles Kaputt") pose in front of it. Colonel Watson, is seen holding a Dachshund dog. The JU-290 takes off on a demonstration flight. A new U.S. P-80 "Shooting Star" jet airplane (serial number 44-84995) is rolled out for all to see. It takes off in a demonstration flight. (Late in World War 2.)
Byron Nelson wins George Mays All American Open Golf Championship at Tam O'Shanter golf course, Chicago. Nelson makes a stroke. People in a course watch the game. People walk after the stroke is made. Nelson continues the game. His co players shakes hand with him at the end of the game. Spectators sit in a stand.
Executive Mansion of White House being refurnished in Washington D.C. Executive Mansion of White House. Men work on wooden frame outside the building. They climb up stairs. Man writes one on a wall with a paint brush. Man hammers a wall to break. Men takes out furniture from the mansion. Date carved on a stone.
Ski jumpers show their performance in Salisbury, Connecticut. Ski jumpers take off and jump. People watch. Some jumpers slip and fall while landing. Some make safe landing after a jump. Jumpers include Norwegian jumpers.
Factories in Bridgeport, Connecticut. A man walks on either Maiden Lane or California Street. (These streets are now gone.) Smoke rises from the stacks of The American Tube and Stamping Company. The factory is viewed from the west side of the Yellow Mill Channel. Industrial smoke and smog pollution from stacks.
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