Coconut Grove Purse, a horse race in Coral Gables, Florida. Women buy tickets for the horse race at a counter. Race gets underway as a large crowd gathers. Easiest Way wins the race.
Baseball's St. Louis Browns hold spring training in San Antonio Texas, March 1938. Players play catch, throwing baseballs to each other, as they lean out open windows of their hotel. One of the baseballs falls to the ground. One player gets doused with water by players in window above. Several players warm up their throwing arms on the field, where trees and outfield wall ads are seen in background. Two young women field grounders gently bunted by a player with a bat, standing several feet away, on home plate. Close up shot of Browns manager Gabby Street. Shot of unidentified Browns players. Players take practice swings from batting cage.
U.S. open tennis tournament in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Men's doubles finals where Adrian Quist- John Bromwich take on Hopman-Crawford. Quist and Bromwich win the title. The duo being presented with the trophies. Women's doubles finals where the pair of Alice Marble and Sarah Palfrey Fabyan win the title.
Events of 1937. Wedding of President Franklin D. Roosevelt's son Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. in Wilmington, Delaware. Several prominent figures arrive to attend the wedding including James Farley, Cabinet Secretaries, Daniel Roper, and Henry Wallace. American socialite and bride Ethel du Pont arrives. Attendants carry the train of Ms. Du Pont’s veil. Ethel du Pont smiles on her wedding day. Exteriors of the Episcopal Christ Church Christiana Hundred (505 Buck Rd, Wilmington, DE 19807, United States). The newlywed couple Franklin D. Roosevelt, Jr. and Ethel du Pont pose after the wedding. President Franklin Roosevelt along with his wife Eleanor Roosevelt.
Pedestrians on sidewalks and cars and trucks moving on one-way street, in older neighborhood of New York City. Trucks stop to load and unload, but, otherwise, there are no vehicles parked on the street. There appear to be moveable parking restriction signs placed near curb, on sidewalk. Brick and stone apartment buildings line the street. One has outdoor fire escape at front of building. A sign at one commercial establishment reads 'Ye Olde Coffee house restaurant'
A huge crane moves girders and door frames as it dismantles an old building in New York City, United States. Old buildings in the background. A steel frame being lowered as workmen guide it onto pile of rubble in adjacent lot.
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