View from above, of the newly opened skating rink at Rockefeller Center, in New York City. At rink level, a number of people are seen as they skate around the rink. Amidst the skaters, one girl displays considerable skills, and a little girl shows her talents. However, the rink is later cleared for Hazel Franklin, a 13-year old figure skater, newly arrived from England, who puts on a brilliant show, including various spins and maneuvers at high speed on the ice. Hazel Franklin poses and smiles for the camera. (Note: Hazel Franklin turned professional and was featured in the Ice Follies, Ice Capades, Holiday on Ice, and other such shows.)
Contenders participate in Miss America pageant at the Boardwalk Hall (2301 Boardwalk, Atlantic City, New Jersey, United States) in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Girls parade. Contenders dressed like peacocks sit on a float. A contender dressed like a butterfly holding a harness stands on a float. The contestants wave from the floats. Girls stand on the floats. The audience sit at a roadside and watch. An insignia of the United States on a float. The girls stand near it. Contenders in swimsuits stand and pose.
The Poughkeepsie Regatta in the New York, United States. Students of different Universities compete in the crew boat race. Two boats make advance. People watch the race from stands with the help of binoculars. Boats being rowed under a bridge across Hudson river. University of Washington Husky team beats Cornell University for the first position.
Film opens showing fans filling the Cotton Bowl Stadium in Dallas, Texas. Next. opposing college football teams are lined up on the line of scrimmage. A running play gains some yardage before ball carrier is tackled. Referees mark the location and the teams set up on another line of scrimmage. Closeup of a Texas fan wearing a beat up cowboy hat and ill-fitting eye glasses. More views of play on the field. Final view shows crowd (of 45,507) in the stands. The game was a cliffhanger, with final score: Texas 13 and Fordham 12
Wounded American soldiers land at La Guardia airport in New York from Europe during World War II. Wounded soldiers lay on stretchers in a plane. Wounded being brought on stretchers and placed in a plane. Plane in flight. Relatives wait at the airport. Wounded being brought to ground. Relatives meet and embrace soldiers.
Girls and boys buy records at a record store in New York. A window display of the music store. Record albums named 'Hot Jazz' and 'On The Town' displayed in the window. The girls and boys look at the records at the shop. The girls play a phonograph and keep time to the rhythm of the music. One boy and girl try dancing the Lindy Hop. A tall man in a suit and hat keeps appearing, carrying records high above the kids, as he moves through the crowded store.
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