Several persons get injured in a gas blast in Brooklyn, New York. Motor carriages pass along a street. Several buildings along the street. A building destroyed during the gas blast. Broken window panes of the building. Firemen and other men and women gathered around the building. The damaged building in view. Window glasses lie shattered in a large area. Injured persons lie on beds in a hospital. An officer visits the injured. A woman beside an injured person.
A skiing-jumping competition in Salisbury Mills, New York. A ski jump in Salisbury Mills. People stand on either side of the track to watch the skiers. Numerous skiers take part and several fall after their jumps. 'Norsemen Ski Club' written on a sign at the ski jump. Sorenson, who won the New England title at Brattleboro, Vermont, skis down the track and jumps to a height of 181 feet beating his own record of 177 feet, and scores 224 out of 240 points. Sorenson poses with his skis (even as another jumper falls, in the background).
Contestants in swim wears walk on ramp during "Miss Modern Venus" contest at Steeplechase Park in Coney Island, New York. Breasts of contestants are measured by judging men using tape measure. (A short clown tries to reach up and measure one tall contestant.) Bust sizes of several women being measured with tape measure. Winner Grayce Reilly poses after winning the contest. Winner's crown placed on her head.
1936: Rocket testing in Greenwood Lake, New York. A rocket experimenter working at mail-carrying 'rocket plane'. Rocket plane launched through a catapult. Rocket plane in flight.
Visitors board and crowd the deck of the USS Wasp (CV-18) in June, 1945, near the end of world War II. The Wasp is about to depart again, for the Western Pacific, following repairs at Puget Sound Navy Yard, Bremerton, Washington. Two U.S. marines are escorting two women, and showing them an F4U Corsair airplane on the deck. Some of the visitors look up toward the camera. The aircraft on deck have been arranged for this static display. visitors are seen departing across a gangplank. Views from deck of the Wasp, of Navy personnel on the pier, below. Camera pans across the pier where spectators still stand. A few people stand on the water side of a building. A large group of visitors coming up from the hangar deck. Civilians and sailors wave at the camera. Visitors leaving the carrier on the gangplank.
Annual visit of the directors at the Will Rogers Memorial Hospital (Saranac Lake, NY 12983, United States) in Saranac Lake, New York. A car moves towards the Will Rogers Memorial hospital building. Trees on either side of the way. A sign board seen outside the building. Directors get out of the car and move inside the hospital. Directors and guests visit to review the annual progress report, expansion of the hospital and research facility. A man points at the x-ray films of the ribs. The directors attend the session. A statue of Will Rogers. The directors tour the hospital building.
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