Track and field events at AAU (Association of American Universities ) championships in United States. In 100 meter race, U.S. runner Frank Budd loses due to his injury. Al Oerter participates in a discuss throw. Dallas Long during a shot put event and Hal Connolly at a hammer throw event. Jim Beatty of Los Angeles wins the mile race. Russian Valeri Brumel competes during a high jump event.
Excerpts from the 1940 National Invitation Basketball Tournament Quarterfinal game already underway between Oklahoma Aggies and DePaul at Madison Square Garden in New York City. Numerous scoring scenes are shown in the course of the film, many of them involving long set shots. (Oklahoma won 23 to 22 and advanced to the Semifinals.)
Some 1940 U.S. football highlights. Scenes of a long touchdown run and an interception and touchdown run from the 1940 National Football League Championship Game that the Chicago Bears won 73-0, on December 8, 1940. Scenes from the Dartmouth-Cornell "Fifth-Down" game of November 16, 1940, with Cornell quarterback "Pop" Scholl throwing a "winning" touchdown pass to William Murphy.
De Soto Festival Golf Tourney near Bradenton, Florida. Sign reads 'De Soto Lake', '500ft Golf and country club'. With spectators near him, Sam Snead tees off, followed by Jerry Barber. Crowds walk across the fairway following the players. One spectator wears a Spanish Conquistador's helmet. Arnold Palmer makes a 30 foot putt, to cheers from spectators. In the final round, Snead makes a long putt to nibble at Barber's lead. Non-contender, Bob Golby, thrills the crowd by making a 40 foot chip shot from off the green, that falls in with the pin still in the hole. Jerry Barber makes his last putt, but loses to Snead who putts out with a final score of 276, to Barber's 275.
United States conducts nuclear tests at Nevada test site in Nye County, Nevada. Looking down over ground 'O'. Area obscured by brightness of white light, it dissipates. Fireball seen after the atomic blast. Mushroom cloud moves straight up from the 'O' zone with its narrow trunk. Cloud billows up on top. Top section of mushroom cloud. Trunk of cloud, and top with red appearance. Grey curling smoke below the cloud. Thin mushroom cloud with red smoke ring like a halo, hovers above the long neck of smoke. Red smoke ring hovers above the blast area.
Ten horses of the U.S. Olympic horse jumping team are loaded aboard a Pan American World Airways DC-6 Cargo Clipper in New York City. They are bound for Stockholm, Sweden. A trainer is seen leading a horse up a long ramp, into the aircraft cargo hold. Members of the U.S. Olympic Team: Frank Chapot, William Steinkraus (Team Captain), Hugh Wiley, and Warren Woffard. pose in front of the aircraft: View inside the aircraft, as the horses are being secured in their stalls.
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